The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30
CHRIST'S NATIVITY.
A Christmas Sermon by Rev. I
De Witt Talmage, d. d.
New Lessons from the Oft-Repeated story
Why . star That Led the Way
A December Christ The
. Three Presents.

BROOKLYN, ". Y, Dec. 8.-The text Of
Or Talmage's Christmas sermon was the
ninth verse Of the second chapter of Mat
thew: when they had heard the King
they departej; and, 10, the star which they
saw in the east went before them and stood
over where the young child was" The
preacher said:
At this season all Christendom celebrates
I'll" birth of Christ. Step down out Of your
comfortable surroundings into the chill DC.
CCmhcr night Of Bethlehem. Two plain
pcopl" are Eotclcd in village barn after a
walk of eighty miles, too long a walk for
one in poor health. No Lords of state
awaiting in the aute-chamber, as when
other Kings are born; no messengers
mounted al the doorway ready TO herald
TN" event from city TO city; no medical skill
IL attendance; no satin-luCd cradle to re-
Ccjve its iufantile gucst-but a monarch
born in the hostclery called the House OF
Ciiwham. the night. with diamond finger,
pointing down 10 the place the door Of
Heaven set wide open 10 look out; from or
"hcs'rai batons Of light, dripping the ora
tor.os OF the Messiah; on lowest doorstep
OF Heaven the mustrels discoursing Of
glory and good will
Soon after the white bearded astrologists
lnr.l and from leather pouch chink the
sh'k"ls. and from epen sacks exEale the
fraHklnrrusc and rustic out the bundles Of
,nyrIh. The looscned star; the escaped
doEaloyy Of cClestials: the chill December
night af!ush with May morn; our world
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ern SKY star Shoot ana lal with such
plphahcy ana precision that II l had been
on nil as high as that Of Bethlehem en-
which the shepherds stood, | could have
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VI hi il4'H museum nave specimens OF
ne'eoFlc stones PiCkea up IN the he!ds,
Fragments hung OIL from other worlds,
leaving fiery trail on the sky. So that il
is rot to me at all improbable. the stellarOr
metcOris appearance on that light of which
we speak. only care to know that it was
bright, that il was silvery, that it flashed,
and sWayed, and swung and halted with
JOY celestial, as though Christ. in haste to
save our world had rushed down without
His core net and the angels of God had
hurled it after Him!
Not a black cloud of threat, but bright
star Of hope is our glorious Christianity.
One glimpse of that stellar appearance
kindlcd up the soul OF the sick and the
dying college student, until the words
flashed from his pale fingers and the stay
seemed TO pour its light from his white
lips. rs kirl White wrote these immortal
words:
"Whcn. marshalcd on the nightly Main.
The gitirring hosts bestud the sky,
One star alone of all the train
Can TX the sinners wandering eye. +:
HAIR hark to God the chorus break
rom every most RON every GEN.
DI' o'.r "iC.e me saviour sptaks'
% INV 'o'"i u
"Once on the raging seas I rode.
The storm was loud the night was dark,
And rudely blew the wind
That tossed my laundering bark;
Deep horror then my Ytala froZe,
DEAN struck ceased The 'ioe 10 stem;
t'rn su !t'' q? d ss"I nLost'
was 'Ne oar VI i'e'i'ieHhi
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