Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-29

his cup when he was dying. Myrrh.
That is what they put under bis head in
the wilderness. Myrrh. That 10 what
they strewed his path with all the way
from the cattle pee In Bethlehem to tbs
mausoleum at Joseph's country seat.
Myrrh. Yea, says the Psalnist, can
thy garments smsllof n7rrh.'' That is
what the wise men wrapped In the swad-
dug clo, hes OF the babs. Tint is wha |
the Marrs twisted in the snrou Of q
erucilsd Christ. The mvrrh. Oh. the
height, the depth, the length, the
breadth of tho Saviour's sorrow. Well
might the wise m N shake out the myrrh.
But l notice also from another sack
they shake out the fraukinceuss. Clear
up to the rafters of tho barn tbs air 10
flied with perfume, aud the hostlers aud
the camel drivers In the furthest part Of
the building inbale it, and It floats out
upon the air until passsrs-by wonder
who in that rough place could have By
accident dropped a box OF alabaster.
Frankincense. That is what they burned
in the censor In the ancient temple.
FrRnkincense.
THAT MEANS WORSHIP.
Frankincense. That is to fill all the
homes. and all the chur ches, aud all the
capitals, aud ali the nations. from cellar
of stalactited cave clear up to the silvery
rafters of the starlit dome. Franklin
cense. That 10 what We shake out from
our hearts to-day, so that the u ostrils of
Christ once crimsoned with the hem
orrhage of the Gross, shall be flooded
with the perfume of q worl = alteration.
Frankincense. Frankincenso is song,
aud sermon. and offertory, and hand.
shaking, and decoration. Praise him,
mountains aud hills, valleys and
seas. and skies and earth
aud heaven-cyc,one with your trum-
pets, northern lights with your flaming
ensign, morning with your cas- les OF
cloud, and evening with your bIllowing
clouds of sunset. Do you know how
they used to hold the censor in the olien
time, and what 1t was made of? Here Is
a metal pan and the handle by which il
was held. In the inside OF this meS6
pan were put living Goals, on the top Of
them a perforated cover. In square
box the frankincense was brought to
the temple. This frankincenss was
taken out and sprinkled over the living
Goals, and then the perforated cover was
put on, and when they were all ready
for worship, then the cover was lifted
from this censor and from all the
other censers, and the perfumsd
smoke arose until it hung amid all
the folds and dropped amid all
the affairs, and then rose in
GREAT COLUMNS OF PRAISE
outside or above the temple, rising clear
up toward the throne of God. So we
have two censers to-day of Christmas
frankincense. Here is the one censor of
earthly frarkincenss. On that we put
our thanks for the MARCHES of the past
year, the mercies of all our past lives,
indiv idual mercies, family mercies,
social merces, national mercies, aud
our hearts burning with gratitude send
aloft the incense of praise toward the
throne of Christ. Bring on more incense
and higher aud higher let the columns of
praise ascend. Let them wreatbe all
these pillars and hover amid all these
arches and then soar to the throne. But
here is the other censor of heavenly
thanksgiving and worship. Let them
bring al their frankicense--the cherubim
bring theirs and the seraphiin theirs
and the one hundred and forty and four
thousand theirs. and all the eternlties
theirs, and let them smoke with
perfume On this heavenly censor u1t
the cloud canopies the throne of God.
Then l take these two censsrs-tha CEN
ser of earthly fraukincense and the
censor of heavenly frankIncense-andI
swing them before the throne, aud then
l clash them together in one great Hal.
lelujsh unto Him to whom the wise
men of the East brought the gold, and
the myrrh and the fran kincense.
Blessed be His glorious name forever!