The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-15
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINES SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "BarnIike Birthplaces.'


1s-lS
At midnight from one Of the galleries c
the SKY Chant broke. To an ordinary oh
server there was no reason for such a celestia
demonstration. A poor man and wife
travellers, Joseph anG Mary by name-hac
.caseo n an clubhouse or an unimportant VII
LACE The supreme hour Of solemnity had
passed and upon the pallid forehead and
check Of Mary God had set the dignity, the
grandeur, the tenderness, the everlasting and
divine significance Of motherhood
9tA such scenes had often occurred 10
bethlehem, yet never before bad a star been
unfixed, OF had baton Of light marshaled
over the hills a winged orchestra IL there
had been such brilliant and mighty recogni-
tlon al an advent in the house OF Pharaoh,
or at en- advent in the house OF Caesar, or the
house Of Hapsburg or the house Of Stuart,
we would not 50 much have wondered; but &
barn seems too poor q center for such deli
cate and nrchangelic circumference The
stage seems too small for so great an act the
music too grand for such unappreciariVe
auditors, the window OF tbs stable too rude
70 be serenaded by other worlds
No, SIT. NO, madam. Il is my Joy this
morning 70 tell ycu what was born that
night IN tbs village barn; and, as want TO
max my discourse accuinulative and cliTnac-
ferlc, begin. in tie first place. by telling
~ -AAa-+ LtAAN lal-ANs III Inc bethlehem
-iiiinEef, was born H. encouragement for all
the poorlT ssarted he had only two friends
49, 'lts, No satin lined cradle, no
1raw, and the cattle,
Gszter Of the camel
- lraer the medieval painters
"A. tie oxen as kneeling before the
ihsSar Jesus, for there we're no men there at
that time 70 worship. From the depths Of
what poverty he ross, until to-day He IS hon
orrd in ali Christendom. and sits on the I'M
perial throne in Heaven
What name is mirhtiest today in Christen-
don't Jesus Who has more friends on
earth thaa any other beingl Jesus Before
whom do the most thousands kneel in chapel
and church and cathedral this hourl Jesus.
For whom could one hundred million souls
be marshn'ed rsady to fight or diei Jesus.
From what depths oi poverty to what height
cfrenoWn And so etall those who are poorly
started remember that they cannot be more
poorly born, or more disadvantageously
than this Christ Let them look up to His
example Hhile they have time and eternity
to initiate IL
Do ven know that the vast ma iority of the
worlds deliTerers had barnlike birthplacesl
Luther the emancipator OF religion, born
among the mines. Shakespeare the emanei-
pator Of literature, born in C humble home
at Stratiord-on-Avou- Columbus, the dis
eorerer Of a world born in poverty at Genoa
HoSnrth, the discoveror Of how 70 make art
nccumulatiTe and administrative Of virtue,
born IN humble home at Westmoreland-
kitto and fridaaux. Whase KEYS unlocked new
apartments in the Holy Scriptures which had
never been entered, born IN want Yea,
have 70 tell you that nine ont Of ten Of the
worlds deiivereTs, zine out OF ten Of the
worlds uiessiahs-the messiahs OF science,
the messiahs of law, the messiahs OF medi-
cire, the messiahs OF poverty, the messiahs
OF grand benevolence-were born in want
| suppose that when Herschel, the great
Astronomer, was born in the home Of poor
musician, not only one star. but all the stars
be afterwErd discovered. pointed down to his
hssnger. suppose when Haydn, the Ger
man composer, was born in the humble home
OF poor UheelWright that ali the angels OF
music chantod over the manEer Oh what
encouragement for those who are poorly
started. Ae who think yourselves FAR down
aspire 70 20 high up
STIR your holy ambitions to-day, and
Want to tel you. although the whole world
may oe opposei TO you, and inside and out
side OF your occupations or professions there
may he tuose who would binder YOUR ascent.
On your ssde and enlisted in your behalf arc
The sympathetic heart and the almighty arm
Of Lne who, one Christmas night about
eighteen hundred and eighty weight years ago,
was wrapped in swaddiag clothes and laid
N manger. Oh, what magnificent en-
courageInent Tor the poorly started
H. Again. have 10 tell you that in that
village barn that night was born good will
10 rnen, whether you call il kindness, or for
bealance, or forgiveness, or geniality, or af-
lection, o. love II was no sport OF high
heaven u send is favorite t0 that humilis-
ten IL was sssrrifics for rebelliu1Is vivid
After the calamity in Paradise. not only did
the OK begin 20 gore and the adder to sting,
and the elephant TO sInite with his tusk, and
tie lion 70 put 70 bad use tooth aud paw. but
f1rrr-
fruit was plucked were hatched ont war and
revenge. and malice and envy and Jealousy,
ard the whole brood Of cockatriceS
But against that scene / set the Bethlehem
manEer, which says: Bless rather than
curse. endure rather than assault, and that
Christmas night puts out vindictiveness. It
says: -Sheatlie your sword, dlsmount your
CUTS dismantle your batteries, turn the war
ship Constellation. that carried shot and shell,
INTO q grain ship TO take food to famished
ireland. hook your cavalry horses 10 the
r.oE, use your deadly gunpowder in blasting
rocks and IN patriotic celebration stop your
lEusuitz, quit writing anonymous letters, ex-
tract the sting from your sarcasm, let your
VIZ coruscate but never burn, drop all the
harsh words from your vocabulary
''Oh" you say, Il can't exercise It; ] won't
ixercise It until they apologize; won't for
nFe then until they ask me to forgive
hem hOu are no Christian then-I say
iou are no Christian, or you are a very In
,orsistent Christian If you forgive not men l
ler lresp@sses how can you expect your
heavenly Father % forgive Touf Forgive ]
lem Il they ask your forgiveness, and for l
1ye them anyhow. Shake hands all around. /
Good viii 70 men -
Oh, my Lord Jesus drop that spirit into
lur hearts tins Christmas hour ] tell Won !
THAT the world wants more than anything |
helping hands. more svnpathetic !
ind 1s- er..e
disposition 70 give other people ride. and to I
AIRY the heavy end Of the load and give
'ther people the light end, and to ascribe
sood motives instead Of bad, and 70 find our
lAppiness IN making others happy.
Out o. that Bethlehem crib let the bearand
he Ion eat straw Ike an OK. Good viii TO
nen- That principle viii vet settle all CON
VERSES and under Il the world will keep
u improving Until there vii be only two
antagonists m al the earth, and they will
de BY side ii.ke The Jubilant sleigh ride init
i-lee y the prophet when be said. "Holi-
e. snail he on ths bells Of the horsesn
IL again, remark that born that Christ
a1s night ~ the village barn was SYM
union with other worlds The only
- l'lialsiil 4 nave ever had about Christianity
as an astronomical Hkentieisrl which said.
w "Olia 1o4 cut Of the beavens and
IIl1 ne Suplters and Saturns Of the uni
e. 1Ate chosen or little bit Of world for
49, " 1Al7 only DeEOtten son ]
A,sn ne might have had a Vaster scale
M Faster HoridsH But ny skspticisn Is I
u gone a. ] come % tie inanger and watch /
= surroundings Now i see an Tie worlds
re sister, ana that when one weeps they all
ana ssaen ons sings they all sing.
iailsra-aisirnl jsraariiu.- in tha
- banks over bsihelnheIn. and rom ths
sz,zsial trains that rau down 10 ne see1s
md that our world " beautifully and eiol-i-
sisly aud magnlhesntly sufrorrIe5 TN
uetecrs are with Us, for one OF thor, ,,o =,
'oiut down 70 the birthplace. Tie besve,,s
re with us, because az the thought ~ -.
assumption they roll hosannas cut of ~
Midnight SKY.
OH yes do not know but car world NAV
y better surrounded than we have sorns-
lines imagined; aud when a child IS born \
.nGeis fetch II, and when il dies angels take I
!, aud when an old man bends under the
seignt o. year5 angels uphold him, and when
nealt 0reaks angels s0Otke It Angels in
40 hospital % take cars u the sick. Angels
ne eenstery 70 watch our dead. Angels
2 church ready to fly heaFenward with tho
leNs OF repeutant souls Angels above the
World Angels under the world Angels all
round tie world.
lluD he dust Of human imperfection ont
Y your eyes and iook into the heavens and I
- - Of PITY, angels Of mercy, angels OF I
-l-S-' angels OF help, angels crowned,
,1s-..-is IN llo-eL Inc world defended by
49, =. 49, y angels, cOhorted BY angels
49, ~ an61i1- Hear David cry out:
-, - e.l.ilo-s o. pod are twenty thousand.
- en- thousands Of angels Bnt- tbe n1iobti-
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