The Forrest City times., 1890-01-04
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| AS0iuSt tu0 upitnhuk Ndiio VI ashCa iuttt nal enginery The world said anathema. Ten thousand people reioiced at every seeming defeat, and said "Ahal ahai SC
 we would have it.n Martyrs on fire cried
 "How long, 0 Lord, how longs" Very | humble starting, but sec the difference n, the consummation, when Christ with his almighty arm has struck oil tho last chain Of human bondage, and Himalaya shall be Mount Zion; and Pyrenees, Moriah; and oceans, the | walking place Of him who trod the wave cliffs of stormed Tiberias, and island shall call to island, sea to sea, continent to con- tinent, and, the song of the worlds rcdemp tion rising, the heavens like great soupd- | ing board, shall strike back the shout of salvation to tho earth until it rebounds again to the throne of God, and all heaven, rising on their thrones, beat time with their scepters. Oh, what an humble be- ginningl What glorious ending Throne linked to a manager, heavenly man. | slons to stablo.
 | My subject also imprcsses me with the | effect of Christs mission upward and | downward. Glory to God, peace to man. | When God sent his son into the world, an gels discovered something new in God
 something they had never seen before Not power, not wisdom, not love. They knew all that before But whom God sent his son into this world then the angels saw the spirit of self denial in God, the spirit of self sacrifice in God. It Is easier to love an angel on his throne than thief on the cross, seraph in his worship than an adultress in her crime. | When tho angels saw God the God who would not allow the most insignificant angel in heaven to be hurt-gve up his Son, his Son, his only, only Son, they saw | something that they had never thought of before, and I do not wonder that when Christ started out on that pilgrimage tho angels In heaven clapped their wings in triumph and called on all tho hosts of heaven to help them celebrate it, and sang so loud that the Bethlehem shepherds heard it. "Glorv to God in the highcst.n
 But it was also to be mission of peace to man. Infinite holiness accumulated de- pravity. How could they over come togeth. eri The Gospel bridges over the distance It brings God to us. It takes us to God. God in us, and We in God Atonementl Atonementl Justice satisfied. sins forgiv- en, eternal life secured, heaven huilt on q manger
 But it was also to be tho pac fication of all individual and international auimosities What a sound this word of peace had in the Roman empire that boasted of the number of people 1t had massacred, that prided it. self on the number of tho slain, that re. loiced at the trembling provinces. Sicily and Corsica and Sardinia and Mrcedonia and Egypt had bowed to her sword and crouched at the cry of her war eacies. Sho gave her chief honor to Scipio and Fabius and Cgsar-all men of blood. N hat contempt they must have had there for the penuilcss. unarmed Christ in the garo of Nazarene, starting out to conquer all nations, There never was place on earth where that word peace sounded SO extensively 10 the cars of the multitude as in the Roman empire. They did not want peace. Tho greatest music they ever heard was the clanklng chains Of their captives- If all the blood that has been shed in battle could hc gath cred together it would upbear navy. Tho club that struck Abel to the earth has it's echoe in the butoherlcs of all ages Ed mund Burke, who gave no wild statistics, said that there had been spent in slaughter thirty-iive thousand millions of dollars or what would be equal to that; but he had not seen into our times, when in our own day, in America, we expended threa thou. sand millions Of dollars in ciYil war.
 Oh il we could now take our position on some high point and see the worlds armles march pasti What spectacle 1t would be Thore yo the hosts Of Israel through score of Rcd seas ono of water, the rest Of blood There go Cyrus and his army, with infHri. ate yell rejoicing over the fall Of the gates of Babylon. There goes Alexander, lead ing forth his hosts and conqgaring all tho world but himself, the earth roofing with the battle gash Of Arhela and persepolis. There goes Ferdinand Cortes leaving hts hutchered enemies on the table lands once fragrant with vanilla and covered over with groves Of Towering cacao Taero goes the great Frcnchmeu. leading his army down through Egypt liko oue of it's plaques, and up through Egypt ike one of it's own icy blasts. Youdor is tho grave trench under tho shadow of Sehastoltoi There are the ruins of peihi and Ail8habad. and wonder arc the inhaman Sepoys and the brave regiments under Hevclo1k avenging the insuted flag of Britain while cut right through tho heart ot my native laud Is q trench in which there lio ono million northern and southern dead.
 Oh, the tears Oh, the blood Oh. tho long marches Oh the hospital wounds Oh, tho deathl But brighter than the light which flashed on all these shields and musketry Is tho ligat that fell on Betholenl. and louder than the bray of the trumpets, and the neighing of the chargers, and Inc crash of the walls and the graaniu@ of the dying armies, is ths song that unroils this moment from tho sky. sweet as though all the bells of heaven rung a jubilee, "Pcace on earth, good will toward men.a Oh when will tho day come --God hasten itl--whcn tho swords shall be turned into plowshares and the fortresses shall bo remodlet into churches, and the men of blood battling for renowashall ho- ,f cannon now striking down whole columns of death shalt thunder the victories Of truth
 N hen we think of tho whole world saved we arc apt 10 think of the few people that now inhabit it. Only a very few, com pared with tho populations to come. And what a small part cultivated. Do you know 1t has been authenticalls estimated that three fourths of Europe is yet all bar. renness, and that nine hundred and ninety. one onc-thousandth part of tho entire gl1be Is uncuitlvatedt This Is al 10 be cultivated, all inhabited and all eospeli1ed Oh, what tears of repentance when nations begin to weep Oh. what suppiication when continents begin to pray Oh, what re- joicing when hemispheres begin to sing Churches will worship on tho places where this very hour smokes the ptupN pA Ahl WuhuNf~ ing through the snake infested iuneles of Africa Christs heel wlil brulse the serpent's head Oh, whea the trumpet of salvation shall be sounded everywhere and the nations are re1eemei, light will fall upon every town brighter than that which fell upon Bethlehem, and more overwhelming than the song that fell on the pasture fields where the iioc<s fed, there will oa song louder than the voice of tho storm lifted oceans, Glory to God in the highest.n and from all nations and kindred and people and tongues Will come the response, And on earth peaee, good will toward men!'' ou this Christmas eve bring you good tid- ings Of great ioy. Pardon for all sin. com. fort for all trouble and life for tho dead Shall WIG now take this Christ into our hear,sl The time is passing This is the closing Of tho year. How the ume speeds by. Put your hand on ycur heart -one. two, three Three times less IL will beat Iifa Is passing lxe gaxelles over the plain.