Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-01
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cheruo, not a seraph, not an angel, not a
World put wepe aud thrilled AMI shouted.
OH yes, our world In only q silver RUG OF q
great ladder, at the top of which Is our
kathers's house. No moro stellar solitaripess
Tor our world, not q friendess planet spun
OUT into space to frceze, but World In che
BOSOM OF divine maternity. a star harnesed
to a mangor. -
| ~. Again. ! remark that that night born
IN that village barn was tho offender's hope
some sermonizers may say l oughr to have
projected this thought at the beginning OF
the oernon Oh, no. wanted you TO rise
toward it wanted you to examine this
comedians and the jaspers and the emeralds
and tho chrysalis before showed you the
kohtnoor-the crown jewel of the ages.
u, OH a, That jewel had very poor settling.
Inc cub OF bear is born amid the grand old
pillars of the forest, the whelp OF the lion
takes its first step from tho Jungle OF lux.
urlant leaf and wild flo ser, tho Kid Of goat
Is porn In cavern chandeierel with stalactite
born in a bare barn. Yet that nativity was
the offender hopa. Over the door OF heaven
are written these words: "None but the sin.
less may onter here"
out" No. Christ camo to tho world in ons
door ana He departed through another door
lie came through tho door OF tho manager
ana tic departed through the door OF tho sep.
away our sins that one second after we ara
dead there will 10 no moro sin nbout ms thnn
| about the etornal God.
Know that is putting it strongly. but thai
Is what understand by full remission. All
erased, all washed away, ali scoured ont Mi
gone. That undergirding and oyerreachina
ana irradiating and imparadising possibility
FOR you and for mo aud for tho whole race
was given on TINT Christmas night
70 you wonder We bring flowers to-day to
celebrate such an ovcntf Do You wonder
that we take organ and cornet and youthful
voice and queenly sOoist to celebrate it. Do
| You wonder that Raphael and Rubens aud
Titan and Giotto and Ghirlandaio nnl all
tho Old Italian and German painters gave
the mightiest stroke OF tho pencil to sketch
| tho Madonna, Mary and her boy!
On! now SEQ what tho munger was. Not
80 high as tho gilded and iewelcd and ON
or the Louises of Franco, or tho Fredcrcks
| OF Prussia. Now find out of that Bothle.
hem crib fed not SO much tho oxen of tho
stan as tho white horses OF Apocalyptic Wis.
ION. Now find tho swaddling clothes on
lnrging and omblazoning into an imperial
roto for conqueror. Now find that tho
star OF that Christmas night was only tho
diamond sandal OF Hin who hath tho moon
under Ills feet. Now come to understand
that the music OF that night was not COM
plete song, but only tho stringing OF tho In
strnments for great chorus OF two worlds
tho bass to DO carried by earthly nations
saved. and tho soprano by kingdoms of glory
won.
oh, heaven. heaven, hcnvenl l shnll meet
you there. After all our impcrfections are
gono | shnll meet you there. look out to-
day, through the mist OF years, through tho
fog that rises from the cold jordan, through
tho wido open door of solid pearl, to that ~
| union. L expect to SEQ you There MS certainly
as 900 you hero What n time we shall
havo in high converse, talking over sins par
doned, and SORROWS comforted and battles
| triuuphantl
am going in. ! am going to talc NIL my
family with me lam going TO take nll my
church with mo- am going to tnlto all my
friends and ncighbors with mo. I havo 80
much fnith I'm mnngor and cross ] feel suro
OF it. am going TO coax you ill., am going
to push You in. BY holy stratcgom am 90.
ing to surprise you in. foa with all tho con-
contracted energy OF my nature-physlcnl,
mental, spiritual and immortal-I nm going
to compel You to 20 in. like you so we'll
want to spend eternity with you'll
Some OF your children have already COMO.
Some time ago l buried ono OF them, and
though people passing along tho street and
seeing white crnpo on tho doorhell may huvo
sald: at is only child,n yet when tho
brokon henrtod father came to solicit my
service ho snid: Come around nid comfort
us, Tor though slc was only fifteen months
old wc loved her so much" Ali IL does not
take long for child to get It's arms around
tho parents whole nature
What n Christmas morning IL will mike
when those with whom you used TO keep tho
holidays arc all around you In eavenl Sill
Yer haired old father young agnin, and
mother who Ind so many nches and pains
an'i decrcpitudes well again, and all your
brothers and sisters and the little onog How
glnd they will 10 to SEQ you'll
Ihey hnve boon waiting. Tho last time
they saw your face it was covered with tenra
and Distress and pallid from long watching,
and ono OF them can imagine to-day, with
one band holding fast The shining gate. md
tho other hand swung out toward you, say
Ing:
Steer this way. father, steer straight for mo;
Here safe In heaven am waiting for thee.
Oil those Bethclehom angels, whom they
went back after tho concert TINT night over
tho hills, forgot to shut the door. All the
secret Is out No moro use of trying to hide
from us the glorles to como. 1t Is too late To
shut the gate 1t is blocked wido open with
marching that way.
What almost unInans me Is the thought
that it Is provided for such sinners ns Won
and have been. II 1t had been provided
right. and spoken right and ncted right You
and would hnve Ind no interest In It. had
no share in IL; you and would have stuck
TO tho raft mid ocean, and lot the ship snil
by. carrying perfect passengers from n Der-
feet life on earth to n perfect life in heaven.
Oil have heard the Commander OF that
ship is the same great and glorious and sym
pnthatic One who hushed tho tempest around
tho boat on Calico, and 1 have heard that
all tho passengers on the ship nre sinners
md it bears down this WY, and we come by
the side of it and ask tho Captain two oues-
tions: WHO nrt Thouf and whencef' and He
snys: al am Captain of Salvation, and am
from the manger" Oil bright Christmas
morning OF my souls delight Chime oil the
bells. Wreathe all tho garands. Rouse all
tee anthems Shake bands in all the CON
CALCULATIONS.
Merry Chrstmasi Merry with tho thought
OF sins forgiven, merry with the den of sor.
rows comforted, merry with tho raptures to
come. Oil lift that Christ from tho manger
and lay Him down In all our hearts. We
may not bring to Him as costly present 40
the magi brought, but we bring to His feet
and to the manager today the frankincenso
of'ous JOY. the pearls of our tears, the kiss of
our love, the prostration of our worship.
Down mt His feet, all churches, all ages. all
earth all heaven. Down Mt His feet the four.
and-twenty elders on thor faces. Down the
great multitude that no man can number. y
Down Michael, the nrchangell Down all
worlds at His feet and worship. "Gory to
God in the highest, and on earth peace. good
will to menl"