Sharp County record., 1890-01-23
n ssKY ANTHEM
on Dslivorod by :,;t Rev. t. DE-
'sr;tt 5i manage at Beyrout'
'es'o r.rtn-A Christmas Merry
,,n Gospel Gladness anu
Pardoned SIM


yether PardOned SIM
ide,
IoveGa,, Ia, - 4bo ,rocramme as
Bs,,, s;stmas syst stopping place of Rev. l., to
Da1ac hrlsmnso and while there he
sef mis- ~ " the ALLOWING discourse, from
,mber n ,xt: ~ and on earth
the type 70 SOd Pm IN toward yno mcn.-Luke ill., H.
,sst I have what l longed 1orI" or, :,
.eu Vie. 'ass aro in the Holy Land. This
american time of the year that Chrls' iTht mis-
oung Ia. He was December Christ I1dS ~
Come chill air through which he ue-
waste. a look up through THESE
.awrencs - .s !, les and l see no looSened
''nas .aan;ng southward to halt above
you have chem, but all the stars suggest sne
II, sr?' Il Bethlehem. No more neeu VH"t t
or of tBa fthem run along the sky to polnt
o I look ward In quietude they kneel az at
70 Gira 80 I'd Him who, though once an
.~-Bu, is now enthroned forever tresn @n
ON Bethlehem, am full OF tne
left Bs s suggested by visit to that VII,
D. ~. Won know that whole region Oh
No.. ,oho,, is famous in Bible story
L.-r. wore the waving harvests OF
that wa in which Ruth CLEANED for herSell
,-Eo,. veening Naomi There DAVID the
or was thirsty, and three men OF
ard a. self-denial broke through the
=. = 'IIJ0 -w slime army to get him drink IL
~, ndi. 4- to that region that Joseph anu
'UlIOL -n came to have their names enrolleu
u ~ DT acensus. That is what the Script
~ ~ u Means when it says they came 10
~, ,.r, axed.p for people did not IN those
Thirst .,,s,, flor the assessors of tax any
2llH than they now do
L 'lalA q village inn was crowded with Vhe
TO help ,oars who had come up by the COM
"AinS- Of government to have thel1
p Jlen' ae IN The census, so that Joseph and
case Of were obliged to lodge in the sta
'tlOn You have seen some OF those
stone buildings, in the center OF
to the h the camels were kept, while run
& 90 to .out from this center in all dlrec-
SO dis there were rooms, in one OF Whlch
er even IS was born. Had His parents been
he act showily appareled l have no doubt
,llarb bill would have found more comfort
Il that ,entertainment. That night in the
ne either the shepherds, with crook and
lied fires, were watching their
7uIe lao xs. when bark. to the sound of
pered es Strangely sweet Can it be that
n king maidens of Bethlehem have come
of I'LL TO serenade the weary shepherds?
we mis- now a light stoops upon them like
is Nik morning, so that the tlocks arise,
the Iog king their snowy fleece and bleatlng
Ie.n and their drowsy young. The heavens
to that filled with armies of light, and the
Judge ID makes under the harmony as,
can bs bed back from cloud to cloud, it
TnA, rs over the midnight hills: GLORY
70 ore- God In the highest, and on earth
Second ce, rood will to men, 1t seems that
aarnee crown of royalty and dominion and
vi,-roa fer which Christ left behind Him was
,omp Br IL On the sky in sight of Bethlehem.
nditor- % knows but that that crown may
n Mis- 70 been mistaken by the wise men
=, !, the Star running and pointing down
n thati Fd2
" subject, in the first place, i'm
sses me with the fact that indigence
lt.- ~ M lot always significant of degradation.
' len Princes are born, heralds an
: s.u ince it, and cannon thunder it, and
: a. Jan Is wave it, and Examinations set
4, les on fire with the tidings. Some of
,'I , 8, In ENGLAND or America remember the
! -a' = ,,b a. ie Of rejoicing when the Prince of
-9.:,, lies Was born. You can remember
- ''.' sgladness throughout Christendom at
'--o Eativity in the palace at Madrid.
=. twhen our glorious Prince was born
d" IT., H. sre was no rejoicing on earth. Poor,
: =, 1 growing poorer, yet the heavenly
l' '' iognition that Christmas night shows
truth Of the proposition that in
z. renee is not always significant of deg
lation.
'eso'h' In all ages there have been great
arts throbbing under rags, tender
l. 'no mpathies under rough exterior, gold
e nVl the quartz, Parian marble in the
0'I AIRY, and irt every stable of privation
nders of excellence that have been the
IN LIZ of the heavenly host. All the great
- liverers of literature and of nations
3re born in homes without affluence,
..,, ID from their own privation learned to
1,r1 eak and fight for the oppressed. Many
man has held up his pine-knot light
u Il ON the wilderness until all nations
7l' Id generations have seen it, and off of
: a, hard crust of penury has broken the
cad Of knowledge and religion for the
arriving millions of the race. Poetry,
nl science, and literature, and COM
''I- =. cree, and laws, and constitutions, and
~ berty like Christ, were born in a
n'| anger.
y. All the great thoughts which have
{! sc1ded the destiny of nations started in
)scur corners, and had Herods who
= anted to slay them, and Iscariots who
" etrayed them, and rabbis that crucified
= /, lem, and sepulchers that confined them
J nut they burst forth in glorious resur-
'si n 7ct1on. Strong character, like the
w ~ aooooendron, is an Alpine plant, that
rows Fastest in the storm. Men are
~ IKE wheat, worth all the more for being
allied. Some Of the most useful people
-lD 'ould never have come to positions of
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