Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-03

pkOoKrYN. n. H., Dec. y DR.
ainnage preached this moruleg IN
no Brooklyn Tabernacle on the sub.
ect. "Chrisimas Day in America
1nring service the celebrated Mrs,
.flofeuce Rice. Knox rendered three
eA'ploations. The regular artists OF the
bnfch gave special music. Dr. Tai
aare read passages of Scripture show
np What Vet would be the improved
Dnditlon Of the world. The opening
Iy,ln wac
Hawk, the sound OF Jubilee
l., nd az mighty thunders roar,
or the Violenre 81 TIE sea
Wnen IL breaks upon tho shore.
The reverend speaker took for his
text the following words;
'..fhen shall the lame man leap as
tart. aud the tongue of the dumb
inv, for in the wilderness shall waters
3rtak OuG and streams In the des rt"
-tsAiah xxx q, 6
For fourteen Christmas times have
| ifiroken tn you of the spiritual results
Christie birth. To-day I speak of
he temporal. Fertility 10 the fl-lds,
1ealth to the bndy, manumissiOn TO
,erh, homes for the shelterle-s, good
eoyernment n the barbaric, blessings
of this life as we'll as blessings for tue
lart. The cradle Of Christ was as
wonderui as his cross Admitted the
irst. / am not so surprised nc the
,econd. The door by which He
rsnlered WINS tremendous % the
es ioor by which he went out. THROUGH
hat one stable gate of Bethleheim
| anae In for u more temporal adNant-
M sdes than the world has yet celebrated
u Song or sermon, or picture, or cathe-
Trad arch. "phen shall the lame man
leap as a hart and the tongue OF the
.riumb sing, f,r in the wilderness shall
waters break out and streams in the
aeiicsert.n
Ails Amid q thousand mercies we give
~ zach other the'holiday congratH ations
. q u9y iDng-establshed custom we exhort
isosach other TO healthtul merriment; by
| a.s .,xifia, by household games by Christ
In f,nae trees that blossom and fruit IN the
satne hour, by long line OF candles lit,
lona ~ surprises by clldren's procession,
bs5y sbund OF instruments more blatant
han musical we wake up the nights
rS and prolong he days
s a' ~ merry Christmas to the nation
g col.t o land has so many happy homes as
onse Arlerlca, such varieties Of food on the
able, such Apr pirate family ward
. a. hcObes, or such healthful domt site arch
Astecture. AT tue same time We reeog-
A,s 1ize that these holidays lind vast
Sod multitude OF people without work aud
q lyfthout food aud without apparel and
. 1stR TVilhout shelter. Something must be
lwfnlly wrong, as you will see when
. e. Wy 3ut two facts parallel. More wheat in
s,.s Dakota and Minnesota and Michigan
Ieshan they know what to do with More
alsna .ottOn at the South than they know
u. r.rbat to do with. In other words, /
. sdEeurplus of bread and "A surplus of cloth
ing has been provided by Divine
| 40 6oOdness, ana yet mullltudes Q
IS F,eDple half starved and half clothed
ot end 10 hundreds of these 1t is hun
y nv and shlvenng Christmas. Ithinh
. 40 h1aff the matter with the nation Is al
Hna9gerdose of politics. The trouble i
-nta hat so many public men spend thei
|ad'mime in keeping the equilibrium O
/ nspnblie affairs distributed that business
ifagg Is and stops. The eloquen
., ampaigners make us believe tina
81 eVefything depends upon the domi
% nance of their party, when, TO the grea
rcs1 masses Of the people it makes not tw,
nd,ecents difference for the next four year
who is president. But this suIeI
| N islbundance OF harvests in wheat ant
aifeOrn and cotton and rice must eventu
ally be felt in better supply Of all Ou
NATIONAL wants. The present natiOna
|unE1depression is not like that whic
.n .59 eonles from drought deluge or plague
| Il MI is moro like that Of man who Ina
nevis plenty of money in a safe, or Xix
eaa That of a housewife who ha
VT ulcrty of food in q pantry, but the
have lost the keys and they are tryinI
i.n, 10 lind them, and, though it will be a
NJ q iiunatient and irritating search, 1t wi
~ sDe snccessful.
"a "a But there are two things for the con
Portable classes To do-one, TO hel
s@sshose who are helpless; the other, t
q ak cheerfully. This experiment Ina
50ecn made by medical scientists
ronsliozen men agree to meet mar az di
. .Itd erent points Of his Journey and TEL
.tshim how very sick he looks. By Tia
N ssslme he has been aecosted with th
| Hs lufth melancholy salutatiOn he
MOS, eady to drop under the impressio
4mahat his doom has come, and th
. H sns Helfth man meets him just in tim
81 hslp carry him home on a stretcl
Now, the ration is only on
yest aEn ON large scale. All you have
80 10 PROSTATE the business
~ lliscountry is to talk gloomily, and
NJ salkeep on talking I'M the same tone. IL
lso Fall The merchants sigh and all the ed
Y tons prognosticate hard winter and a
KS 30 fninistersgroau. In the great chorl
| anta oi complainers, those who play Il
| er Iioudest tromboues are those who HAY
fI'g Tie fullest cellars and those who hay
Is The most complete Wardrobes. The
D. ara mad because they have to fall oaC
AK a3n the surplus Of other years, or ca
y not make as large investments as the
alyds peeted. Artists tells us that IL is In
d possible TO sing well on a full stomach
L srbut there ara thousands OF men to-da
. 40 tra demonstrating that IL Is possible
ea xronn well ON a full stomach
IT, yhristian people would for q few weel
4 sxehange Recommendations OF Jeremia
aor the ex lltant songs of David, won
,,ii s. s. veil for the country. ! wish co
ol FIfacy might be formed, and l wouI
eos ~ 10 belong to il a conspiracy OF 8
he Business men and editors and mi
~ alaLa of religion. bY Which they won