The New York herald., 1870-12-26
tn,r oe ssed rnsm 20 prlng tnelr mlnas and senses

tr.v ma asked rnem 20 prng their minus ana senses
10 bear upon the facts and events OF
20 tnat they might fancy themselves present In the
stabe &c bethlehem, and contemplate the eventful
event that had there taken place. What was It thac
haa taken place Study the wonderful event In all
ia surroundings Let them gaze on the child Jesus
nd M y WAS That IN seen ea d6Se goea
WHAT had been done Tor them9 Who was that child
that lay IN manger on cold winters nignts Who
ABANDONED BY THE WORLD?
No other than the Omniptcnt God who rules rbe
universe; no other than that Almighty Being IRON
whom were all things, In whom were all things,
aud by whom were oll thlngS--that Almighty Bel7g
on whom % our salvation existed ana who, under nu-
pressed INTO the dimensions OF the BODY OF q child
all thal was necessary in order 70 gain our saliva
Very few were born in such abect poverty. All
the senses that belonged TO that body belonged TO
God, and II was not strange that humanity should
feel thankfulness when il looked up and saw how "
had been dlgnifed by the birth OF Christ God Al
mad united himself to man In His own divine person:
He was God Ut the same time that He was man. II
Coo had come with spend0r and glory He would
have made men reverence Him and
TREMBLE BEFORE MS INFINIrE MAJESTY.
but he would have gained their hearts so well as
by tue means BY which he came. Lie came Win
TO GAIN THE HEARTS OF MEN.
eng sss r ny asaI as W Wwshsa coming
into the world to gam
TIN AFFECTIONS AND sYMrArHiKs OF THE HUMAN
to gain that which was noblest In human nature
wished to gain all that gave power and worth to
human action by His way Vi coming into the world,
and hence He came as
CHILD IN POVERTY:
coming as child In poverty on a cold winters
night 10 His own, and yet His own received Him
not. Riches and power were around ana about Him,
yet there was no place for the son OF God To lay His
head. Christ, by His manner Of coming, not only
desired TO gain cur good wll but wished TO teach
by HIS example. He desired TO tell that virtue
did not consist In the applause or the acclama-
tions Of the world; that it did not consist In display
and outward appearances and all that fattered the
senses, but that 1t consisted In detachment from ali
earthly feelings and in absolute
sELF-gENuNCIATION.
The birth OF that poor child In Bethlehem, In the
stable and the circumstances that attended It,
spoke more elcquently to the human Christian
heart than the words Of the most gifted preacher.
beloved Saviour Tor coming into the world, ana be-
cause He came to asslln,late Himself 10 us in the
l0wliest circumstances. The greatest minds must
come to Him as little children. They must
COME DOWN 10 THE LEVEL
OF their Divine Lord. The nativity Of our Divine
Lor1 was peace. by His suirerings and death lie
had broken down the wall that separated men FROM
barrier between himself and his Creator and be
could not have broken that down until, by the
coming OF Christ, there was union Of the human
with the divine nature, and thus men aspIred TO
heavenly things. Christ gave US means to set our
heart on heavenly thlngs-to keep them away from
al earthly teachings ana preserve them III that
which gives happiness and purity to human beings.
The reverend gentleman having concluded his SER
mon. the high mass (Rev. DR.. Free being celebrant
and Rev. Mr.. McGvern deac0n) was proceeacd with
TO the close. collection was taken up for the
orphans for whom liberal offerings were made.