The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-01-11
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the sermon. ohl 10. waited yos to H.
toward 1t. Iwanted you TO exanins tho
corne,,ans cor ella and the jasper. and tho enern!ds
Kohinoor-ths crown jewel Of the ages.
Oh! that jewel had q very poor setting
The cub of bear is born amid the grand ia
pillars Of the forest, the whslp Of tha liou
takes its first ttep from the jungle Of luxuri-
ant leaf and wild;hower, the kid Of goat y
and pillared with stslasnite. Christ was
horn In bare barn. Yet that nativity was
the offender. hope. Ovsr the door Of heaven
are written these words: 'sNone but the sin.
.oI, horror" you say. ID. .aet. .. III
Soe, No No; q Gaf:s car to tas World 10 e.s
door. He came thssughs the door Of ths
mnngef, and He depaftl4 StArough the door
| of the sepulchre, aslks Hio' one bIalness vee
30 to wash away our Mn that ora second
after We are dead theee win Be NO 1oYp sin
about us than about ths eternal God.
know tb y putting u strongly, but
Al erased, = washed away, III ecoursd out,
all gone. That undergirlin9 and ovefarch-
Ing and frradiatinS and inperadis:ng poeai.
bihty for you, and for me, and for the WAole
race was given on TINT Christmas Hight.g s
Do you wonder We bring eowersfo dayto
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that ws take organ and cornst, and youtlA,l
yoice, and queenly solnast tpSS rate n
Do utwunder that RaphaGi, andsRuhsf1E,s
and Titan, and Giotte, and Ghitiandsjo, ada
all the old Italian and German painters gate
1 the mightiest stroke Of tho pencil TO eket4h
the Madonna, Mary and her boy?
| Not so high the gi1ded and Unveiled and Cd.
broidered cradle Of the, Heniys Of England.
Or the Louiaes Of Fraties. orstha Ffedericke
Of Prussia. Now find out uetkat Bethlehem
CRIB led not SO much The oxen ol the stall 90
ths white horses Of Apocalyptic vision. Now
nnd the swaddling clothes s1larging and
queror. Now find that the star Of that
Christmas night was only the diamond snn.
dal Of Him who hath the moon under His
feet. Now l come to understand that tho
music OF that night was not aeomplete song,
but only the singing of the instruments for a
carried by eerthty nations saved, and the
soprano by Kingdoms of glory won.
Oh heaven: heaven, heaven. shall meet
you there. Altar oil our imperfections nre
gonei shall meat you there. Hook out to.
day through the mist Of years, through tho
fog that rises from the cold Jordon, through
the wide open door Of solid pearl, to that re.
asI nee you here What time We shall have
in high converse, talking over sins pardoned
and sorrows comforted, and battles triumph.
anti
lam going in. / am going to take all my
family with me. am going to take all my
| church with me- am going to take all nv
friends and neighbors with me. I have NO
much faith in manger and cross feel sure of
it. nm going to conx you in. I am going
to push you ID. by holy stratagem am go.
ing to surprise you in. Yea, with all the
concentrated energy Of my nature-physical,
mental, spiritual and immortal-1 am going
to compel you to go in. I like you 90 we'll 1
want to spend eternity with you'll
Some of your children have already gone.
Some time ago ] buried ons of them, and
though people passing along the street and
seeing white crepe on tho door hell may have
said; 1T is only child" yet when the bro
ken henrted father came to solicit my service
he said. Come around and comfort us, ior
though she was only Is months old we loved
her so mueli." All! 1t docs not take long for
II child to get its arms around the parents
whole nature.
What n Christmas morning it will make
when those with whom we used to keep the
holidays aro all around you in heaven. Sill
YER haired old father young. again, nnd
mother, who had 40 many aches and pains
nnd lcrrepitudes, well again, and all your
brothers and sisters and the littleones How
gln,i they will be to sec you!
They have been whiting. The last time
they rnw your face it was covered with tears
and distress. and pnllid from long Watching,
and one Of them can imagine today, with
one hand holding fast the shining gate,
, and the other hand swung out toward you,
saying:
, "Steer this way, father, steer straight for