Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-01-06

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smite with his tusk, and the lion TO
put to bad use tooth and paw, but
under the very tree from which the
forbidden fruit was plucked were
Matched out war and revenge and
malice and envy and jealousy, and
the whole brood Of cockatrices.
But against that scene | set the
Bethlehem manger, which says:
BLESS rather than curse, endure
rather than assault, and that Christ
mas night puts out vindictiveness. II
says: ''Sheathe your sword. dismount
your guns. dismantle your batteries,
turn the war ship Constellation. that
carried shot and shell, into a grain
ship 10 take food to famishing Ireland.
hook your cavalry horses TO the plow,
use your deadly gunpowder in blast,
ing rocks and in patriotic celebration,
stop your lawsuits. quit writing
anonymous letters, extract the sting
from your sarcasm, let your wit corus-
cate but never burn. dropall the harsh
words out OF your vocabulary Good
will To men,"
"Ohr you say, II can't exercise il |;
| won't exercise it until they apollo
gize; / won't forgive them until they
ask me TO forgive them" You are no
Christian then-I say you are no
Christian. or you are very inconsist-
ent Christian. II you forgive not
men their trespasses. how can you
expect your Heavenly Father 10 for
give youi Forgive them il they ask
your forgiveness, and forgive them
anyhow. Shake hands all around.
Good will To men"
Oh, my Lore Jesus, drop that spirit
into our hearts this Christmas hour.
tell you what the world wants more
than anything else-more helping
hands. more sympathetic hearts, more
kind words that never die, more dis
position TO give other people ride,
and 10 carry the heavy end Of the load
and give other people the light end,
and TO aScribe good motives instead oi
bad, and TO lind our happiness in max
ing others happy.
Out OF that Bethlehem crib let the
bear and the lion eat straw like an OK
Good will to men," That principle
will yet settle all controversies, and
under il the world will keep on i'm
proving until there will be only two
antagonists in all the ea<th, and they
will side by side take the jubilant sleigh
ride intimated by the prophet when
he said; Holiness shall be on the
bells Of the horses"
UNION WITH OTHER WORLDS.
Ill Again, remark that born tina
Christmas night in the village BARI
was sympathetic union with othe
worlds. The only skepticism | hav,
ever had about Christianity was al
astronomical skepticism which said
why would God out OF the heavens
and amid the Jupiters and Saturns ol
the universe have chosen our little bi
OF q world for the achievement of hi.
only begotten Son when he might have
had vaster scale and vaster worlds2'
But my skepticism is all gone as
come to the manger and watch its sur
roundings. Now see all the worlds
are sisters. and then when one weep.
they all weep. and when one sing
they all sing.
From that supernatural grouping
in the cloud banks over Bethlehem
and from the especial trains that raI
down TO the scene, l find that ou
world is beautifully and gloriousl,
and magnifcenuy surrounded. Tn
meteors are with us, for one Of then
ran TO point down TO the birthplace
The heavens are with us, because q
the thought Of our redemption the,
roll hosannas out of the midnigh
sky.
OH yes; I do not know but on
world may be better surrounded thai
we have sometimes imagined; an
when a child is born angels fetch il
and when il dies angels take il, an
when an old man bends under tn
weight of years angels uphold him
and when a heart breaks angels sooth
il. Angels in the hospital TO take car
of the sick. Angels in the cemeter
10 watch our dead. Angels in churc'
ready TO fly heavenward with tn
news Of repentant souls. Angel
above the world Angels under th
world. Angels all around the world
Rub the dust OF human imperfectiol
out Of our eyes, and look into th
heavens and see angels Of pity, angel
Of mercy, angels of pardon. angels o
help angels crowned, angels char
ioted. The world defended by angels
girdled by angels, cohorted by angel
clouds OF angels. Hear David or.
out, "The chariots OF God a-e twent,
: thousand. Even thousands OF angels.
But the mightiest angel stood not tha
night in the clouds over Bethlehem
, the mightiest angel that night la,
! among the cattle-the Angel OF tn
new covenant
As the clean white linen sent in b.
} some inotherly villager was bein
, wrapped around the little form Of tina
lCAild Emperor, not chcrub, not
seraph, not an angel, not world bu
} went and thrilled and shouted oh
, YES, our world has plenty of symps
: thizerx. Our world IL only silve
, runR Of o great ladder at the top Q
, which is our Fathers house. No mor
; stellar solitariness for our world, not
D friendlex planet spun out into spac
: 70 fresss, but q world In the bosom Q
divine maternity. A star harnessed
! Q manager.
Nv. Again, I remark that ths
: night born in that village barn W.
the offenders hope. Some ssrmoz
ises may say / ought TO have prs