The Story of The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke.
His treasures were accepted, and the Other Wise Man found his King..
A voice tells him Verily I say unto thee, Inasmuch as thou hast done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, thou hast done it unto me.(Matthew 25:40) He dies in a calm radiance of wonder and joy.
He is then struck in the head by a falling roof tile and is about to die, having failed in his quest to find Jesus, but having done much good through charitable works.
He spends his last treasure, the pearl, to ransom a young woman from being sold into slavery.
Artaban arrives in Jerusalem just in time for the crucifixion of Jesus.
After 33 years, Artaban is still a pilgrim, and a seeker after light.
He then travels to Egypt and to many Other countries, searching for Jesus for many years and performing acts of charity along the way.
He saves the life of a child at the price of anOther of his treasures.
He then commences his journey but arrives in Bethlehem too late to see the child, whose parents have fled to Egypt.
Because he missed the caravan, and he can\'t cross the desert with only a horse, he is forced to sell one of his treasures in order to buy the camels and supplies necessary for the trip.
However, he stops along the way to help a dying man, which makes him late to meet with the caravan of the Other three Wise men.
Like them, he sets out to see the newborn ruler, carrying treasures to give as gifts to the child - a sapphire, a ruby, and a pearl of great price.
Like the Other Magi, he sees signs in the heavens proclaiming that a King had been born among the Jews.
It tells about a fourth Wise man (accepting the tradition that the Magi numbered three), a priest of the Magi named Artaban, one of the Medes from Persia.
The Story is an addition and expansion of the account of the Biblical Magi, recounted in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
It was initially published in 1895 and has been reprinted many times since then.
The Story of the Other Wise Man is a short novel or long short Story by Henry van Dyke.
The Story of The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke
