Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-12-28

tice, love are distractions 10 ms until made
facts in Christ Give glory 10 God that
Christ came not alone 90 reveal the Father,
but 20 redeem man Human REDEMPTION
and salvation stands forth as Gods great
est work On this He has stakel His glory.
How amazing that man should be its subject
How amazing that he should be so indifTer.
ent 10 IT, Not realizing the cost Of saliva
ton nor mans need Of it, we shall not give
God the glory due How fast has sin de-
veloped What havoc it has wrought I'm.
agine community from which all knowl
edge OF God is obliterated De volution
would characterize it rather than evolution
Give glory TO God. Christ came a ransom
from sin-a Redeemer--a Deliverer-a Re
storer. 1t is impossible that one should fit
tlngly glorify God, who refuses the salvation
He has provided
concert was given in the evening by
the Sunday school consisting of responsive
readings recitations 10y several young la
dies, and singing by the children and the
choir.
Harmony hall was filled on Monday even
ing 10y happy company. There was a tree
FOR the children and supper for all, with
general good time for everybody.
The baptist Church.
The sermon Of Pastor Parry at the Bap-
fist church was based upon passage in
the Sunday school lesson Of the dav. They
came TO Bethlehem Among the thoughts
suggested were that
As In the ancient Flemish city NJ Client. npnrl,
u not all the roads conNerg,d into common
open space. and as iu Dlrt's great paiuting of
Christ leaving the Prmtorium tho faces Of tb,.
vast multitude are all turned toward the great
cfn ,i ngurt; 80 the Divine Artist who through
alI the ages Of prophecy was making for man the
picture OF his redemption, caused the eyes Of all
10 LOOK toward Bethlehem Bethlehem. toward
whlch Ruth and Naomi iouneyed. came into mo-.
tire about thousand years tH.fpr. When iu the
age of the patrarchs IL was revealed that the
saviour was to come from a particular nation
whlcn was to have it, root In Abraham this same
Ahfaham vas then pasturiug his focks near Beth
ltnelh' When It was revealed that the Saviour
was To come from "a particular tribe this great
iact was made known just outside the same Beth
lthein ~ the timp when Rachel brought forth
benjamin and died and was buried ia Bethlehem.
III after years we hnI the shepherd boy David.
tending u" fucks aud making melody with his
hatp on the hills of Bethlehem when lac had
exchanged the crook for the scpptra he went
again to Bethlehem Micah pruphes-d that out
,i thtt- Bethlehem shall cuiue forth he that b.
Jorule Israel aud through all the futur. of l-ra.
el even during the captivity. when Bethlehem Law
waste and dcsolatr they snug Of the hopes cen.
tired therein Ia Bethlehem was born Jesus Christ
poet sang
Here come, galley laden.
heavenly freight ON board
It bears Gods son. the saviour.
The great undying word:
Vow Earth has caught the anchor
The ship has touched the strand
God word ia fesEly garment.
The Son steps ont ON land
The message the angelic cohurt brought on that
hrSt Christmas morn 10 Bethlehem was Good
udiugs. and not only this but Good tIiiul,S of
great joy. and not alone 10 the little shepherd
'dhu nut u all people. Go even unto Bcthl,-
Is hrHI orb. Y..s.
hangs lowest over Damascus the Jews used to
say the same of Jerusalem. but uu that night Of
Snfisi nativity the glory of the Lord" shonc
bethlehem Nv % may this joyous season induce
such reVereut pilgrimage 10 Bethlehem that the
world selfishness aud greed may h.. overcome
Ahd room be made Ia every heart for this Prince
and Saviour
In the evening the exercise prepared bv
J. Hall, the assistant superintendent
entitled Good VIII 10 Men, was given in
part and in addition 70 this a reading was
given by Miss Annie Wise and "A beautiful
Christmas story by Miss Converse. the
teacher Of elocution. II was remarked by
many that the singing, even Of this Sunday
school, had never been a. fine Besides the
piano and organ they were assisted bv the
sunday school orchestra. augmented for
the occasion 10y Mr.. Jones' first violin. Mr.
Cressy, contra bass, Mr. Richardson. flute
and Mr. Miller, trombone.
Tuesday evening capped the climax in
the enjoyment of the little folk. and the
big as well The little cautata. The WAITS
Christmas was beautifully presented by
about thirty children. including a dozen
little tots from the primary class. The
solos were taken 10y Lula Herrick Ger
trude Cutter, Hortense Hall and Frank
Morse Mr. Hall made as usual a capital
santa Claus his daughter Rena most
ETHEREAL looking fairy, and HAYES Mowry a
wonderfully real bunch back cripple
The vestry WAS crowded clear out t. the
front doors, but the good things brought by
Santa-or some other 'Claws''-werea album
dant for the hungry crowd and a very
merry company from two years old and
upward separated very reluctantly about 9
o'clock. There was lots Of work for some
evidently, but The Phoenix thinks such
work pays well.