/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// var title2="GABRIEL VISITS MARY"; var max="20"; Text=new Array(20); aposstr=new String; speechstr=new String; aposstr="'"; speechstr='"'; for (var x=0; x<20;x++) { Text[x]=""; } Text[0]=' 1. In the little town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman whose name was Mary. God had chosen her for the important honor of becoming the mother of His Son.'; Text[1]=' 2. Like other young women in Nazareth, Mary helped with the work at home. Early in the morning and late in the afternoon she took her water pot to the village well to get water for drinking, cooking, and washing.'; Text[2]=' 3. Mary loved God\'s word. She knew about God\'s promise, made many years ago, to send His only Son to be the Savior of the world.'; Text[3]=' 4. Every day Mary prayed to God. She thanked Him for His good gifts. She may have said: "We are waiting for You to send Your best gift, Your only Son, Whom You have promised to the world. Amen.'; Text[4]=' 5. One day God sent His angel Gabriel to Mary. He said: "Peace be to you who are highly blessed. The Lord is with you."'; Text[5]=' 6. Mary was greatly surprised. She wondered "What does this greeting mean?"'; Text[6]=' 7. Gabriel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Listen! God will send His Son into the world. He has chosen you to be His mother. You must name Him JESUS."'; Text[7]=' 8. "How can this be!" Mary asked. "I am not married."'; Text[8]=' 9. Gabriel answered. "The Holy Spirit will come on you. The power of God will overshadow you. The child to be born of you will holy, the Son of God."'; Text[9]=' 10. Mary said, "I belong to the Lord. May it happen as you say." Then the angel went away.'; Text[10]=' 11. Mary remembered that Gabriel had said, "Your cousin Elizabeth will have a son, even though she is old." Quickly, Mary got ready to visit Elizabeth.'; Text[11]=' 12. Mary walked to the hill country of Judea where Elizabeth and Zacharias, her husband, lived. It was a long trip, over ninety miles south from Nazareth.'; Text[12]=' 13. When Mary saw Elizabeth, she greeted her and said, "Peace be to you."'; Text[13]=' 14. Elizabeth was very happy to see Mary and said to her, "Blessed are you, Mary, for I know that God has chosen you, to be the mother of His Son."'; Text[14]=' 15. Mary answered, "My soul is full of joy. My heart is overflowing with praise. For God is sending His Son into the world. He has chosen me, His humble servant, to be the mother of His Son."'; Text[15]=' 16. "God, Who can do all things, has done great things for me. Oh, holy is His name! Oh, holy is His name! God is sending His promised Son into the world. His name shall be called, JESUS, for it is He Who will save His people from their sins."'; Text[16]=' 17. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months. Often they must have talked about God\'s plan to send His Son into the world.'; Text[17]=' 18. Then Mary made the long trip back home to Nazareth.'; Text[18]=' 19. As Mary got ready for the baby, she remembered what she had told Elizabeth, "My soul is full of joy. My heart is overflowing with praise. For God is sending His Son into the world. He has chosen me, His humble servant, To be the mother of His Son."'; Text[19]=' 20. "God, Who can do all things, has done great things for me. Oh, holy is His name! God, is sending His promised Son into the world. His name shall be called, JESUS, for it is He Who will save His people from their sins."'; // *** POSITIONING AND STYLES ********************************************* //**DO NOT EDIT THIS ***** //*********************** //************************