The Red Cloud chief., 1890-01-10
THE SKY ANTHEM"
sermon Delivered by Rev. T. D.
Witt Talmnge Mt Bcyrout
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soe ,hristnas stopping place OF Rev. Il.
sh witt TalmAgc, and while there he
dciivered the following discourse. from
ehc text:
:'ory to God In the highest and on earth
peace good will toward xion.-Lnkc a.. ~
~ las, ! have what iongci for
christmas eve in the Holy Land. This
In the timc Of the gear that Chris, land.
cd. lie was . December Christ This
ts the chill air shrough which lie de-.
srendcd. look up thi oagh these
Christmas skies, and ] sce no ioosencd
star Fastening southws 10 bal, above
H~ctslehem. but oil the stars suggcs; the
Star OF bethlehem. No more need that
any oil them run along tho sky to poin,
downward. In Quictude they kneci At
che Zee, OF Him who, though once an
exile, Is now cnthroncd forever. Fresh
up from bethlehem, I Am full Of the
scenes suggested by . visit 10 that vii
Iago. You know that whole region Of
Bethlehem Is famous In bible story.
There were the waving harvcsis Of
It'az, In which Ruth CLEANED FOR herself
and weeping Naomi. There David the
warrior was thirsty, and three G OF
unheard OF sclf-dcnial broke through the
fhiiistinc army u get him q drink. II
was Ia that region that Joseph and
Mary came To have their Names enrolled
In tho census That IL what tho Script.
nrc means when IL says they came TO
be taxed" for people did no, In those
days rush after tho ASSESSORS Of tax any
more than thcy now do.
The village inn Was crowded with the
strangers who had come up by the com.
mand u government 10 have their
names In the census. so tina, Joseph and
Mary were obliged to lodge in the sta.
blcs. You have seen some Of those
largo stone buildings, In tho center Of
which the camcls wcrc kept, whiic run.
ming out from this center In all dircc-
lions there were rooms, in ono os which
Jesus was born. Had Ills parents been
o showily apparclcd have no doubt
they would have found more comfort.
able entertainments That night In the
hcids the shepherds, with crook and
kindled fires, were watching their
f1ocks. when bark, to the sound OF
voices strangely sweet. Can IL be that
the ma!dcns OF bethlehem have come
out 10 screnadc the weary shepherds?
But now = light s,oops upon them like
the morning, 50 that the focks arise.
shaking their snowy fleece and blca,ing
to their drowsy young. The heavens
are filled with armies Of light. and tho
earth quakes under the harmony NJ,
echoed back from cloud 10 cloud. 4.
rings over tho midnight hills. GLORY
To God in the highest. and on earth
pcace, good will ~ mem II seems that
che crown Of royalty and dominion and
power which Christ left tehind Him was
hang on tho sky In sight Of bethlehem
Who knows but that that crown may
have been mistaken by tho wise men
for tho star running and pointing down.
wardp
Ny subject In tho nr~t place, I'm
presses me with the fact that Indulgence
IL not always significant ot degradation.
When Princes sre born. hcralds an
nounc IL, and cannon thunder Il and
Tags wave II, and iliuminations set
cities on fire with tho tidings. Some Of
"a In England or America remember the
slime OF rejoicing when the Prince OF
Wales was born. You can remember
the Rlsdnc~s throughout Christendom ct
che nativity In the palace at Madrid.
Bus when our glorious Prince was bora
there was no rejoicing N earth. Poor.
and growing poorer, yet tho heavenly
recognition that Christmas night shows
the truth Of tho proposition that In
digencc IL not always significant of dog
radiation.
In all ages there have been great
hearts throbbing under rag trndcv
sympathics under rough exterior. gold
in the quarts, Parian marble In the
quarry, and in every stable Of pvivation
woudcv Of excellence that have b~cn tho
ioy Of the heavenly host All the great
DELIVERIES Of litcraturc and ~ nations
were born In homes without aHiucnce.
and froD their own p~rivA,ion learned 20
Scssksasd dght Sorsths oppressed Many
. man hss keA Up Me p,ne-knot light
esuA che wilderness until al nations
md generations have seen Il, and on Of
his hard crust 81 pcnury has broken the
bread If knowledge and religion for the
starving mi,,;oas OF the rsce, Poetry,
aad science. and literature, and com.
HsVtNs w fb~S SsfuN'ttvtSe0~. 0W0
liberty. like Christ werc iora 10 Q
mango
All tho grca; thoughts which have
DECIDED the destiny 81 nations started In
ohscurc corners, and hsd Herods who
wanted 10 slsy them, and Iscario,s Who
betrayed them, and fabbis that erscieed
them and sepGlchsrs that confined them
until they hurst forth In glorious r~sar-
r~rtton. Strong character. like the
sh~odndendnon- 10 IN Alpine plant, that
4roWs fastest In the storm Men are
tixe wheat. worth slithc more foe being
failed, Some Of the moss usfgi g<ople
Nsuld never have como 70 positions Of
S~Asfulness hsd they Vol brcn ground
SD poasded and hammered In the
foundry Of disaster. whea 80 Mos~s
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