Telegram-herald., 1889-12-30

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AEaiu. nav subject hupresss5 nae With the
fact that GLORIOUS endiuss sometimes have
very huwtle beginning The straw pallet
81 TIE srtfll-is point, bat thc st4oet lu the
mitnlsnt skY reFcNed what would D. the
glorious eonsunli'Atl5n- Christ on Mary :
zap, CAfist on ioe throne q universal doinin-
ion~"hEt an humble starting what gioTi
Gus eflifisi bfa'a pes'ns or "a small scale lu
TIE hoarL on s-e only fnen IS trees walk
ing. he grace oI God in tee heart ls a feo-
Die spark. ana Christ has - kts'p both nsnds
over * lesi u be blown ouL " bGt az luu-
DE beginniugi blt look az that same mau
when be las cuieret heaven. NO crown able
. EXPRESS his royalty. No palace able D. eK-
press hr wealth 80 srep,cF able a. express
bis power AMI his dominion. Drinking from
toe fountain t,lat drips from Tue everlasting
tlock. Among tine harTers harpng with
their harp. On a sea of GAS mingled with
hrc Before tho throne of Cod, - 50 10
more oui forever. Tire spark 81 grace that
CArist had ~ Keep bOtn hands over ie,t It
come 70 extiaction, navinS bAned up into
honor anu glory ana Immortality What
hunble starting! what glorious consumna-
toni
"As GRAIN or MUSTARD sEEDn
The New Testament church was on a small
scale Fishermen watched Il. Against the
uprising walls crashed Internal eng.nery Ths
world said aaathema Ten thousand people
rcJ9cel ~ every seeming defeat. and said:
AHA. aha. - We would have it," Martyrs
on Ere cried. How long, . Lord how
longT Very humble startng. but soc the
difference 1T the contamination when Christ
with MS almighty arm has struck OF the last
chain Of human bond lge and Himelaya shall
5e Mount Iion, and Pyrenoes, Moriah, and
oceans tho walking place OF him who trod
the wave cuIs ot stormed TIberlas; aud
island shall call u island sea 10 ssa, conti-
neat = continent, and the song OF the worlds
redemption rising, the heavens like u great
sounding board shall strike bacl, the shout of
salvation - the earth until 10 rebounds again
- the throne OF God, and all heaven rising
on their thrones beat time with their sceu-
ters Oh, what an humble beginning, What
"a glorious ending! Throne linked 10 a man
ger, heavenly mansions % "a stable.
Ny sub ject also impresses me with the effect
of Christs mission upward and downward
Glory 70 God, peace 20 man When God sent
his Son into the world angels discovered
something new in God. something they had
never seen before. Not power. not wisdom
not love They knew ali that before. But
Wnel God sent his Son into this world them
the angels saw the spirit OF SELF denial in God.
the spirit of self sacrifice in God. II is easier
10 love an angel on his throne than a thief ON
the cross, a seraph in his worship than an
adulteress in her crime. When The angels
saw God-the God who would not allow tho
most insignificant angel in heaven 20 be hurt
give up his Son his Son. his only. only
Son. they saw something that they had never
thought OF before. aud / do not wonder that
when Chris; started out on that pilgrimage
the angels in heaven clapped their wings i'm
triumph and called Oh all the hosts Of heaven
10 help them celebrate IL. and sang so lond
that the Bethlehem shepherds heard II:
GLORY 10 God in the highest
But il was also TO be a mission Of pence TO
man Infinite holiness -accumulated deprav-
ity. How could they ever come togetherf Tho .
Gospel bridges over tho distance. IL brings
God % us II takes us to God. God in Us.
and we in God. Atonementl Atonement,
Justice satisfied. sins FORGIVEN. eternal life
secured, heaven built on q manger.
But it was also TO DO the pociGcatioa OF all
individual anl international aninositjes
What a sound this word of peace had In that I
Roman empire that boasted Of tho number
o. people 1t had rnassacrcd that priied ITSELF |
on the number Of the slain, that rejoiced at
tho trembling provinces. Sicily. and Corsica. I
and Sardinia, and Macedonia, and Egypt 4
had bowed 10 her sword and crouched at the I
CRY Of her war oagles shc gave her chief 4
honor 70 Scipio and Fabius ard Cassar-all 4
men Of blood. What contempt they must have I
had there for tho penniles-, unarmed Christ 4
in TIE garb Of a Naza-eue, starting out 10
ooslas scr al nations. There never wa a place 4
on earth w'lcrr that word pcace sounded Eo
% the ears Of the multitude as in .
the Roman empire They did not want .
peace. The greatest music thcv ever heard .
was the clauking chains Of their captives.
II all the blood that has been sned an battle
could be gathered together IL would upbear
navy. Tho club that struck Abel 81 tho