The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-30

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rrDPriste 70 the christuaas sszson. TAX
gupfhesubjecto Of the Nativity he drew
from i lessons which. though psrfectly
Legitimate. are commonly overlooked
His text was Luke IL, 10: "And they
came with haste, and found Mary and
Joseph, and the babe lying In . mnn-
ger" Following is the discourse:
The black window shutters Of . De-
ccnbsr night were thrown open, and
some Of the best singers of . world
where they all sing stood there. and
putting back the drzpery Of cloud.
chsnted . peace anthem. until ths
echoes of hill and valley spplauded and
encored the haIlelujlh chorus Come.
let u 20 into that Christmas scene a.
though We had never before worshiped
st the manger. Here Is Madonna
worth looking At Iwonder not that
the most frequent name In all lands
and IN al Christian centuries Il Mary.
And there are Marys in palaces and
Marys IN cabins. and though German
and French and Italian and Spanish and
English pronounce IL differently, they
are all namssakes of the one whom We
find on bed Of straw, with her pale
face against the soft cheek Of Christ in
the night Of the Nativity. AIlthegreat
painters have tried. On canvass. to pre-
sent Mary and her child and the Incl
dents Of that most famous night of the
worlds history Raphael. in three diff
ferent masterpieces. celebrated them
Tinforetto and Ghirlandajo surpassed
themselves In the alteration Of the
Magi COneggio needed 70 do moth
ing more than his Madonna 10 become
immortal The Madonna of the Lily,
hy Leonard da Vinei. viii kindle the
admiration Of Al ages But al the
galleries of Dresden are forgotten when
I think of the small room Of that gal
lcry containing the Sistine Madonna
Yet al Of them were copies Of St Nat
thsE's Madonna. and Lul1e's M.douna.
and the inspired Madonna Of the Old
Book. which We had put into our hands
when ge were inkzntS and that We
hope 70 have under our heads when We
die
Behold, in the first pl.ce. that On the
frst night Of Christ's Life God honored
TIE brute creation You can not get
into fhe Bethlehem barn without going
pzs< the eamels. the mules. the dogs,
the ozen- The brztes Of that stable
he.rd the first cry Of the infant Lord
Some Of the old spzinters represent the
oxen and eanels kzeeling that night
before the new born babe And well
might they kneel Have you ever
thought that Christ came, among other
things. 70 alleviate the suferings Of tia
brufe creation7 Was Il not appropriate
fh.t he sh0ul6. during The frst few
days and nights of His Life On earth, Be
surrounded b. the dumb beasts, whose
moan and plainf and bell0winx have
for ages been = prayer 70 God for the
arresting Of their tortures and the right
ing Of their wrongs7 Il did not merely
happen so that the unintellizent
creatures Of God shOald have been that
night IN close neighborhOod
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. birfs nest not . worp-0uf horse On
to--pzfh. not \ herd freezing In the
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