The Red Cloud chief., 1890-11-14

hock OF sheep or caravan q oa0ola
The neiehboring Bedouins hero 1D1
market for hay. straw and meatA o.
from this center there m twelve rooms
Tor human habitat:0n The Only light
IL from the door. ] went into one Of
these rooms AMI found . woman cook
Ing the evening moaL There were six
cows In the same DON On . little
elevation there Was some straw where
the people sat and slept when they
wished to rest. 1t was in Q room Simt.
lar TO that tour Lord WAS bora.
This was the cradle Of . King and rot
what cradle ever held so much? Civil
lization! Liberty! Redemption! Your
pardon and mine! Your Heaven and
mine! Cradle OF . universe! Cradle Of
. God! Tho gardens OF Solomon W
visited this morning were only . type
OF what all the world will be when this
illustr:ous Parsonage now born shall
have completed His mission. The horse
OF finest limb and gaycst champ Of bit
and snblimest arch o! neck that ever
brought Solomon down to these adjoin.
ing gardens was but a poor type Of the
horse upon which this Conqueror. born
in the barn. shall ride. when accord.
ing to apocalyptic vision all the 'armies
Of Heaven shall follow Him on
white horses" The waters that rush
down these hills into yonder three great
reservoirs Of rock and then pour in
marvellous ~aqueducs into Jerusalem I'M
I'll the b!azen sea Is FULL. and tho baths
are full, and Sloan is full. are only an
imperfect type Of the rivers o! delight
which. as the result Of this great Ones
coming, shall roll on for the shaking Of
the thirst OF all nations. The palace Of
Lebanon Cedar from which the imperial
cavalcade passed out in the early morn
ing and I O which it returned with glow
ing cheek, and juggling harness. and
lathered sides, is feeble OF architecture
compared with the house of many .
s:ons into which this One born this
! winter month on these bl leak heights
shall conduct US when our sins are all
pardOned, our battles all fought our
work all done.
Standing here at Bethlehem. do you
not sec that the most hO1Ored thing in
all earth is tho cradle? To what else
did loosened star ever point? To what
else did Heaven lower balconies Of light
filled with chanting immortals? The
way the cradle rocks the world rocks.
God bless the mothers all the world
over! The cradles decide the destinies
Of nations.
o the cradle! It is more tremendous
than the grave. Where are most Of the
leaders Of the twent eth century loon to
dawn upon us? Are they on thronesf
No. In chariots? No. In pulpits?
No In forums? No In senatorial
halls? No. In contingencies? No
They are in the cradle. The most tre-
mendous thing in tho universe. and next
! to God, is to be q mother. Lord Shaftes-
bury said give mo . generation OF
Christian mothers and I will change the
whole phase Of society in twelve
month";"
Dishonor not the cradle. though it
may. like the one my sermon cele-
brates, have been o cradle in q barn,
for l think it was a Christian cradle.
That was a great cradle in which Mar
tin Luther lay, for from it came forth
| the reformation OF the sixteenth CEN
fury. That was q great cradle in which
Daniel O'Connell lay. for from it came
forth an eloquence that will be inspir-
ing while men have eyes to read or ears
to hear. That was q great cradle in
which Washington lay, for from it came
forth the happy deliverance OF q ma.
ton. That vas . great cradle in which
John Howard lay. for from it came
forth a mercy that will not cease until
the last dungeon gets the Bible. and
light and fresh air. Great cradles in
which the John Wesleys. and the John
KnOxes, and the John Masons lay, for
from them came forth an all conquer
ing evangelization. But the greatest
cradle in which child ever slept. or
woke, or laughed or cried. was the
cradle over which Mary bent, and to
which the wise men brought franklin
cense and upon which tho heavens
dropped song.
Standing in the chill khan OF .
SayiOur's humiliation and seeing what
He did for us I ask: What have We done
for Him? ''There is nothing ! can do"
says one. As Christmas was approach.
ing, at the village church agood woman
said to . group of girls in lOwly and
Strengthened circumstances: Let US all
now do something for Christ"
After the day was over she asked the
group to tell her what they had done.
are very poor. but l had a beautiful
flower I had carefully trained in our
home, and l thought much Of IL, and I
put that flower on the church altar"
And another said: 81 could not not do
much for We are very poor. but ! can sing
a little, and SO 1 went down to a poor,
sick oma in tho lane. and sang as
we'll as ] could to cheer her up aChrist-
mas song" ''Well, Helen, what did
you do?' She replied: II could not do
much, but I wanted to do something for
Christ, and l could not think Of nothing
else to do. and SO l went into the church
after the people who had been adjoining
the altar had left and ] scrubbed down
tho back altar stairs" Beautiful! ]
warrant that the Christ Of that Christ
mas Day gave her as much credit for
that earnest act as He may have given
to the robed official who, on that day,
read for the people the prayers Of . re-
sounding service. Something for Christ!
Something for Christ!
A plain man passing . for tress saw .
Russian soldier on guard in a terribly
cold night, and took OF his coat and
gave 1t to the soldier. saying: Il will
soon be home and warm. and you will
be out here all night" So the so!die.
wrapped himself in the borrowed coat
The plain man who loaned the coat to
the soldier soon after was dying, and in
his dream saw Christ and said to Him:
You have got my coat on" Yes"
said Christ this is the a you lent
me on that cold night by the fortress
I was naked and ye clothed Me" Some
thing for Christi Rv the mAmorioa ~