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Its History, Festivities And Carols

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		H E subjects of the offerings at the Epiphany, with the accompanying legend of the Three Kings or Magi, and that of carol singing, require so much space that it has been thought preferable to devote particular chap-
	ters to them, rather than interrupt the narrative of Christmas festivities. The offerings on the day of the Epiphany were in remem­brance of the Manifestation of our Saviour to the Gentiles, and of the gifts made to Him by the Magi, or Wise Men of the East; when " the kings of Tarshish and of the isles brought presents; the kings of Sheba and Saba offered