, 1875-12-27
BE OF GOOD CHEER.

sEltNoN DY TIE NEr. AOAEnT cOLLIEh.
The Rev. Robert Coilyor delivered the follow
log ecrmou yeu!orday morning At Unity Church,
taking fot0hia text:
Do of good checr--Nathew, xtr., u.
The spirit that liz broodiug owe. tho world this
Christmastido IL proaching better sermon on
this taxt than my minister caa hope to teach,
and sho has tho uhoie Christian world for her
audience from the palaco to tho poor.housa and
the PRISON.
She tells tho children to 10 stirring boti,nss,
for the firstly Is for thcn and there is no
trouble about their waking III tlmo for h.r SER
vice. THAR dky dawns easltoT on tho 25th Of
December than it will dawn On tho 18th OF Juan,
aud u they might have their way "just this
onoe." as thoy SAY. thore would DO no nlgar.
she knows s9c:ct spell, too Of d marvellous
potency. for tho Older and the sadder folks, aud
to..ehes then. with it 10 suoh purpose that II
thero il any canabilt.y Of gladneBs left in ttesr
nature It blooms out again into II fresh surprise,
aud mskea than Of ksn to whateSez IL mont
hopofuI and good In our human life. TIN old
dana WHO took caro- OF ma after loft home to
iearn my trads held on to many old usages that
had como down to hGr FROM tho earliest
Christian or evcn tho earliest hea,hon
ttnes. aad among ths resk VIXEN
Christmas came roalld, sIlo never failed
10 20 w tha cabinet where sho kept hsr
treasuras, and bring cat pieco o! the old yu:e
log. Wrapped ia white liuon. to k.nl!e tho now
Que on Ll4e haartn. II she had failed tu aayo a
bit ot tito old re 10 burn with tAe new. or u sl,o
had not saved it In wAito ltuon, there would hnyo
been shadow on her Christmas DAs, aot boy
like. used 10 laugh at tho custom OF 2,0O1
years, snd tAirk 1t was weakness in tho poor
ago. who had road the penny magszius anil
" Chambcts Inlormstioa for tho People"
hopa l hkso grown htt!o wiser. It
aaeMa to me now therc wha thought within
tho thug NO eau Ill OF ua nourlsh. though 1t
did como from days that were very old apd
gray when ~ jet thoec WAS no Christmas. t.
MAY 4 parable nf tho R1eAt and holy truth. ~
good now ~ J. ever waa ainca the world utood.
tAat We shail peyar lat the old afea burn down
70 tue whito ashes that bold in tt,em no hope OF
kl1dling into bright GLOW gain, when all tho
world il feohpk the now warmth and H!adness;
that tho old IayA should blend with tbs nsw un
Our LsastlBones and IN our homes, for thu
hearth IL the t4uo Altar ~ tho homo ii tho t5uo
semne, and thoEo neycr CAN coma Christmas
when ne s4AlI ssY. ~ have NJ heart in thcso
thIugb. tAoy aso n,ero wbite Aales to the" wllh-
out cuuiesslu1 tha: wo A4yo loat wl,tt avery
mAa mud wolpLn ought tu win ayatnst tho worst
odtla tilno aud fortune can hold ssauEt us.
For 1t III a iovely etotY we get iron, tho Ger
MAnB or tho uGn wAu would carve out III altar
pleee that should 10 worlds wonder, and sont
lar and wsds fir Il paoca Ut woad that wuul1 Az
s"ar to his 1nssutioo:. lie got the wpod. but ha
could not carya the altat.p1ocs. No l!Eeness OF
Josopu aud Masy aud tho Child woni Answer
to his baud ani he mas in desrair. when
~ sngel ca1ne to him In dream and bld
btm tkka tho log lying Oh hia hearth
ready for the areo 10 tho morning.. ue VOLS
up in great "ontct: but he obeJol the augei,
took his iog, and tho thoughts camu 20
quick aud tbs baud was so niuahlo that tho
Boablancs 10 was soaking seemed to leap Of
itself cut ot tho honely gussa in which II lay by
h!a bwn atesids. For there, dIst Of at aud lust
of all. tlis Chrlst. through shnm CAfiAt1a2s