Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-09
SUNDAYS SERMON.
OWE OF REV. DIR TALMAGE'S
STERLING DISCOURSES.
subiect "BarnliIe Birthpiaces."

ryxr: "IIe shall ind the bale wrapped
IN slcaddiing clothes, lying IN q mdnger.
snd suddeaiu there tros Nth the angel a
multitude of The hedrenty host."-Luke IL,
l2-l3
Atmidnight from one of the galleries OF
,hs sky a Chant broke To an ordinary OBJ
ssryer there was no reason for such celestial
Ssmonstration. A poor man and wife
,,syelers, Joseph and Mary by Dame-had
ioJged in an clubhouse of an unimportant vii
isge The supreme hour of solemnity had
sasssad and upon the pallid forehead and
rbeek of Mary God had set the dignity, the
rrsndeur. the tenderness, the everlasting and
divine significance Of motherhood
Rut such scenes had often occurred in
psthlebem, vet never before had u star been
andxed or had baton of light marshaled
over the hills winged orchestra IL there
S.d been such brilliant and mighty recogni-
ion AZ an advent in the house of Pharaoh,
ar at an advent in the house of Ca sar, or the
Iouse of Hap burg. or the house OF Stuart,
We would not so much have wondered; but
iarn seems too poor center for such deli
este and aTchangeic circumference The
stsge seems too small for so great an act, the
music too grand for such unappreciative
auditors, the window Of the stable too rude
10 he serenaded by other worlds.
M sir No madam. 1t is my Joy this
,ooruing TO tell you what was born that
NIGHT in the village barn; and, as / want to
mskemv discourse accunulativc and climac.
ierc. begin, in the first place, by telling
Won that that night, in the Bethlehem
;;usnger was born d. encouragement for all
me poorly started. He had only two friends
they His parents. No satin lined cradle. no
delicate attentions. but straw. and the cattle,
and the coarse loke and banter of the camel
drivers No wonder the medieval painters
renrqsent the oxen as kneelng before the
infant Jesus for there were no men there at
that time TO worship. From the depths OF
what poverty He rose, until to day He s hon
ored in all Christendon, and sits ON the I'm
reria throne in Heaven
What name is mightiest to-day in Christeu-
DOM Jesus Who has more friends on
earth than any other beingl Jesus Before
whom do the most thousands kneel in chapel
and church and cathedral this hour. Jesus.
For whom could one hundred million souls
be marshaled, ready TO fight or diel Jesus.
From what depths OF poverty TO what height
olrenownl And so let all those who are poorly
started remember that they cannot 10 moro
poOrly born, or more disady niItagcously
Than this Christ Let them look up TO His
example while they have time and eternity
t0imitae IT,
Doycu know that the vast ma iority of the
worlds deliverers had barnIike birthplaces.
Luther. the emancipator of religion, horn
among the mines. Shakespeare, the enamel
pator Of literature, born in a humble home
At Stratford on Avon. Columbus, the dis.
cOrerer Of world. born ia poverty at Genoa.
Hogarh. the discOverer of how 60 make art
cumulative and Administrative Of virtue,
born in a humble home at Westm0reland.
KiO and Prideaux. whese KEYS unlocked new
APARTMENTS in the Holy Scriptures which had
never been entered, born in waat Yea, !
have to tell YOU that nine out of ten of the
worlds deliverers, nine out of ten of the
worlds messiahs-the messiahs of science,
he messahs of law, the messiahs of medi-
che, the messiahs of poverty, the mossiahs
dTlnd benevoence-were born in want
suppose that when Herschel, the great
astronomer was born in the home of poor
musician, not only one star, hut all the stars
he atterward discovered, pointed down TO h 5
manger ! suppose when Haydn, the Ger
man composer, was born in the humble home
Of a poor WheelNright that all the angels of
music chanted over the Manager. Oh, what
encouragement for those who are poorly
started le who think yourselves Tar down
aspire to 90 high up!
stir your holy ambitions to-day, and
want to tell You, although the whole world
may be opposed 10 Won. and inside and out
side Of your occupations or professions there
may lie those who wou hinder your ascent,
on your side and enlisted in your behalf are
The sympathetic heart and the almighty arm
Of Lne who one Christmas night about
eighteen hundred and lightweight yenrs ago,
was wrapped in swaddlIng clothes and laid
in manger. Oh, what magnificent en-
couragement for the poorly started
". Again. have TO tell you that in that
village barn that night was bora good will
tomen, whether you call it Kindness or for
leaance or forgiveness, or geniality, or at-
lection, or love. Il was 40 sport of high |
h0ven to send its favorite to that humilia-
ton. i was a sacrifice for rebellous world.
Alter the calamity in Paradise, not only did !
lbe OK begin to gore, and the adder to sting,
and the elephant TO snlite with his tusk, and
heh hon to put TO bad use tooth and paw. but |
under thevery tree from which the forbidden
nut was plucked we're batched out war and |
y revenge and malice and envy and jealousy,
am ths whole lrood of cockatrices
But against that scene | set the Bethlehem |
manser, which says: " Bless rather than |
cure endure rather than assault, and that |
olfstmas night puts out vindictiveness. 1t /
AlS Sheathe your sword. dismount your I
runs dlmante your batteries turn the war I
ap Constellation that carried shot and she'll, |
mo grain ship to take food to famished |
leand, hook YOUR cavalry horses 10 the |
pos use your deadly gunpowder in blasting |
HeKs and m patriotic celebration. stop your /
hhtb NIlllllE dNOfN NOUS itlbtIN, tA- /
uact the sling from your sarcasm, let your |
Wy coruscate but never burn. drop all the |
.slM words from your vocabulary
EIio men ~
~" you say, II can't exercise it l won't |
secse i until they apologize; woa't for
s'e mem until they ask nae to forgive l
h You are no Christian then-I say
~ are no Christian, or you are a very in |
snssent Christian. IL you forgive not men
NJ uespisses, how can you expect your
.aeNenly Father to forgive your Forgive
.el tney ask your forgiveness, and for
eve taem anyhow. Shake hands all around.
1ood will TO men,
on my Lord Jesus, drop that spirit into
NJ hearts this Christmas hour. / tell YOU
~, ua the world wants more than anything
more helping hands more sympathetic
elSno n more kind words that never die, more
csr rDl \. TO give other people ride, and to
49,, 1ae heavy end of the load and give
rao e people the light end, and to ascribe
a;nlouves instead of bad, and to find our
fp4eS IN making others happy.
a. III VI mat bethlehem crib let the bear aud
~, ~" sst straw like an OK. GOOD will to
;rova-.; mat principle will yet settle all con-
!, ;sieS, and under it the world will keep
,annpploying until there will be only two
a. r. nl1 IN all the earth, and they will
~ sue take the jubiant sleigh ride int
$500 the prophet when he said: "Holi-
m oe on the bells OF the horsesn
A. gam, remark that born that Christ
ght IN the village barn was svm-