The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-12-31

OF the comets Professor Smith declares
that he thinks they understood the dis
tance Of the sun from the earth.
Wa find in the book OF job that
the men of olden tlmo did not
su r. pose the world was fat as some
have said, but that he knew and the
men OF his time knew the world was
globular. The pyramids were built for
astrological and astronomical study.
Then the alchemists spent their lives
in the study Of metals and gases and
LIQUIDS and solids, and in filling the
worlds library with their wonderful
discoveries. They we're vastly wise men
who came from the East, and tradition
says the wisest came, Casper, q young
man; Balthazar. man in mid-life, and
Melchior, an octogenarlan, The three
wisest men Of all the century, They
came TO the manger.
So it has always been-the wisest
men come to Christ, the brainiest men
come to the manger. Who was the
greatest metaphysician this country
ever produced? Jonathan Edwards, the
Christian. Who was the greatest astron-
omer OF the world2 Herschel, the
Christian. Who was the greatest poet
ever produced? John Milton, the Chris
tian. Who was the wisest writer on
law? Blackstone, the Christian, Why
is It that every college and university
In the land has chapel? They must
have place for the wise men tc
worship. Come, now, let us under
stand in ounces and by inches this whole
matter. In postmortem examination
the brain Of distinguished men has been
examined, and l will find the largest,
the heaviest the mightiest brain ever
produced in America, and will ask
what that brain thought Of Christ Here
II is, the brain weighing sixty'three
ounces, the largest brain ever produced
IN America. Now let me find what that
brain thought OF Christ. In the dying
moment that man said: Lord, / be-
aeve, help Thou mine unbelief. What
,ver else l do, Almighty God, receive
ne to Thyself for Christs sake. This
light shall be in light AMI JOY and
olossednesa" So Daniel Webster came
70 the manger. The wise men OF the
East followed by the wise men OF the
West. 10 g..
Know also in this scene that It was a
winter month that God chose for HIS
SONS nativity. Had 1t been tho month
IT May-that is the season OF blossoms.
Had He been born in the month OF June
that Is the season OF roses. Had lie
been born in the month Of July-that Is
season Of great harvests. Had Hebeen
born in the month Of September-tha'
IS tho season OF ripe orchards Had Ht
been born in the month Of 0ctober-tha
Is season Of upholstered forests. Blu
j.. He was born in winter month
Il was in closing December that Ht
was born to show that this is Chris
for people in sharp blast for peopl
under clouded sky, for people witt
r frosted hopes, for people with thermom
A eter below zero That is the reason ii
4 Is so often found among the destitute
You can find Him on any night comm
a of the moors. You can see Him an
q night coming through the dark lanes
4 the city. You can see Him putting III
hand under the fainting head in tn
7 pauper's cabin. He remembers how tn
"a wind whistled around the caravansar
10 In Bethlehem that December night an
a He is in sympathy with all those VII
L in their poverty hear the shutters cla
l. ter on cold night
ot 1t was this December Christ tn
n Washington and his army worshiped
ID Valley Forge, when without blanke
Of they lay down in the December sno'
ID II was this Christ that the Pilgri
q. Fathers appealed to when the Mayaow
q, wharfed at Plymouth Rock, and in Il
wears that went Jy the graves digg
Ia were moro in number than tho hous
he built. o. tell you we want Decel
M ber Christ, not a Christ for fair weatht
.d but Christ for dark days clouded wi
,x sickness. and chilling with disappoir
,al ment, and suffocating with berea'
,er ment, and terrific with wide op
,ro graves. Not n spring.time Chri
bo not a summer Christ not an autumn
ne Christ, but winter Christ O., this s.
on feriug and struggling world needs TO
NO hushed, and soothed, and rocked. a
nd lullabied in the arms OF sympathe
.bo omnipotence. No mother ever wi
,od more tenderness put her foot on
y, rocker Of the cradle Of sick child th
,,h Christ comes down to US, TO this inva
q, world, and He rocks 1t into placid
,t,s and quietness as He says: my peac
,iai give unto you; not as the world give
mol give unto you"
an Notice also fact which no ono see
ch. TO notice, that this Christ was b.
on among the sheep, and the cattle, 8
ist the horses, and the camels, In order q
VS. He might be an aileviating influence
md the whole animal creation. II me-
ist mercy to overdriven, underfed. poo
the sheltered, CALLED and maltreated anil
est creation. Hath the Christ who compa
the Himself 10 dove no care for the crt
will ties Of the pigeon shooting? Hath
ed Christ who compared Himself TO la
tn, no care for the sheep that are tied |
be. contorted, and with neck over the sh
ist edge Of the butchers cart or
a Is cattle train in hot weather from 0m
eas 10 New York, with no water--fft
you hundred miles Of agonyP Hath
rks Christ whose tax was paid by a fish.
the coin taken from its mouth, no care
ow- tho tossing fms in the fish marl
ISL Hath the Christ who strung With
one own hand the nerves Of the dog and
ng? no Indignation for the horrorstof '
nth section9 Hath the Christ who 8
East "Go to the ant" no watchfulness
oils, tho transhxed insects? Hath the On