Telegram-herald., 1890-12-25

tt. -1E.t1 ki-1 .-tItlIi le7e f-.t e.ltl +l-
nsss. aad seihsansss. eh.eh track tae
soaFse 81 nlg years gass. sm stirred
$3.50 a tstlef pleasure tnaa 3 a4se
saown n 4il uy pFo6tatls 6ly .ngs ara
seiIInss. sna the atalgence ah.eh as
sneeesses have permitted me 10 ENJOY
g. Is Christmas Eve. knd me sou cf
Mary someboN seems g. stand about
mY lfe-to affect re aith q tafl o.
gie assure. Z loVe q sltness ssa atii8i
Ives, even 81 m'ne IS ucG beautiful
perhaps oeeaase msne & not beautiful
{ have not 0ften feit - daung she
year because have seemed uos 90
aaYs the tme. but lbls i car Isimas
Eve, and sodlehoW this aurora OF moral
grandeur woos me. and sof sens ME, and
humanzes ne. Twill g.Fe up myself
- e, and yield 10 Il one days passionate
embrace, at least Jesus Of Nazareth
passes b. and somehow. la al my un-
manly slutuluess. the Presence has
made me glad. NIy great. rough soul
that has SAL as many tmes as there
are days n The year. There 5 no DIS
Interested virtue in the world must
make an exception tomorrow,
and enjoy 0He Gays repel Ia
tae glory ot oae real man That has
lived perfect hfe. And OF course.
havn. ieen a genuine man, aud not q
spurious one LkU me. lie IS not dead,
a..| ..|
approaching nov. aud / almost know
that ou lhe morrow lie wili be here a
the plenttu3e OF lis loyeiiness. No,
Tie Is NOT dead, tor who ever THINKS Of
the great aud good as dead, There IS
a poetry that SPEAKS Of the vacant
char. bat 40 char ~ ever vacated that
has been 0aco truly nlied. Ine man
who dies and leaves behind vacancy.
/ ls not great, bat small. And 50 Jesus
OF Nazareth IS filing All the world to-
night, and somehow feel lis touch
within, and t charms me. In nay
business OF the past $50 days, / have
met good men as Well as bad and iu-
/ different ones, aud they have affected
me with mOmontary pleasures; but
/ this Nan oi Nazareth affects me more
I deeply than all the other human good
Z
heart feels softer for Il. Would l
could retain this experience through
+ the coming days. | viii Try 90 do It,
I / Will be- "a Christian.
I Alb. foolish soul. | was too eager.
/ Ms yearning heart outran my Wit. !
did not pause 10 think / had not earned
+ the right 20 a glory like this OF being
that Mans disciple. / have not Yet
.f
i Jesus came nor into what Inhntude
lie has gone. | know He was good,
and loving, and true, and tender, and
F bold man that ] was. | fancled that
gave ne the right 10 press little closer
i 10 HIM and stand within His light.
I know lie would give His life 10 Go me
lasting good, but 4 have not yet
i learned 80 20 balance IN my weak mind
i His deity and His humanity as TO
+ disturb not the equipOise. ] am so
wicked that when | think upon these
I things my mind Is perpleXed, So /
must be slow to venture on the hope
/ that j may share HIS glory and name
/ myself As one of HIS. ! forgot that ait
IS necessary 10 everlasting salvation
4 that q man relieve rightly the lncarna-
ton OF our Lord Jesus Christ. For the
=
tess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son
OK God. IS cod and Man; God. of the
substance OF the Father. begOtteu be-
fore the worlds; and Man, OF the sub
stance OF His mother, born in the
world, perfect cod ami perfect Man,
OF a Reasonable soul and human
flesh subsistng; equal TO the Father
I as touching His Godhead; and inferior
nfar
hood. Who. although me be God and
/ man, vet He is not two but one Christ,
One, not by conversion uf the Godhead
into flesh, bat taking Of the manhood
INTO Col, one altogether, not by con-
fusion of the substance, but unity of
persons. for as the reasonable soul and
Hesh IS one man, so God and man isOne
Christ"
have not poadered these things
enough. and ! fear should not under
sMad them with my small, worldly
mind n I should ponder them. In
deed. have pondered them some and
long ago gave up hope of understand
ing them. 1t gave bay dear old pastor
much sorrow to give me over TO repro
batcn. but I have not yet reached n
mental graep of the infinite, unfath-
0mabic lovcliness which lies behind the
hie that has blessed the world through
f 500 years.
Cannot love ard serve and adore
that Man. fun OF grace1nd truth. Unless
can. with slate and penctl work outthe
/ equation of iIslife1 Must become a
F scaOoimau fo bc a Curstian2 Must |
he abic to calculate thc whole curve Of
n6mtudc from the ittle arc upou
WHICH ! siau}. before / earn the right
On iit uu niv head n ufau. On Christmas
day, Must become q man ot words in-
comprehensive. fore lmay taste those
JOYS Uat come 60 those VINO love the
thing tnat Jesus loved? Alas. another
Christmas approaches, and / am not
see Christian man. hy reason OF my
Zuormce 0f what les behind tHe
thiegs : see' It is not enough that
weicome the bgght aurora that is
streaming ap ni0 my hfe because II IS
tHc dowH of tlfIsts own aAY.
etner do 4 understand the blCk-
ground of tuc material world in winch
I 1--we. set may use q forces and par
cake ts fruits. noe understandings
them. Mv esrtaiy lic - Tel rs tne
things } Io u0t understand. WV w,il
got tHc priest permit rie 90 p1rtsSe of
heavenly fcasts though be iguoran'
et tnc vast country whence tnev came.
Hut am tung sad on Cnustuas
eve. I must hlt up myself. ! must
fnlnW nly nrhts. I must obey Oh
sweet w ong fe turn mY Efc toward
the rising sun. surely wfil try to fer.
get tae world with tne sensus.ity and
sef. and give place 60 tnis sweet
saIrt t1at began lust u0w to