Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-01-01
A Sermon on a Timely Subject
Delivered Recently by Rev.
S. E. Snider.
Thespian Tactics. Stage Doings
Here, There and Everywhere
Boiled Down.
No Room for Jesus.


day of q Ieen Victoria be cause she is
Queen of England. We as American
citizens celebrate wasbington's birth
day BECAUSE he Is tue father OF our
country. The whole CHRISTIAN world
c 'lebrate Cnri-tua-, because it signI-
h-s to Us Cbrisrs birthday. Tn.
turning polIt 10 the worlds history;
for l.rD years the world looked for
ward iO the desire Of all natiOUs" aud
se look back nearly 900 years to tn.
time when the Angels announced ~
tie shepherds tue glorious event,
Fear LOT Tor behold | briDg you good
Iidiugs of great JOY which shAll be l.
all Iroplr, for unto you Is born this
day III The city OF David Saviour
which lr Christ the Lord" You have
doubtless read the story OF Ulysses the
Greek warrior, King OF the Island OF
lIbica, and Que OF the most iIlustrious
heroes Of the Trojan war. After an
AT seuce from bis home Of twenty years
consumed Ia wars aud wauderings, b..
returned TO his islsud empire 10 hnd
his palace be-et by q circle of gay
Young lords who were consuming bis
-ub-t.nse and wasting his resources
la riotou. living. adding insult TO in
Jury, usurping the reins OF power 10
hi- dominions aud vieing with each
o her for the hand OF his beloved and
Ioug-suttrriDg wife. Penelope. You
think that was Outrage, ell honest
hearts would say that Was rough treat.
meDt. Yet IL wa not such treatment
as that which I.sn0 year. ago was &c
corded Ia him wbose birth We crl--
hrate to-day. he came into this
world. his own world. has own by
CREATION and preservation. ("All
things were made for him anu by
him and without him was MT
anything made that was made."D Yet
when He came unto His own there
was "no room for him." When the
Prince of Males came 10 this country
lev years aro what reception wa
gwen him because Uf what he repIe
-.nled, TIA. heir apparent a the Eng
li-h throne. And the same when the
Ponce Of Ris.is came 10 thl. country
wbst an ovation was ext.nied I,
him. But when Jesus the Prince u
Heaven came TO this world what sorl
of reception was accorded to him
rnere wer. ball-lujih., but not non
human lip; the angels sang st hi
births multitude OF heavenly host
saying. "Glory to Gyd in the highest
aud 90 earth peace, good viii towar'
men," Human tongues bore no VA
In that song. No sooner was II an
nou oced that J.su. was born than VI
are told the king was troubled sn'
all Jerusalem was troubled with him.
There was no room In Aerod's king
DON. The reputed father took tb
young ebild and his mother aud ns'
Into Egypt. The circum.taoces a,
tending the savioi's birth were stdk
ingly illustrative OF the forum
that was To bsfall him during his sui
srquent earthly lie. lie came unt
HIS own and HIS own received H'u
uol.n The foxes have holes and tb
birds OF the air have nests but the so
Of man hath not where 20 lay III
head. "Hs came 10 seek and say
tba, which was lost" aud instead q
having been entertained royalty a.
Klns, aud accorded 10 Hun that hos
piiallly walcb Ne was Justly entltls
TO. for what he VA and fof VIII nj rep
resented 10 be 4. ~ "tbs Savior Of tb
world" He wa. iu.ultvd; vloleo
hand. were laid upoA him, was drive
out Of this world by an igpomiolo'
death on the oro-. There Was q
room lor Jr.us In this world. Fo'
that time 10 this there has been b
Iiltle room comparatively spsakinI
10 the world for Jesus, Room q
wealth. honor. pleasure. politics. bus
us~. ste. There is not much root
sccofdsi 10 CafIst In the business
tns world. cbrlsrs presenee ~cu'
Interfere with much q the e"s'osss
The world: would turn ~ upside dow
and right sids %. iIs would cay
10 the temple when the Jews yer" q
iuxs rood business 10 bsyinf su
selling. enc "ye have made u d
Of thieves" aud he nd tbs temple
such bosloes men With . wh'p mss
~ cais No room fof Christ 10 90
pleasures. Chsi>l does not fofc'S !
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