Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-27

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!ay down In the December enow. II VA
tnls Christ thst the Pilgrim iathera an
peaied TO when the Mayaower whsrfed a
| hHmoutn Rock, and Ia the ve.r
tnat went by the graves diprs,
were more Ia number than IN,
houses built. Oh, tell Won. w,
want December Cnrist, nota Carist ~,
iair weather, but Christ for darn day,
eiouded with sickness, aud chilling viii
disappointment, aud suffocstina with hn
reayement, aud terrinr with wide.opr,
graves! Not springtlme Christ. nor 4
snmmer Christ, nor an autumn cnrist
out q winter C@lstl
on, this SUI ring aud Struggling world
needs TO be hushed, and
soorHKD, AND ROCKED.
anu luliabled In tue arms OF sSmpatheiis
Om"ipotencel No mother ever with
more tenderness put her foot ON IN,
roceer oil sick child than Christ comes
down TO US, 10 this invalid world, and II,
ROCKS 1t into plscldity and quietness a.
ne says my peace give unto YOU;
mol as the world giyeth, give unto You y
oh, you broken-hearted oh, you perse.
euted and tried souls; oh, you burden.
bearers, this day declare unto you 4
December Christi
Notice also fact which no one seem,
20 notice, that this Christ was horn
among the sseep and the cattle and the
horses and the camels, IN order that He
might be an allevlating influence TO the
whole animal creation. IL means mercy
LOT over-drlyen, under-ied, poorly. shel.
Tered, ga led and maltreated animal crea.
ton.
Hath the Christ who compared Himself
10 dove, no care for the oruelties OF the
pigeon shootingl Hath the Christ who
compared Himself TO lamb, no care To-
the sheep that are tied and contorted
ana with neck over the sharp edge OF The
butchers cart; or the cattle train In hoi
weather from Omaha to New York, with
no WATERLOO miles OF agony? Haiti
the Christ whose tax was paid hy a
hsh, the coin taken from its mouth, nc
care for the tossing fms in the nsh
market Hath the Christ who
strung With his own hand the nerves OF
the dog and the cat, no indignation fol
the horrors OF vivisectlOnY Hath the
Christ who said, $50 70 the anti no
watchfulness for the transhxed iusectsY
Hath the Christ who said, "Behold
the fowls OF the air. Himself never be-
held the outrages heaped upon the brute
creation, that cannot artlculate It's GRIEF
This Christ came not only TO lift the Inn
man race out OF the trouble, but to M
ont OF pang and hardship the animal crea
ton,
In the glorious mlllennial time the
child shall lead the lion and play with thu
cocbatrice o ly because brute and reptile
9halI m -, IN,
alleviate the condition OF the brute crea.
uon Christ was born in The cattle pen.
The first bleat Of the Lamb OF of God w 4
heard amid the tired tluckS Of the Bethle.
hem shepherds The White Horse of
eternal victory stabbed in barn.
But notice also IN this account the three
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
that are brought to the mangor, gold,
frankincense and myrrh. Gold to Christ
lhat means all the atlluence OF the world
surrendered TO Him. For lack OF
money no more asylums limpina
on their way like the cripples whom thew
helped; feeling their slow way like the
blind people whom they sheltered. MIL
lions OF dollars for Christ where there are
now thousands for Christ. Railroads
owned by Christian stockholders, and
governed by Christian directors, and car
rying passengers aud freight at Christian
pr ces George Peabodys aud Abbott
Lawrences and James Lenoxes no
rarity. Bank Of Eugland, bourse OF
France, United States treasury, all the
moneyed Institutions OF the world for
Christ The gold for Christ.
Gold not only paid the way for Joseph
aud Mary and the Divine Fugitive into
Egypt but II was typical OF the fact that
Cnfist's way shall be paid all around the
world. The gold for Christ, the silver
for Christ, the jewels for Christ. The
bright, round, beautiful Jewel of a
weird set like solitaire on the bosom OF
Christ
But notice that these wise men also
shook out from their sacks the myrrh.
The cattle came and they snuffed at IL.
They did not eat 1t because II was bitter.
The pungent gumresin Of Abysslnia
called myrrh, brought TO the feet Of
Christ. That means bitterness. Bitter
betrayal, bitter persecution, bitter days
OF suffering, bitter nights OF woe.
Myrrh. That Is what they put into His
cup when He was dying. Myrrh. That
Is what they put under His head in the
wilderness. Myrrh. That is what they
strewed His path with all the way from
THE CATTLE PEN
in Bethlehem to the mausoleum at Jo-
seph's country seat. Myrrh. Yea, says
the psalmist, "All thy garments smell
OF mVrrh.n That is what the wise
men wrapped In the swaddling clothes OF
the babe. That is what the Marys
twisted in the shroud of cruciaed
Christ. The myrrh. o. the height, the
depth, the length, the breadth OF a
Saviour's sorrow! Myrrh. Well might
the wise men shake out the myrrh.
But notice, also, from another sack
they shake out the franBincense. Clear
up TO the raiters Of the barn the air Is
filed with the perfume, and the hostlers
and the camel drivers 10 the further part
of the building inhale.i IL, and 1t floats out
In the cir until passers-oy wonder who In
that rough place could have by accident
dropped q box OF alabaster.
Frankiheense. That Is what they burn
ed In the censor In the ancient temple.
Frankincense. That means worship.
That is TO III all the
homes, and all the churches, and all the
capitals, and all the nations, from cellar
of stalactited cave clear no To the RilyerV