Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-12-26

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poser, slept ia her hsaliy, like al EasisrR
princess ia her Ldial Foi.s., Most glorious
ai.hi ~ ,im5 ii VAS The binh-nighl Of
uns Nho hrilgsd the ehssn, hslwe.n Time
sad Eternity .iih Ills avn boy, snd vilh
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lever, raised lhs world 10 level with re-,
dsnp,iOs, Oar Isa nil not mock Eternal
Majesty by Nst'e huhan ailenpl to 4.
scribe the slraHs' star that hung ovsg the
distant lanl Of the bible, Il has bs'n
vanished tor more llsu sishleen hand ell
yeas fron the SKY OF nature, Tor IL Was a
harb.nEsr Of D,iiy, Perehahee too glorious
Ia lingsr lohg with meanuer gene Of light
gliding a Wslklp come above a world of
sin; yet lis radisres fingers In the Chris
'ian heart, and will liugsr Ia tbs Christian
soul IN time shall snL.
What a mighty power was horn to earth
In the manEsrof the Geniile's ealtle Like
a r.ll lha; runs from Tiny spring on
mounIsln'iop, augmented by other springs
aud rlyuleis when IL reaches tho plain be.
low, then becoming brook, and then u
mighty river aud at last sOundless
ocean, so grew the strength OF that Spirit
va wv AAlAAs w VI iAAF NhAAh
hslf SO thrilling as the story OF tina, dual
Man Of Sorrows, who called Lazarus from
the cold obstruction oflhe grave aud stiled
the storm on the Galliles, at whose cruel
dxion the shuddering universe aud mid
nighi darkness al the day q meridian at
tested His divinity aud the sympathy of
the Eternal 0ne.
Could you conceive of more tremendous
results actually accomplished by human
agency, in sixty ihou,Gnd centuries OF the
carrhs existence, than was accomplished
by the Iale Of Bethlehem, in His earthly
M inistry OF thirty ycars2 His spirit fills
The whole broad earth. From the rude
msnger in tie Holy Land it has visited
and made its impress in every cline and
every land under the sun. For more than
quarter Of a century it fought oil the pow
ers of the Prince OF the power Of the air
in Asia. 1t crossed tue yellow waves o,
the Tiber, invaded the seven-hilled city
OF Romu.us, and waved its immaculate en-
sign over the throne Of the Cesars. Enst-
ward going, it built It's mosques and nina.
rets beneath tie skies of Germany. 1t
crossed the Alps aud fought the inndelity
of France. Onward going, it crossed the
Apprentices and Pyrennes, aud RACED the
moatcd castles and bastiles of oppression
in sunny Spain. Still going, it crossed
the Atlantic, aud millions Of dcyotees in
our own loved Columbia attest its inEinci-
bility and power. Onward moving, it
dashed to earth the Pagan idols in the
western Ocean, and the tapering spires Of
temples OF the Living God rise from The
groves Of the Pacific isles, pointing the
Christian to his homo Above.
Deels of most great men who lived in
the days of Jesus Christ arc either forgot
ten or remembered like dim dream,
shroudcd in the nists of ages, but tho
matchless deeds OF 'ihe despised Nazarinc
seem as fresh in tho minds Of men rs il
they were deeds of yesterday, and thus
will they be until the "last syllable Of re-
corded time" What are the most colossal
deeds of Xerxes, XcnoPhon, Cyrus, Tanner
lane, vespasian, Alexander rNapolc on com
pared 10 the achievements of ''the meek
and lowly Jesus?" What WAS the triumph
of AustcrlitI, the Pyramids or Jena to the
bloodless triumphs of the Son Of God?
Religion, it seems to u.s. was not designed
to make the world of men gloomy, sombre
or sad. The old, well-known hymn reads,