false 5984750 1 Then these three wise, lonely, childless men who, in furtherance of their own greatness, had cut themselves adrift from the sweet and simple things of life and from the kindly ways of their brethren, and had grown old in unhappy and profitless wisdom, knew that an inscrutable Providence had led them, as it had led three Wise Men of old, on a Christmas morning long ago, to a nativity which should give them a new wisdom, a new link with humanity, a new spiritual outlook, a new hope. And, when their watch was ended, they wrapped up the babe with precious care, and carried him with them, an inalienable joy and possession, into the great world. 6158451 10 11 2008 A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY...THE STORY OF THREE WISE MEN total:2|3:2| 2 6 3 0 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 18:53:11 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 18:53:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 13:11:57 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 13:12:13 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Dec 14 19:47:19 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 19:47:19 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5984750