Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-12-29

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ihs saDlscs 49, the Christmas Jaosies.
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esher holiday congratulations. b. long
established easeen. Ne exhort each other
20 nssishfsl serFit1est. b. gift. By Christ
nh<ls tfsus - eieA blaseoa and fruit In one
naxss. ~ early noraiEs surprise. % eius-
tiers ~ hzhted candles ~ children prscss-
ssons, oy SQUAD Of Instruments sometimes
haore blatant tssa - asieal, We wake up the
aigas and proloag the day. | wish ysu I'll
IN the xrAndest. noolsst and beet sense Q
merry CAristmas TAe event commem-
ersIed u the xia1dezt OF the centuries.
ehFi-t's cradle Was az wonderful a. his
cross Persuade nc OF the nrsl aud 2m
not surprised ~ the last. The door by
watch he entered was as tremendous as tho
dear ey which he went cut.
waEsE JESUS MAS IN EGYPT.
l was last water at the house where
Jesus lived while he was in Africa twas
In Cairo, ESyps, tbs terminus Of that ter
rIole Journey which e took when Joseph
and M4ry .ed with him from Bethlehem
TO Egypt 20 escape the massacre OF Herod.
AL tradition. A. well rs all history, points
out this house in Cairo as the one in which
these three fnsitiyes lived while in Africa.
The rcosn Is nine steps down from the level
OF tae street. / measured the room and
foand 10 20 feet long and ~ feet high.
There are three shelvings OF rock, one Of
which think was the cradle of our Lord.
Thsre Is 40 window, and all the light musr
have come from lantern or candle The
three arrived here from Bethlehem. hav-
ing crossed the awful desert.
On the Mediterranean steamer going
from Athens to Alexandria met the emf
nent scholar and theoiogisn, DR.. Lansing.
who for thirty-fve years has been resi-
dent of Cairo, and he told me that he had
been all over the road that the three fugi-
tives took from Bethlehem to Egypt. He
says ii is a desert way. and that the forced
journey of the infant Christ must have
been terrible Journey Going up from
Egypt Dr. Lansing met people from Beth
out from the Inflammation OF thirst, and
although his party had but one goatskin
of water left, and that was important for
themselves. he was so moved with the
spectacle of thirst in these poor pilgrims
that, though it excited the indignation of
his fellow travellers, he gave water to the
strangers. Over this dreadful route Jo-
seph and Mary started for this land of
Euv<r, - ina 20. b
ton. Herod was after them, and what
were these peasants before an irate king?
Joseph, the husband and father, one
night sprang up from his mattress in great
alarro. the beads of sweat on his forehead
and his whole frame quaking. He had
dreamed Of massacres Of his wife and babe
They must be off, that night, right away
Mary put up few things hastily, aud Jo-
seph brought TO the door the beast of bur
den, and helped his wife and child to
mount. Why those loaves of bread are
rot enough, those bottles of water will not
Last for such long way. Bat there is no
time TO get anything more. Out and on.
Good-by to the dear home they expect
never again TO see. Their hearts break.
1t does not need that ours be big house
in order TO make US sorry to leave it.
TERRIBLE WAY.
Over the bills and down through the
deep gorge they urge their way. BY He
bron, by GAIA, through hot sand, under
blistering sun. the babe crying, the mother
faint, the father exhausted How slowly
the days and weeks passl Will the weary
three ever reach the banks of the Niles
Will they ever see Cairof Will the Gesert
ever ends When at last they cross the
Il l. = /.
to pursue their Joy is unbounded. Free at
last. Let them dismount and rest. Now
they resume their way with less anxiety.
They will find place somewhere for shell
ter and the earning of their bread Here
they are at Cairo, Egypt.
They wind through the crooked streets,
which are about ten feet wide, and enter
the humble house where have been to-
day. Bat the terminus of the journey of
these three flgitives was not as humble as
their starting point at bethlehem. If that
Journey across the desert ended in cellar
IL started from barn. Everything humble
around that barn. but everything glorious
overhead. Christs advent was in the
hosiery called the house of Chin Ham;
the night with diamonded finger pointing
down to the place; the door of heaven set
wide open TO look out; from orchestral
batons OF light dripping the oratorios of
the Messiah; on lowest doorstep of heaven
the Ministries OF God discoursing of glory
and good will. Soon after the white
bearded astrologists kneel, and from leath-
ern pouch chiEk the shekels and from
open sacks exhale the frankincense and
rustic out the bundles of myrrh. The
loosened star, the escaped doxology of
- - n l. u. A.
with May morn; our world a lost star. and
another star rushing down the sky that
night to beckon the wanderer home again,
shall yet make all nations keep Christmas.
NEW USHAcKNEyEp LESSONS.
Are there no new lessons from the story
not yet hackneyed by oft repeatal; Oh.
yesl Know in the first place. it was side
real appearance that led the way Why
not black cloud in the shape of hapd or
finger pointing down 10 the sacred bhth-
places \ cloud means trouble. and the
world had had trouble enough Why not
= shaft Of lightning 9uiveripy and flashing
and striking down 90 the sacred birth
plses' Lightning means destruction, a
SCATTERING and consuming power, and the
world wanted no more destruction.
Bat it was a star. and that means Joy.
thst means hope. that means good cheer.
that means asceDdency. 4 star That
means creative power. for did not the morn
ing stars stag together when the portfolio
cf the worlds was opened' A star That
means defense. for did not the stars fight
in their courSes against Sisers and for the
Lords people, A star That means brill
liant continuance, for are not the righteous
90 shin. ~ the stars forever and ever7 \
star, That means the opening of eternal