The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-23
CHRlsTlANlTYs NATAL DAY,

GHRlsTlANlTY's NATAL DAY,
Tuesday, the 25th, Is tho great iesti'
val Of christianity and q few reIlee'
tons on the subject will not be deemed
out of place by a vast majority Of the
readers Of THE HERALD, While tolera' |
ting and respecting tho opinions and
pveludioes Of the thousands who do not
accept christianity yet II no less our
purpose ~ well az duty, TO stand up
manmlly for that religion which has
worked the civilization OF mankind
and under whose benign auspices have
been worked out tho great problems
which have made the last few centuries
ilIustrious in the history OF the world
We deem the railroad, the steamship
and the telegraph az much the off
oprlngs Of christianity, ~ ~, Paul's, st.
Peters, or Trinity, Now York, The
men who gave to the world these won'
derGul Inventions grew up under chris
tian influences, II was christian evils
dation and progress which revealed TO
them these great, though hitherto hide
den possibilities in nature,
Considered with reference TO mere
numbers and among the people OF the
earth, christians rebuta meogro minor
ity, but when we reflect that this minors
ity has for eighteen hundred and sev-
anty'seyen years led the progress Of the
world, and IL to-day leading and con
trolling the nations, we forget its nus
merical insimiIoance and cry all hail
to the light which Bethlehem gave
out nearly two thousand years ago
and which has since grown to be the
beacon TO light the nations TO still
greater triumphs in science, in the artr
of government, and in the progress o
that intelligence which leads men upon
higher planes, and nearer TO the great
source Of all excellence and all intelli
gence,
The bittcrest opponents Of thu
christian religion, and the theorl
of tho divinity of Christ al
acknowledge the wonderful pcrlec
ton Of the school Of morals which III
founded ON earth. They all readily nc
knowledge that christian people ar
governed more easily, cheOply and sat
islactorily than pagans, Even inldc
intelligence seeks the protection of tina
tolcraton and the advantages of tina
civilization which were taught an,
founded by the lowly Nazercan nearl
two thousand years since, in the shadow
of the temple, erected by authority o
the Creator, to mark an epoch in 'thr
march OF events, which were to b
crowned and completed when His Sol
assumed the tie which was to max
him brother to all the sons of men, tina
the sacrifice contemplated at the be
ginning, should be triumphant in tn
end
The science Of the christian has con
quored the clouds, binding the yer
lightnngs Of heaven to the car of hr
f man progress, and making them tn
tractable and intelligent servants O
men, christian science has annihil
; ated space and has brought the shore
of far of Europe within few days dis
= lance Of the western world christia,
science has given us the useful, TIN
beautiful and the good of the world
and the armies which fight under tn
symbol Of christianity are always vic
f torious.
Let Texas, and especially Dallas, Gel
eherato the birthday of the Saviou
with becoming reverence and AS belit
ting people enjoying all the gloriou
, privileges vouchsated to the world il
\ and through His birth and death. Witt
charity toward all, and malice to none
) let the day be one Of JOY and perlec
peace.