The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-01-11

make my discourse accumuIatiye and ii.
macteric begin, in the first place, by 6jll.
ing you that that night in the Bethlehem
manager was born a. encouragement for all
the poorly started. He had only two friends
they were His parents. No satiN-lned
cradle, no delicate attentions, but straw and
the cattle. and the coarse joke and banter Of
the camel drivers. No wonder the medieval
painters represent the oxen as kneeling be-
fore the intant Jesus. for there were no men
there Mt that time to worship From the
depths OF what poverty He rose until to-day
the imperiakthrone in heaven.
What name is mightest today in Chrrsten.
dom? Jesus. Who has more friends on enrth
than any other being? Jesus. Before whom
do the most thousands kneel in chapel and
church and cathedral this hour? Jesus. For
whom could 1O0,OO0,OOO souls ho marshaled
ready to fight or die? Jesus. From what
And so let all those who are poorly started
remember that they cannot be more poorly
born, or more etlisadvantageOusly than this
christ. Let them look up to His example
while they have time and eternity to initiate
1t.
the worlds delivercrs had bnrn.like birth
places. Luther, the emnncipator Of religion,
born among the mines Shakespeare the
emuncipator of literature, born in an humble
home at Stratforl on Avon. Columbus, the
discOreier of IL world, born in poverty Mt
Genoa. Hogartl. the disrovcrcr of how to
mako art accumulative md administrative
of virtue, born in an humble home Mt West.
moreinnd. kitto and Pridcaux. whose keys
unlocked new apartments in the Holy
Scriptures which had never leen entered,
born in want. Yes, have to tell YOU that
nine out OF ten of the worlds deliveries. nine
out of ten of the worlds mcssialls-the
messiats nf science he mcssiuhs flaw. the
messiahs of medicine. tho messials of
were born In want.
suppose that when Henscllcl, the great
astronomer was born in the home of IL poor
Musician, not only one stnr. but all the stars
thut he afterwarl discovered, pointed down
to his manager. ] suppose that when Haydn,
the German composer, was born in the hum.
bic home of Il poor mllwriSht, that ull the
Oh, what encouragement for those who are
poorly started Ye who think yourselves
fur down, aspire to go high up.
stir your holy ambitions today, and l
want to tell you, although the whole world
may be opposed to you, and inside and out
side of your occupations or professions there
may he those who would hinder your as.
cent on your side and enlisted in your behalf
arc the sympathetic heart and the almighty
arm Of One who ono Christians night; about
1883 years ago, was wrapped in swaddling
clothes and laid in munger. Oh, what mag
nifcent encouragement for the poorly started!
II. Again, ] have to tell you TINT in that
village barn that night was born good will
to men, whether YOU rnll il Kindness, or for
bearance, or forgiveness, or geniality, or at
lection, or love. 1t was no sport of higl,
Heaven to send its favorte to HAT hnnilia-
tiou. IT was a sacrifice for Il rcbelious
world: After the calamity in Paradise, not
only did the on begin To gore. and the adder
TO sting, aud the elephant to smito with his
tusk, and the lion 10 put to bad use tooth
and paw. but under the very tree from which
the forbidden fruit was plucked were matched
out war and revenge and mulico and envy
and jealousy, and the whole brood OF cocka-
triccs.
But against that scene sot tho Bethlehem
manager, which says: Bless rather than
curse, endure rallicr than assault" and that
Chrietmns igh puts out vindictivcness. 1t
says: Shruthe yonr sword. tlismount your
guns. dismantlo your batteries, turn the war
ship Constellation, that carried shot and
shell, into grain ship to take food to fam
ishing Ireland; hook yonr cavalry horses to
the plow. Use your deadly gunpowdcr in
stop your law SUITS quit writing anonymous
letters, extract the sting from your sarcasm,
let your wit coruscate but never burn, drop
nll the harsh words out Of your vocabulary.
"God will to men,
"Oh!" you suy, II can't exercise it; won't
exercise it until they apologize; won't for
give them until they ask me 10 forgive them"
You are no Christian them say you are no
Christian, or you are u very inconsistent
Christian. fyou forgive not men their tres
passes how can you expect your Heavenly
Father to forgive you? Forgive them il they
ask your forgiveness, and forgive them any
how. Shake hands all around. Good will
to men,"
"Oi, my Lord Jesus, drop that spirit into
our hearts this Christm hour, tell You
what the world wants more than anything
else-more helping hands. more sympathetic
hearts. more kind words that never die,
more disposition to give other people II ride,
and to carry the heavy end of the load and
give other people the light end, and to as
crihc good motives instead of bad, and to
find our happiness in making others happy.
. Out Of that Bethlehem let the bear and the
lion eat straw like an OK. Good will to
men," That principle will yet settle all con.
troverses, and under it the world will keep ON
improving until there will be only two anita
gonists in all the earth. and they will side by
side take the jubilant sleighridc intimnted by
the prophet when lie snid, Holiness shall be
on the bells of the horses -
III. Again. remark that born that Christ
mas night in lie village barn was sympa-
thetic union with other worlds. The only
skepticism hnveoverhnd about Christianity
was an astronomical skepticism which snid
"Why would God out oftlc heavens aud amid
the Jupiters and Saturns ofthc universe. have
chosen our little bit of world for the
achievements Of Ills only begotten Son when
lie might had Il vastcr scale and vaster
worlds?" But my skepticism is all gone as
come to the nangtr aud watch its slrroungs
ings. Now ] see all the worlds are sisters, and
that when one weeps. and when nesings they
Gll sing.
From that supernatural grouping in the
cloudbunks over Bethlehem, and from the
especial trains that ran down to the scene,
find that our world is hcantifuily ond glori-
ously and nagniicently surrounded. The
meteors are will. US, for one of them ran to
point down to the birthplace The heavens
are with us, because at the thought OF our
redemption they roll hosunnas out of the
midnight sky
OH yes; ddDot know but our world may
be better surrounded than we have some.
times imagined; and when child is born
angels fetch it. nnd When it dies angels take
it, and when an old man bends under the
weight of years angels uphold him. and when
u heart breaks angels sootlis it. Angels in
the hospital to take care of the sick Angels
in the cemetery to watch our dead. Angels
in church ready TO fly heavrnward with tho
news of reIen;ent souls. Angels above the
world. Angels under the world. Angels all
around the world
Rub the dust OF human impcwection out Of
our eyes, and look into the heavens aud zee
angels Of pity, angels OF mercy, angels OF par
don. angels of help. angels crowned, angels
chariotcd. Tho world defended by the angels.
girdlc,i by angels. tolorted by nngcls-cIouds
OF angels. Hear David cry out: THE char
lots OF God are twenty thousand. Even
thousands of angels But the mightiest
nngels stood not that night in the clouds
over Bethlehem; he mi.htiest angel thnt
night lay among the cattle-tie angel of the
new covenant. =
Az the clean white linen sent in by some
motherly villaa2er was heing wrapped around
tho little form OF that Child Emperor, not
cherub, not u seraph, not nn angel, not
world but wept and thrilled and shouted.
Obi yes our world has plenty OF sympathiz.
ers. Our world is only silver rung of
great ladder. ut the top Of our Fathers
house. No more stellar soltnriness for our
world, not trieniless plannrt spun out into
spnce to freeze, but u world in the bosom Of
divine maternity. A star harnessed to a
mRnger.
4. Again, I remark that that night born
10 that village barn was the Offenders hope.
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