doubtlessthroughout the Scriptures, are significant. Bethlehem is “the House of Bread,” fittingly the birthplace, long afterward, of Him who as the “Bread of God” came down from heaven to give life to the world. Judah, “praise,” is the royal tribe through which in grace the “King” was to come. Praise ever flows from a knowledge of the fulness of blessing which is ours in Christ. Thus food and worship are intimately connected—Bethlehem is in Judah. And it is most natural to find them linked thus together: