, 1875-12-27

making their. dream como trus tha. he would
usher. in tho now ora when Jorusatoua
1hon'd do to home what Romc had done 10
;.9nluealen .9 and than getting Himself cr1lcsfed.
hete T. fortune fot you. Whsre IL the rnsn who
"onld lakc it tllis Clsistma. With 10 more yiston
ol ~ intrinsic and mntrh!eaa glory than athrY
1Nl, and Joserll2 ,lon't knoH tho man oe
"'alan. Ind alone knows il iIo has any Buch
~ tl4s World. And 20 1 ray he nf good cheer
aboat tLo iusut" Ou thls ground alro II you at0
a. true 70 your nd your children ~ jose; b
wes,h wss' sna ~. Msr' possfty msy 10 sle .o'!ds
Hostae talvat - 1oneY tn bomctimeH good.
ttiog. Rnd oil :. aga are good, " n,Ict "a non
OF. lore, ob' s.. troopH Ut friends; +" but
e2me;in"s II Of Man Ind nnt where to Iay
Its bead. .cu the last terrible ordeal
came tdeYa >o6 Him. and fed. Sixty-irn
years aBot - 20 the south Of IN, A ANAL,
slehaet WE with eyes ~ eweat xnd tai
~ shoae 60 look ct you mt Of the
great alnrE ]. 10 uursiu.s q 1u. mon; ts old babe
~ pose!S :: ose iido That OF ths holy family,
at'd Eenc no doubt, what hard lot would
ho AID I he grow to bn man. liG ernw
10 10 nt--, tough an election, ~ Hure aa ttat
which brought thla world from Gr4utte to roHce
an wheat. aoa applea.; but lie Was man Of
Poor motler, If aus enuld hnvs seen tho DOOM
bate OF the glory. And houor, aud iunoEia.l,v.
she saw neither, only tLas poor bhsusv,
with mild Tom Lincoln to look af.cs
m a,cl, DUG 'nn tena hla1S''o Years hare brourh:
81 ~as peyer tern Ia our land before, aod whnn
Nas in Enelaud men In far-away c,1uc1a wonIt
iafi tu mo. with tie teaEa in telt e1ts OF tue
etfat name. ~ ttIoy never talk BY aus chance Of
's9,u foa 'h!ns . Of .hat hard to!tano mar
bun, an He was With Iii. own Christ.
tell Fo1 to be Of good cheer about ths cbijsen
tor the{t very worry poverty and misfortune. II
that III Coda viii, 1uay bo transmitted into tho
hoblest fortune we can prAy for. when tIeavcu
WILL" 'N
.. We shall be Of good c},ee, again abo,t their
guidance. The klnguon Of Tod Is within you.
md III thak Kingdom, II We ARC what we ought
10 be- tho ANGELS ea,e- still. M t!ley did for tEe
OLD advent ana slug 1t ue.co On eartI, and good
VII! - men wAen the clild Ia b,rn. They watch
hifn out Of our e7es They stand about lin, al
80 l loVo 10 believe. but our ores arc holden 80
that VIC canuo: scs then. II he il 10 tt4y he is
as suto TO ssay ny Josus NAB, *hosc death as
,a,,sno ens,' 1,s.;bls thsnk no no nh'Gsoihy eau
20 a. the snowdrops 70, ~ha. ti1nc they
haso slipped fresh touch Vi fragrance into the
year. "hY then they boar him away to t,oso
heavens ne know Of as Nuulhod. tasB they
know OF the now worl ~Lo lived IN the suutues
Islands far out q. Hoa not becalre they really
haT tne 1elrHtlon Of this ntw world through
tho water, hut rather through the intolrr.ble
longing OF the soul Aftor @hat lisu bcyoni If
the little tnau or nAld playing Ut your tiresIt],
are 10 Btay. to Of good cheer shout tbc1s stay,up
II you arc Aoli.ns them, mi especially II yot.
mothers arc holii:g them fur pnro
hud uobls liso. for M Josech presently ti,nu
out Of the .Gospels aud then t;oI nnd tho
good mother caint 20 near that the father soetias
to ee slut out, 80 it III with the plscss sutss
forever il in 1n1 aud the gool mother. Ii inv
arc to star, | said, s'e Of eood cheer, Tor tha:
t1ey Will ttay to purpose holden ~ vet in thu
heart OF the msRterv, and II tha" nre to 70 hn os
soud cheer stlil. aud ray With Tue apostolic Eliot.
"heu ho had lost touf, aH NO rount iosiug, II
wanted tietn to ta!ss God on earth, but einco
no CHOOSES that tney ehosffd aervn biEa III hcaso
hnye nothing more to aay. They were IT. Clr1st
tent"
And 10, f,icnds. reach to you ms t,ttis carol
OF good cheer. TO grow wide and dozen aud geHrr,
cteAn ot n!l tho old grutses you have laid un IN
earth and tn Heaven; carry no old Hcores into
1916. aud no old doubtH and foare. Touch TIM
linn old meaning of = merry Christmas III you
cs'a uot for Singular. separate childhood
with 1hlch NC could have uO real, trlln hlfmnn
kInshp but az All oxnmnle Of whnt God IL nn~
sloius for tho childhood of tho world, and will
d. forever while the world *tana4: do yoa
think thtrs ever WAS another good o. Jcsl,a I"
they oald to Fasher Taylor. tho 1ipe Old Meshotl-
ist. Thousands" waB tho quick reply. and
Wnin wtth our education and wltI,oHt H,s genius,
it may bo hard for us to SEQ And aav that ot men,
We have Hs own voucher for it nf Children
when lie says, ''Of huch is tho kingdom Of
lieayeu.",
Yes, indeed. ns good ~ JtsuA and that il
gre tha Hoosl ct'rer cotnes IN aui Iaages fer
eaer III tho heart AZ pure in their tlrkceut, aY
holy In their nurinro Hcalr night be SHOCKED
t. i1tar mo say siat he could tina mother iu
this CITY aud paint her lur n Madonum a. ,l,re
and lAgh Is Any Of The Hroat 1dca.a nf hi.
Church. I IA; it, Hcrert!!eless. AntI whit in
more could lind him the Madonuh pafntest al
ready by Lila own haul.
Dc Of good cheer, then. God ia still verify in
tliis. and HI busy he was with tno hape in tlle
mauger. with purpose sire, with = lave A.
tondeE. with an arm ~ strong, and with heart
az aeep.
lc has ia fs within L!s ample palm; tta not Rs1.r
hurh - they use t4rlh, hui all around
over the s1t{n's Vi ft.ip sittle b%!uK
kea1e pressure tel1A Ne are not
RcG.mosins, but horne Onward on uur way