.          A S S A N G E 'L


      In Judaism goats were

       laden with sins of the

       village then sent forth

       into the desert, to die.


       They were known as

        escape goats, from

       whence derived the
  
    modern term, scapegoat.


   Angels were journalists of

    God, messengers, town

   criers, paragons of virtue,

       underwriters of truth.

    
    In Biblical times, the ***

        symbolised service,

   suffering, patience, peace,

humility, but above all, wisdom.