, 1869-12-25

rfa ,,irth of Christ .1.s.u Il
,.,,.t - ~. f,+,;.,;,n tar.n &C.. 90 'Ao o.''
everv ,,oint Of riev. the most ;,,.ar,sn,
ava,t n ths b,atorr of man. or tha v,.
re. If Tho ,r.,,,,, ,ora than ma hatf III.
v,,,,,n.s t,ozr m, ,f Christianity. ns aithe,
the the,ne of their ;uou;rr. the subject u,
,,,o,r ~. vii. .,,o s,,,r In ,ho;r ;nrast,o.-
.;,,n. tta ;n,t;x, c.,1so nj .},e oycrt.. uhioh
,,,a~ rooo,d or in. some uav iutersose-
..;,h 49, l.sso, tbov .ro dc6iono,, II, :, a.
Tbe events tt tic e:chtcen ceutust>. "''e''
ven;nr con,d not bave been ,sat they orr.
,,r a, al lila what tnev arr nut tof tne ~
37ue,,c.e ra;eh hecan jas life, tcae''4us
,,.a d,,,h Ero,,. tss. division bet"etnlo'
1,os+.,n o,.,, wa,teru Ronau Empire 70 toe
49, r..,,., ~.,,,-tfion 1ncited b. the pF'ess~
81 s,.o;,.. som tho DEGREES of constan1'nF
-. ~. a,,,,,t,,,n II s,ny.fy in 3nerlca; tran
H.. ,,ac,.rat;on of xaiomet TINT be woni'
cn,,,o1 ,,x 1ht, auo<d that obeillcnce wh'cb
s,reas s,.]oht ,,.Jcr the lAs, ard Jesus oy t
Tnxa ,,oun 20 the last revelation tr'n"
r.,,'r,, Youur's so-cR!led "Churcf;
-. 1a,cs Christ o. Latter Da.
e ,ints.n from tho crusadcs 10:
tho recovery Of the ho'y sepultafe tlo7sn t"
the session of .hu EcunenleA Council
unter tho pio'cs:ion Of Nap'iean;
fzora the invention Of printing, Is
means Of issning more eop1s>
Of the Bible. and the discovery OF Ameflet'
une1er the professed stlmnus u @eAa w.
the extension ef the Catholic ta'te' GOWN ~
the question Of free saif"ols In tue ou''e'
s,.t.s.--tle history Of Christianity III lis
craeds ard its heresies, IN lts "orRs ot met
cy aid its crusades Of prosecution N It's NJ
.eruate struggles for law aSainst hoerts, anu
for liberty against law. has been the nlstor'
# the 1uor- active ana progressive 'rtlon
Il the human raco 1tse't, IN all H.
s:rs myth anl weakness. Oat OF tue Ioatcn
have grown classical learning anu pun
sophie disputation, poetry anu Pa'olsns'
| ~rclltecturc and the opera esa'sssss3 aa'
democracy. We Cannot date isuar Will
mt referring to Christ's bt11h. Nt's eaa W.
| III nuy epoch OF country, dur'ag tne 1AS'
Ten centuries, assign limits to lis shuoeaee'
or st least to the ihduence OF fHne,t'*''
:.r3 idcIs which cluin the nsnt ~ ooa4"
sbe. ppwtr Of His hume. Ills 1uHoAnco ~
:elt uo. 1u.rtly over those who to'.o"s "''
even more nse1 those VITO oppose IL"
| yolta1re. uu1,l,eB, and Thomas Il'ne staao
among III. effects Vi Clrisst"n'ty ~ tfE'y H.
It, Augustine, Lutber, and Pcre ayaclntne.
Tro ,uiraelcs which Jesus periora'eu aas"
lrg His ],fr. thsFefore, were tF'u'"f'
totura,ed with tlose wn'cn nave 'ss' ~.
| 1,.r
Christ in Ju1ea VAS less supernatural ,u:'' ~
t,nr,at in HISTORY. The standing nn'fac'e o.
Christianity is christisnlty. II oas he'si
. teen dedred Md never will i,s' IL - 10
,u New England shat |: il II G"sln my no'
III Germany ~hat II Is III ops'n " -
; uur in either what 1t WAS aauofea se1''
ego, md cowh~re is 1t whn. 1t Was III LII
teginning. LET, amidst M 'n's e>,e,.'' .tm
| diversity, the judgments OF men ol o'Aei
: tnt cli1nes see IN themselves c'eaf's' au'
J their hearts acknowledge desoat's' esf
tain loyhlty to tie one cent?" ngnie' ~
i wonderful Foonder o. me fa''n' too"sn -
q praclA1m- u principles o1 tlase1sa' s't1en
: .nd humility which Eonid feen tatal u u
. organization aud authority, yet afs 1ae tn:'s
IL
: most far-reach1ng aathof1t3 eae1ssea
It Ills ulnle. Though Lie febueea "fa1
! u.o,1al,fejty, mud denounced its p2s>esseo
n as a bar to His Kingdom, the wealth Of tt
a .aviliz4d world is titted for Ills serVic'
+, Though Els example ind oxhortatlon pom
,r III to sccy.t worship, anti aiscunntenanee
il uus,lic and lope prayers in the temples I
ia -.,t;r,on. .sto bo heard Of men, Il
CT Nhole religious "ofAt, ""n VI
:. ,cc,,rd. unite in public worship
"a His uume. Yet, amidst eve
m ,.ossible divergence in theory and pract1
be from each other aud from, Him, q tllsd
IN the words population, and populatl
III c,,ntiuuaIIy increasing, iouk to Him as I
~ I,rht of the Worla-as God once nlanlt'
hc III the flesh. In the mysteries OF the r
re ,ian, E., plan, Greek, and Roman religlt
IN there we're dim recognitions OF several
NJ lie doctrines which form the essence
nd Christjapity--of the endiessness oi th6
led fects Of human conduct Tor good OF e
der and the consequent extension Of
,at- results Of the earthly life into an anaeh'
18th lcrcnftcr. While the con1uon peop'o II
.oe- If 10 cnre for the sins OF their sous ex'
sed u the xacr1hco Of beasts upon tue "'a'
H. lhcir gods, those 1natiateo IL .ae4.
Of KS we1e taught tna uulss u ooa, e''e
del mortality OF the so"'' 'ne Hec0"s'ts
lrtin pentauce, anu, IN sohae os 'as"' "eAS F..
II to ie'nte'i. Win m"ns afa'''''''' so4,nA' m
- ~ ~ - ,,,..1 ~ tr,f,o,r,, +,
'pols 49,. 49," ...,S ~. IA ,ra.,,,
Of tnora piaaniY thnh tne o'a Aes.''
'an;a E1.phecles. 1heso were the Bf"t'u's
light ILe more splf7tna'ly-m'ndeo cless u
that tic dosu'ues WHICH. nfss p"ohsoea
aud .s;cu iy the Christ, bnSe gwen us 1e'
hos II sEny over the heafts of men ~ "A'e
.ted. influences OF other fe''s'oas rear no T.
! >Dln l'l-rce il their CHARACTER, however
inFu my compare III nuihbefss ih'se az
Lin inlCcncts, dcilrcoie ~ 10 cfeed. I'M
usci- ~ no church, capa1la ot expression
md scru' ot words, and. pesn"ps' ne'e''
lad ter relations, Gf''pe' " any oue
ming >1rr''Id aua per1hea'e aho'efh ''S'e'
HE'D, ID atmosphere. 1hes hte eFety'
help present, ho"Aete ''s'"'e'- -
i'll lie With human Interests aao 3as'lons' al
,ay~" 'l1ssig'1red hy saen, oa' never ue'I'os'
Stan ~ 49, ,....h - c,,r;e
power H's''>A ',"s'' - -a,s,,.o.,,,,. f,hr;s,,,
''a,'e-sa. ano1o .,', ~ .n",ar;., t,or r,.,i
con- '".oe. u =. ..... - [~",, he f,,.t ,,,ot
hlm LUIS ~ ,' :" t<,1 - ~ :. - r.c,r,,,
$ azl ~ 'n1 :, ~"As N..a..., e .t. e',-r,
time "'e'ns 81 -, 80,
, with i'o't htans '1su -. ~ .,,.', !.
let he 'asoS VI 'A'e os'.'A "' ~
oward Jesus occurred in the month Of \
I'd SIM Mny, though advocates have bern
injury "no aec''oo - ~ eNsn 49,
The year. 3Iniuiy, however, our nj