Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-11-15

| mother. Lord Shaftesbury said, ''Give
me generation of Christian mothers
and will change the whole phase of So
| clety i'll twelve MONTHS
| On, the cradle! Forget not the one in
which you We're rocked. Though old
and worn out that cradle may be stand
ing IN attic or barn, forget not the foot
that swayed it, the lips that sang over
It, the tears that dropped upon it. the
faith in God that made way for it. The
| boy Walter Scott did well when he spent
! the hrSt i've guinea piece he ever earned
as present to his mother.
DishonOr not the cradle, though it
may, like the one my sermon celebrates.
have been Il cradle in barn, for think
it was Christina cradle. That was a
great cradle in which Martin Luther
! lay, for from it came forth the reforma-
ton OF the sixteenth century. That was
a great cradle in which Daniel O'Connell
lay, for from it came forth all eloQuence
that will be inspiring while men have
eyes to read or ears to hear. That was
a great cradle in which Washington lay,
for from. it came forth the happy de-
Iiverance of a nation.
That was great cradle in which John
Howard lay, for from it came forth a
mercy that will not cease until the last
dungeon gets the Bible and light and
fresh air. Great cradles In which the
John Wosleys, and the John Knoxes, and
the John MasOns lay, for from them
came forth an all conquering evangelism
ton. But the greatest cradle in which
child ever slept or woke, laughed or
cried, was the cradle over which Mary
bent, and to which the wise men brought
frankincense, and upon which the
heavens dropped song. Had there been
no manger there had been no cross. Had
there been no Bethlehem there had been
no Golgotha. Had there been no incar-
nation there had been no ascension.
Had there been no start there had been
no close.
Standing in the chill khan Of Saw
iour's humiliation, and seeing what he
did for us, I ask what have we done for
him? '"There is nothing / can do, -
says one. AS Christmas was approach
ing in the village church good woman
said to a group Of girls in lowly and
Straitened circumstances, "Let us now
do something for Christ" After the day
was over she asked the group to tell her
! what they had done. One said, Il could
not do much, for we are very poor, but
/ had beautiful flower l had carefully
trained in our home and | thought much
of it, and | put that flower on the
church altar And another said, II
could not do much, for we are very poor,
but can sing little, and so l went
down to a poor sick woman in the lane
and sang as we'll as [ could, to cheer her
up, Christmas song" swell, Helen,
what did you do?" She replied, Il could
not do much, but | wanted to do some.
| thing for Christ, and [ could think OF
| nothing else to do, and so | went into
the church after the people who had
| been adjoining the altar had left, and
scrubbed down the back altar stairs. .
Beautiful? / warrant that the Christ OF
that Christmas day gave her as much
credit for that earnest act as He may
| have given to the robed official who or
that day read for the people the prayers
of resounding service. Something fol
Christ! Something for Christ!
A plain man passing a fortress saw 8
Russian soldier on guard in a terribly
cold night, and took off his coat and gave
| it to the soldier, saying: II will soon be
home and warm, and you will be out here
! all night" SO the soldier wrapped him
self in the borrowed coat. The plain MAI
who loaned the coat to the soldier soo1
after was dying, and in his dream saw
! Christ, and said to him: "You have go
my coat on eyes," said Christ, ''thi
is the one you lent me on that cold nigh
by the fortress. [ was naked, and "
clothed me-" Something for Christ! b!
| the memories of Bethlehem | adjure you
In the light of that star
Lie the ages empearled;
That song from affair
z Has swept DER the world.