, 1875-12-27

muHt mike tlse old time blond With tho new for
glIdness hnl good fellowship in tho high pure
BcnHr ana II WI must cast shadow It must bo
a. .hsd'" Of healing. Of pence. and gooi will.
Wo mrtt Wtpe tho slate clean ct all the
oh re- res no hnye laid up fnr resen.-
tn.nt, both eaEtiwaEi mid hehvcnvasd. Wheu
We tost u mo'tv Christmas to "acl other ne
must take note that tho ward 1ncsus far mors
than ligt and laugh; it taoas. in the Old tte,-
.nan flom "h1c' 1t Guinea 10 US. t'lay yoa gros
large, vide hIRh deep: {r, If we must In cIa.s'-
means. inar YOU b, o! n generous quality. toss.
ItR abroad your. bounty hs tic so*ar to.sas H.,
gfatn; capital meaning in either case. hut
exactly tho meaning NC can gtve AZ VIC clyo good
| advice whop wo have no idea Of taEin. any cur.
he!ses. Va can meet ho-ta OF people to whom.
to our thinking, merry Christmas nlaa
IN ihs so'l gu eeaso would DO ~
good Al PRAYER. Col kooFa wc can any to oar-
| Eolses ~ No pash them: YOU uccd to grow
broader. deeper. higher, and more Renerous
| md SO we invest merry Chriatn,te 10 them, ~
Mr: HcGg invested a good i-motrow III Mt. EoHin
But II that In tho way no du it, bolore NE baya
snatlo Haro hat tho dsy bas brought ths blessing
| tn Ms wo wish on them. where iH tic 6ooI OF our
! inorry Chrissm,n7 TLare is no gnud cheer in
! that ior anybody any moro than II hoi1 hlous
| and then ask mr. ncighbor II to feast on k4o
soup And wheu no eay again that Ch,istn13.
c31HeH but once wear, nc Hlu.t not forge. tint
it calnrs Jun: the year Is nndloE, when W. srY
NIT to be touched painfully perhaps through tue
awful pIofogaliyc man lfas alune uf looking be-
| hlnd aud bafure.
70 so can recall nhas the yenrs have brought
ua ~ no ut Looking into tho t;hrta.uta~ lii aul
sry tn gueae what iH coming j. rp,i: ~lirll
"ll rob Us CT tho wt,oIo III lit q tile holy tils
aud cast q cold shadow over tho c;lllirea tint
| Hataer about our kIeeH. Ur can boar tHis
| Eaoi word ot Christ. ts OF GOOD cbser," ani
| NJ open OUT hcarts to IL ~ 10 naka y merry
ChriAs.nas so which VIC snail groS lnrgsr, higher,
deeper. and nose generous III olis IccGpnltgs,
both with ealth and hearou. We can Lo'ieve il,
God as ne bsl4eyo in this son Of Col.
hcalor aad he!per. pititul. loving, geusle,
anl long suleslng., Aud We can nonrlB.
sunny ana generous thoughts OF one auothor,
| Then tile Did eub'rs tnat nto lott Of other veare
Joan Paul wa Gu say. II hayo n.ado uu my
| mind that will not pnur into the cup ut b l.
tnaniss siusle drop Of gall" Then o,lr Chri,t.
mas opens so u| its true heart, IND Eol cae,r
tcaa that expcs: nothing il scre.d out Of
tho Devi!'s own B.b|o, aud thosa who mind 1t
| are nut poor IN s:'Irt. but poor nrltitod- What
t shuuld Uo think VI a soldier ~!lo mover cx-
/ pectod to m1n victory. or M inventor
| vii" only expected to mako Il thiuE thu.
| would hut work. ~ d. not kuow how tho 70 I'd
rcop! get a:oag," Sarah Williams Eayn, "~1o
mn humble an &cscstab!e. lii only 10 erowi in a
| lto Ako au A1il,alu,te boar." want tic bout,-
tIful heaven then to henA me tho mama Ut el1-
enlargement. Aud when VIC d. catca tho spirit
VI Clllttmaa, t'ao It slaids it our GospeIs it
| tEImt over with Ruou cheer trou tira. to last.
| and most Of al lor tlose who might make
fe"d to bc cheerful on s.Io.r oEn account.
but arc RFui1ten with not!o ttoabe on ac-
couut ot those very cLitdsoa who arc
making a jo7fli noiHo unto tod. Thay know
! Bo Lite ~ yet, no Eny, ct tho trials that arc
| waiting toE them wAca their lubocout m.rth is
over. Ne hayo got hold Of sccA OF knowl-
ed9e nnicl has not rpencd into wisdom rot,
through which VIC wonder whether soa1o yice
Of blood or brain may not have crctt into the
little man playing BY tue henEthstone. We Aayo
found out ae is only our boy III Boms thirty
! second cpntinBhip. We eau zee l..tlo wat
back, sud th.n H. il dark. Nho Knows what
talntn may have lain dusmnut, like the Boois Of
| weeds that oAp wait centu,len for ,aclr turn at
| the sun and air, and then spring lnto bAleful
| harvest.
No hare been most Fortunate tn our lore and
| trust Gad han been yefy good TO III. but hnw
! abaat thai llttle man OF mad when their time
comes aud't 'theV must slssp on the bod the7 bare
/ rnl1e Aad about their fortune Thfs has
| boen a hard a4nt for us, perhaps. and It wou d
almost breal: our hea1ts t. tulnk they must bsar
| what wo hare bprne. But what pledge can NC
got cut OF neso stlept heRseus that they will not
| :ini tho way mora rugged aad ths h1nta sharper
| than wa have found them. And mir do VIC talk
| about ths heayenas II is u. 600. 600 mites
! to tho sun, ana o;ernoto q desert OF frost and
lire, If wo could ain there aud past tho sun He
caa Wander On 10 other euns aud systGtuA, crJln&
At wA COZ
| Is there rpot within rour radiant srhore
Where rrace md horo. .i'd love aKain may dwell;
/
| And ctssp lhe iong-Ioat lila We loTtd 30 ~el!7
And whss answer en- tho stars make to my
cryf Tlat is the way Wc can wonder Au1 rom
der. arl oll where we begun, and this Is exactly
| whers tho chritt:nas thoughts CAL CROWD in and
| help us.
For while wo have ~ frce.thinking msu and
| women II env tllat eomo things arc hpritually
| trno. our more orthodox churches eay are literal.
ly sruc, the ~hoc wcaltt, Of gam as I beems to
me- senainn on our a,aa. l do nof taso tlse
story IT Jesus as tho Son Of uod in thia tl.er.!
sousc 10 bo true any more than thoLo Of II r!n,,-
lar nature about Aosnulus and Alexanic:, pyths9-
oras aud Plato. Mary never rcfera to It In tile
frrt petson, "hilo tho reaaons rhy s!ao
should do 10 aFs Of almost usl,may-
inuale poaer: neither docs John. Who "aA
! as seccnd Ron to her. wh''e such
ii purtcctly empa aud natural, - Ia mt tlln tho
carpenters son }" for instance, no That ii tho
most holy and assaitast lhns Of lfo dill not bar
tho WAY to eneh belief. and mako It quito i'm
| possible on that ground, shonld still SAY TINT
| tina stury had spiung froln the same wonler-
loving heart that 70 laauy tiH,es in human
history has tried to account. IN this grouud. for
| peruons OF ssnpreno po~nr, or genius or good
/ HESS. caNhuE thtnreF With such thinGs OF
nuke bcnye to believo them, ,nuat REQ What
TINY meau u uono higher way or reject them
| out Of the Goap,is
DO muct, sad for tho spirit vhch lies within
tue letter = o1 tho dospels. 1his then. ia tbs
| spirit Of Clristnaa:
!. TAAs shall DO OF good cheer in this now
knowledge, Notwithstanding THO far-rcachinE
kin'hlp Of my little oAes to good aud evil and
trust that tho good Father will do by them an lilo
did hy Ills dear Son in tho measure of thar
nature. No patter over these gencalosles Of
Jesus IN tho tisst and third Gospels and
try TO mako them hasmonizo TO tho letter, whilo
al tho tIno lLis untouched truth status wait
ing. that my Interpretation posAibIe to them
ii ii eloar that tho holieat and pureat peesou
tue world has oyer kuoHn had 10 coma
t. us through 'pansn Of nature, nlna Ut
will, defecta OF doubt, aud talpts Of blood" run
Mug right up to Adam. And yet ont Of it al |
dover Of humanity, sp,,oars to us tbia Chrlst.
mas. aud say ''You be',evs In t}oi. elscyo also
In Me. / did not taxa Upon mo tho turm ol au
angel. I AM OF tho soeI Of Abraham al .hese
st1alns meet aud ininglo III NV hssrs tAns ran
touch yon With lnpa Or fear. ! hayo tho quality
In MO OF Ruth. tue Aeatheu, ~ oil ~ Of Bali,
The Hebrew. 10 not OF . doubtful hekrt to-day,
but heIIeY0 TINT MY fainGr and YOUTH YIl 4tn ~