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

came, Caspar, young man; bHltnAzar ,
a man In mid-life. and MeIchior, al
octoeensrian. The three wisest men OF
all the century. They came to the man
ger.
| So It has always been-the wisest men
| come to Christ, the brainest men come
| to the munger. Who was the greatest
metaphysician this country ever has pro-
duced? Jonathan Edwards, the Christ
IAN. Who was the greatest astronomer
| of the world? Herschel. the Christian.
Who was the greatest poet ever pro-
duced7 John Milton, the Christian.
| Who was the wIsest writer on law?
Blackstone, the Christian. Why 10 1t
that every college and university in the
| land has a chapel? They must have 6
| place for the wise men to worship. Come
| now, let US understand in ouuces and by
| inches this whole matter. In post NOR
| ten examination the brain of distiD.
| guished men has been examined, and l
| will find the largest, the heaviest, the
| Dightiest BRAIN ever produced in Amer
| lea, and l will ass what that brain
| thought of Christ. Here 1t Is, the brain
| weighing sixty-three ounces, the largest
| brain
EVER PRODUCED IN AMERICA.
Now let me find what that brain
| thought of Christ. In the dying moment
| that man said: 'Lord l believe, help
thou mine unbelief. Whatever else I
do, Almighty God, receive rue to thy
| self for Christ sake. This night shall
be In light and joy and blessenness. So
Daniel Webster came to the manager. The
wise men of the East followed by the
wise men Of the West.
Know also in this scene that il was q
Tl o., ~
son > nativity. Had it been the month
of Mny-that is the season of blossoms.
Had he been born in the mouth OF June
that Is the season Of roses. Had he
been born in the mouth of July-that is
the season of great harvests. Had he
been born in the month of September
that is the season Of ripe orchards. Had
he been born in the month of October
that is the season of upholstered forests.
But he was born in q winter month.
1t was in closing December that he
WAS born to show that this is a Christ
for people in sharp blast, for people un-
der clouded sky. for people with frosted
hopes, for people with thermometer be-
low zero. That 10 the reason he is so
often found among the destitute. You
can find him on any night com :ng off the
moors. You can see him any night COM
ing through the
DARK LANES OF THE CITY.
You can see him putting his hand under
the fain:iuS head i'll the pauper's cabin.
He remembers how the wind whistled
around the caravansery in Bethlehem
that December night. and be is in SYM
pathy with all those who in their poverty
hear the shutters clatter on a cold night.
1t was this December Christ that
Washington and his army worshipped at
Valley Forge when without blankets they
lay down in the December snow. 1t was
this Christ that the Pilgrim Fathers ap-
pealed TO when the May flower wharfed
at Plymouth Rock and in the years that
went by the graves digged were more in
number than the houses built. oh,
tell you. we want a December Christ,
not a Christ for fair weather but Christ
for dark days clouded with sickness, and
chilling with disappointment, and
suffocating with bereavement, aud ter
rifle with wide open graves. Not
spring-time Christ not a summer Christ,
not an autumnal Christ, but winter
Christ. On, this suffering and struggling
world uesds to be hushed, aud soothei,
and rocked, and iullabied in the arms of
sympathetic Omnipotence. No mother
ever with more tenderness put her foot
on the rocker Of the cradle of sick
child than Christ comes down to us, to
this invalid world, and He rocks IL into
placidity and quistness as he says: my
peace give unto you; not as the world
giveth, give l unto you.''
Notice also a fact which no one seems
to notice. that this Christ was born
AMONG THE SHEEP, AND THE CATTLE,
AMI the borses, AMI the camels, IN order
a
to the whole animal creation. II means
mercy for overdriven, underfed, poorly |
sheltered, CALLED and maltreated animal |
creation. Hath the Christ who compared !
himself to a dove no care for the cru
elites Of the pigeon shooting? Hath the |
Christ who compared himself to a lamb |
no care for the sheep that are tied and |
contorted, and with neck over the sharp |
edge of the butchers cart. or the cattle |
train in hot weather from Omaha to New |
York, with no WATERLOO miles of az
ouy? Hath the Christ whose tax was
paid by q fish, the coin taken from its
mouth, no care for the tossing fms
in the fish market? Hath the Christ
who strung with his own hand tho
nerves of dog and cat no Indig-
nation for the horrors of vivisection?
Hath the Christ who said, "Go to
the ant, - no watchfuluess for the trans
fixed insects1 Hath the Christ who said.
- Behold the fowls of the air. himself
never beheld the outrages heaped upon
the brute creation which cannot articu-
late its grief? This Christ came not only
to lift the human race out Of its trouble,
but to lift out OF pang and hardship the
animal creation. In the glorious millen-
NAL time the child shall lead the lion
aud play with the cocxatrice only be-
cause brute and reptile shall have no
more wrorgs to avenge. To alleviate
the condition of the brute creation Christ
was born in the cattle pen. The first
blest OF the lamb of God was heard amid
the tired hocks of the Bethlehem shep-
herds. The white horse of eternal VIC
tory
STABBED IN A BARN.
But notice also in this account the
three Christmas presents that are brought
to the manager. Gold, frankincense and
myrrh. Gold to Christ-thnt means all
the affluence of the world surrendered to
him. For lack OF money no more asy.
ums limping on their way like the Grip
Plies whom they helped, feeling their
'low way like the blind people whom they
sheltered. Millions of dollars tor Christ
" here there are now thousands for