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The Story of the Other Wise Man
Henry Van Dyke
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Hardcover, 80 pages; 2008 (1896)
$14.95
But have you ever heard the story of the Other Wise Man, who
also saw the star in its rising, and set out to follow it, yet did not
arrive with his brethren in the presence of the young child Jesus?
Of the great desire of this fourth pilgrim, and how it was denied,
yet accomplished in the denial; of his many wanderings and the
probations of his soul; of the way of his seeking, and the strange
way of his finding the One whom he sought…
American preacher-professor-poet Henry van Dyke wrote the story in 1896; it has become a Christmas classic, this tale of Artaban, the fourth wise man. His journey to find the Christ child with his colleagues is delayed and misdirected, sabotaged by his own acts of generosity, humanity, and love. He continues to search and believe until, some thirty-three years later, he completes his pilgrimage. Presented in this lovely new edition, van Dyke's little story is once again "set afloat on the sea of books" over a hundred years after its original publication.
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