Telegram-herald., 1889-12-23
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A lArge congregation 0f more than
1900 persons allied the aud .ence-room u
the FoantAin-street Baptist Church last
evening AFTER several appropriate
Christmas songs and other preparatory
services, Or. TuppeFannOuuce4 bis sub
ject a. ..The Incarnation of Jesus
Christ" text. "Unto as a child Is boEn.
q sou Is gwen. Isaiah, IN6.
We're the question addressed our
generation" began tie speaker, what
= the most important event ID AZ tie
annals of human history, what the
mlgluest factor taAt has vrouglt Tor
Tie A. Faucculent uf hunlau clVil1A-
tou3 lL would be curious and interest
HuE 90 note the various answers that
would be- returned, some emphasizing
the noted expeditions OF Alexander,
the Great, others the mighty achieve
mcnts of Cesar, others, the WOndeIIul
lcat5 OF Napoleon, while Others stall,
would dwell on the great Reformation
OF Jae sixteenth century. Not one of
these Is the correct answer 90 the query
suggested. Colossal as arc the hgurcs
ana gautic the mp.lshmeuts ol
many or the heroes. stamping the
centuries. an whlcn they lived. with the
impress OF their personal greatness.
the founder and builder OF the worlds
graudcst epoch Is ia almost every le-
spect different from Cesar, Alexander,
Charlenagne aud NapOlCOn-tltterent
u character, aim. aspiration and dcs-
uuy. Tie was no warrior nor scholar,
40 artist nor merchant, no priest nor
I philosopher. lie founded no school,
established no church. lie left no
hymn, no book, no literary memorial.
f lie was known, once, % stoOp down and
I write something on the ground which
T the next passing wind easily etlaced,
but besides tins ne Is not known - have
pcnned a single line in all tho thirty
/ three years OF las earthly life. lie WAS
no Roman, no Greek, but q simple
/ Judcan peasant. \ mechanic, car
penter, vcllcd IN robes OF Obscurlty and
poverty. And vet il 5 tins man about
4 whom clusters the vastest aCcumula-
/ ton Of histories, ideas, bChCt-thIs
man. around whom revOlycs. as around
I an axis. the highest hope, the sScetest
f aspirations. the mIghtest achievements
/ OF the best clements OF humanity. All
ages and races, and latitudos ana zones
/ have been touched, II not agltated, 10y
+ the name and fame, the character and
T teachings of this son of the Highest
+ letsOn OF man.
i In the examination of the text,
I continued the speaker, 1--WE are struck
I FIRST OF ali with the declaration of
Isaiah as having reference TO a present
/ reality, though, IN fact, the birth OF
+ Christ was more than five hundred
years after the Messlau.c prophecy.
/ Unto Us child is born not shall be
I And paradOxlCdl as u may seem, this
! WIS a fact before II became a fact.
+ Christ was I'm our world before he was
/ born INA Our wOr.d-here thought be
fore an expression; 4 whisper before az
( articulation. lie Is not only the doe
tuuC of the Old Testament, hut It's
warp. ts W0Ot, Us very llfe--Whctncr
we speak OF Mosaic legislation or pro-
I phct.c warnings, or Davldic songs, or
Jewish history. Christ, with the an
cicnt Jew, was the end OF the old and
beginning OF the new, the center OF all.
So near is ne 10 lsallh, though five
hundred wears away, that from the
lofty mount OF inspired prophecy this
man OF God exClalms: Unto Us u son
= gwen, a child j. born
The speaker next traced the success
slve periods Ut MeSsianic prophecy,
I comparing them to the suns increasing
I splcndOr-hrst the dawn, then the
CRIMSON light and, finally the zenith
/ glory enveiOpIng hIll and valley-from
Adam 10 Moses, from Moses 10
| DAVID, from David 10 Malachi
/ Christ IS first the "seed OF the
/ woman" theu Jacobs Shiloh, then Ba-
iaam's star, then SOlOmOu's Universal
Sovereign. then Davld's Messiah, then
IaIah's Prince of Peace, then Micah S
Being of Eternal Pre-eNstencc, then
MulacM's Angel OF the Covenant. go
man, said the preacher, "can gaze
earnestly and prayCrtully on these
rich gems of divine grace and fail To
see reflected from their pure and lovely
surface the light of the divinity of
Mary son. No amount of sOphistry,
CapuOus ingenuity, ratOna.stlc iusu-
uauOu- can possibly tear tie Christ OF
glory from the inspired page OK the Old
Testament scripture
The sermon closed On a desCriptIOD
; OF the premOnltiOns and prognostica-
tiOns respecting a slngor Messiah winch
prevailed throughout the world at tine
time of Christ's birth; how Julius Caesar
sought TO claim kDg,hip on the basis o..
@ temple oracle respecting sovereign
soon TO appear, bow Virgil Sings oi q
( coming offspring, ueug almost tho worry
figures and language ot Scripture o.
self, how Persian sJEes ictt home and
study 20 DO homage to the new King
how men Of Judes waited for Israel.
consolation; how john the Bap-
t.s5 was called tae Christ in
tine ca aCerness 0f an almost universal OK
pCctat0n, how Christ came and lived
a man of spotiess character, match.ess
teachings, majestic deeds. at0ung
death. glor.ous resurrection and radl.
ant ascension 20 uis native home. how
he still lives, the heart NJ hopeful hu
nam tv. The center of "a illumination
Inspiration ilf0-rear.r~ ever among
men. tla name most widely known AID
rcverouAv honored .ookeI ever 80 q.
tao euood ueut of all taat good aad
Err't. tne Uuersoua of pure CHAR
stter- the perfect wcdel of perfect ex
|reIlenro. ou vnicn the tclsn. of Uses
years las failed CD 6ud a single fav o-