Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-27
CHRISTMAS.
4 They Brought as a Token Thai
|Christ's Way Should be Paid
All Around the World.
.tIucsnse 10 Show That All Peo-
nIes aud All Ages Should Bow
Down and Worship Him.
=, R.cause bitterness and Tears, sor.
,ow and woe should be Woven Into
me Texture of His Life.

lal to the Gazette.
eooxLYS, N. Y, Dec. 26.-The Rev.
bswitt Talmage, DID, preached In
Rrooklyn tabernacle this evening, on
ubiect: "The Christmas Jubilee" A
4 slal programme of music was rem.
4 nv the artists OF the church, and
congregational singing was inspirit
The opening hymn begins:
~ 10 the world, the Lord is come;
Il earth receive her ISing.
= Talmage's text was 81. Matthew, Il,
,When they had heard the king, they
'arted; and 10, the star, which they saw
he east, went before them, till II
I, and stood over where the young
s. IA was" The preacher said:
this season all christendom eel.
h,es the birth OF Christ. Step down
Of your comfortable surroundings
a the chill December night of Beth
.sem. Two plain people are hotelled in
tllage barn, after a walk of eighty
,es; too long trudge for one in poor
,<h. No lords of state awaiting in
s,echamber, as when other kings are
IN. No messengers mounted at the
abrwsy ready to herald the advent from
e to city. No medical skill in attend
~. NJ sS.,i . auIe w reserve
lnisntiIe suvsV , . pu' luopalvh ooTn
q nosIeiry Cs,ieu .he LOUISE Vi 0nlm-
~, tue nIsu. wv uleipouueu nugef
snIlpg uom VA " o sne piSoe, .ne uoor Oh
nVen SCI W. opoI W iooA ousi lrolh
faes.iai Sa ~ So Hippins 'ne
ls9OlloS Va Sns n.u'Sian on ioWes'
Dyoh s, ~ VI ma y, ~ y,
lnlnSSreiS uisoouisius vi siory anu
~ WIN. A..
Oun eiie tuS mu.se.Sealuou sss.oio-
W. Ane1i, anu 't On. lea.nein pouon emu
sueheis, anu ION opeh sacAs eAuale
uanNiueIn9" , ruu iuesle ous .no Jun
Vi nylin' Ing iooseneu stari tne
fapeu uoAolosy ol celestlalsi the cDlll
3cemoer hlSnt ahusn WIN May morn
4 Woriu lost slar, ana announcer star
fhlng dowh the SKY that night 10 peckon
wanderer nome again, snail yet make
nations keep Christmas
Pre- there no new lessons from tne story
yet hackneyeu oy OH repeatalE On,
4! Now In the nrst place, IL WAS sid
n appearance mat led the way. 10,
a star when tney saw In tne East went
gore them why NOT Dlack cloud In
shape oil hsnd or unger pointing
l8n 10 the sacred olrthplaceI a cloud
Pans trouble, and the world mad had
puzzle enough. why not shait OF
mining qulVerlng ana nasnlng ana strlk-
down TO the sacred oirtnplacet Light
ng means destruction, a SCATTERING ana
nsuming power, and the world wa ted
more destructlon'
But IT was star, ana that means Joy,
~ means hopei tnat means good Cheer,
Rt means ascendancy. a star! That
ians creative power, Tor ala not the
9rnlng stars sing together when the
EuoiIo OF the worries was openeut A
mat means oeIense, LOT ala not
stars ngnt ID tneir course against Dis
!, snu Ior me -oru.s peopie! a star
~ neans orllllan. continuance, lor are
lne Ilsuteous W snine as ns tne stars
WI anu e.eis slai nas llleahs
opeIins VI eIeihaI loyi ne uay star
!. she leSr'' Ahe noihlns s'ar VI Inc
r N.Y. - 80
lne uuusuai appearance lhaI hlshs
2 hA'o 'oou svtaus9 0oaJ T StN VI
l.uS; as 'ne 'iAnsl' Vi venus was
''oiU ion
Man = hAi,s Auo
assl Am i'm enu as'lonoiiets oau tell
ras WIZ oe tne Son ulo'ioh VI Wollus d
I '"l,l years lloin now, 50 tney can
'suia1e pach mslus, anu eE ',, ihl'uel as
'aoihels nave oeen COM eIleu W testify
y aoVue tne yeal one tnele was VERY
.n appearance ~ tne heavens. Inc
nSas. tecolu, Va So9' Sc snsileiy niue
,tter Of history that abont the wear
4 there was a strange and nnacconnta-
apnesrance in the heavens mt II
n have Neon a meteor snch az Won and
Ave sean easb in he bor,zon Oniv n
4 years aooIsaw in the yester, skv a
4 shoot and ts,l with sncb hrIlliancv
/ precision that II IL had been on a hill
high as that Of Bethlehem, on which
shepherds stood. | could have
rkad ,,,t.ki,, -. 3ta.,,,,, ~, ,,Io,o
~ "lsuiu onoiS u'eUauSe eiie ploo0
lne allghtlng The University oil Iowa
the British museum have specimens OF
teric stonas ,Ickod un in tha aaIds
S e'oues pisAeu W ~ .no no,Ss'
wing a fiery trail ON the sky. So that
q nSt o., ~, =, ~, F,,,,,ob,J,lo .ho stai
I ~. w nio a' al AIhPlooaVi0i ING otoi
or Lhe meteorlc appearance ON tnal
nj OF which we sneak / only care to
)w that AZ wac hright that n waa all.
!, 80. ""s VI i@uli 'NovN "a' 81
~ tnaI IL uasneu, ana sWayeu, ana