The Litchfield County post., 1827-01-12
FoR gxE c0UHwv POST. CHRISTMAS.

Birth, again greets tle Cnflstian world. It comes to remind us of that glorious era, when the Son of God appeared ih our world to re- deem his pledge, agreeably to the contract of his Father in the eternal councils of heaven |: Ut comes to remind us of that sacred day.
 when the Babe of Bethlehem appeared, and
 halowed it by his advent, ana his assumption
 of our nature :-It comes to remind us of that event. when the great, and sublime scene of
 Redemption was disclosed to ruined and re-
 volting world ;-and it comes to remind us of
 the development of that stupendous scheme
 of Mercy, which projected by the adorable
 Trinity in heaven, for the restoration of i'm
 mortal beings, aud to display to intelligences the wisdom, and power and glory of the Fri
 une God!
 s Were we to trace the grand line of history, down the long lapse of time from the crea-
 ton to this era, our world would present Ilt- :. He else. than one continued scene of conten-
 ton, war, and blood Kingdoms, nations S
 empires had arisen, fourished, and passed a.
 way in oblivion. The rock of power-the
 adamant of genius-the monumental troph-
 ies of ancient art and glory had crumbIed in-
 to ruins ;-and in vain were it to enquire for the vast and gigantic thrones of antiquity ;- the temple of the sun-the hoary oracles of former ages-the lofty arehes-the splendid
 palaces, and the mighty towers of imperial
 Babylon,-the harlot of the world. Needless
 were it to look for those renowned nations once studded with the stars of empire-those rich and splendid navies, with the gold of O. phir-the cedar and the lofty fir of Lebanon
 -the olive and the palm of Idumea-the pu- merous nations marshalling to arms,-the rushing of chariots-the bleeding of millions, and the hecatombs of human victims blazing upon the accursed altars AlSs! They had passed away in the raging storm, and the sweeping tempest had hurnbIe1. them in the dust (which the oblivious pail has suspend ed over them, and the mournful voice of his- tory proclaimed only that they had been The principal nations of the earth being now re- duced under one head, and wars and commO- lions revolving through long tracts of time, now terminating in one immense dominion, the troubled and coDtending elements of hu- man society sunk into an universal calm, or were hushed to repose by the advent of the Prince of Peace!
 gNhiu info ovnnf tnaL VNln hn1,f 0n0n years after God promised to Abraham, that in his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed. This glorious promise had never been, but partially verified in anticedent events but now, after the lapse of two millenares, the Son of God appeared in our world, and by his life and doctrines, his death and resu- rection, fulfilled the predictions--dispeled the shadows of the Mosaic dispensation, and O. pened the way for the promugation of the Gospel throughout the world. Patriarchs & prophets, and the wise in every period, look ed through the vista of ages with the eye of aith, and beheId with the most pleasing an- icipations the dawnings of this suspicious day o the posterity of man.-H was proclaimed Q them by the Most High ;--it was register d in the Jewish canon, and was the bright & morning Star of that legacy, and could he raced by them through all the sacred wri- Eings. It is there only that Shiloh so early promised, speaks down through succession of types and shadows, till the great Antitype appears in the manager at Bethlehem! M
 On this day, through the long visitation of more than 1900 years, we can look back to that halcyon morning, over which the lapse of ages has thrown no obscurity, and contem- plate him feeble, helpless infant, commen- cing life of sorrow, and affiiction, and per secution,-but of one continued series of acts ofhenevolence and mercy. On this day, Christ commenced that career of life, which closed on the Cross of Calvery for the redemption of bis enemies :--or as the prophet feelingly, and forcibly expresses it. "He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our in- iquities; the reinstatement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed." Let us then when this day rolls her annual round, and while we are pilgrims here below, looking forward with hope to enjoy that rest, and fhneO ivnnkrsS hal hla iponunifiaS havond