The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-01-09


was paid by fish, the coin taken from
its mouth, no care for the tossing fins in
the fish market? Hath the. Christ who
strung with His own hand the nerves of
dog and cat no indignation for the hor-
rors of vivisection? Hath the Christ
who said: SEQ to the ant no watchful-
ness for the transfixed insects? Hath the
Christ who said: "Behold the fowls Of
the air." Himself never beheld the out
RACES heaped upon the brute creation
which can not articulate its grief? This
Christ came not only to lift the human
race out of its trouble, but to lift out Of
pang and hardship the animal creation.
But notice also this account of the
three Christmas presents that are
brought to the manger-gold, franklin
cense and myrrh. Gold 30 Christ-that
means all the affiuence of the world
surrendered to Him.
But | notice that these wise men also
shook out from their sacks the myrrh.
The cattle came and they snuffed at it.
| They did not eat it because it was bit
ter. The pungent gum resin of Abys-
sinia called myrrh brought to the feet
of Christ That means bitterness. Bit
ter betrayal, bitter persecution, bitter
days of suffering. bitter nights of woe.
Myrrh. That is what they put into His
cup when He was dying. Myrrh. That
is what they put under His head in the
wilderness. Myrrh. That is what they
strewed His way with all the way from
the cattle pen in Bethlehem to the
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Myrrh. Yea, says the Psalmist: "An
thy garments smell of myrrh.'' That is
what the wise men wrapped in the
swaddling clothes of the babe. That is
what the Marys twisted in the shroud
of a cruclfed Christ. The myrrh. o,
the height, the depth, the length, the
breadth of the SaviOur's sorrow. Well
might the wise men shake out the
myrrh.
But l notice also from another sack
they shake out the franckincense. Clear
up to the rafters of the barn the air is
filled with perfume, and the hostlers
and the camel-drivers in the furthest
part of the building inhale it, ard it
floats out upon the air until passers-by
wonder who in that rough place could
have by accident dropped a box of
alabaster. Frankineense. That is what
they burned in the censor in the ancient
temple. Frankincense. That means
worship. Frankincense. That is to
fill all the homes, and all the churches,
and all the capitals, and all the nations,
from cellar of stalactited cave clear
up to the silvery rafters of the starlit
dome. Frankincense. That is what
we shake out from our hearts to-day, so
that the nostrils of Christ once Grim
soned with the hemOrrhage of the cross,
shall be flooded with the perfume of
worlds alteration. Frankkincense in
song, and sermon. and otfertory, and
handshaking. and decoration.
Here is metal pan and the handle
by which it was held. In the inside of
this metal pan We're put living Goals, on
the top of them a perforated cover. In
square box the frankincense was
brought to the temple. This franklin
cense was taken out and sprinkled over
the living Goals and then the perforated
cover was put on. and when they We're
all ready for worship then the cover
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the other censers, and the perfumed
smoke arose until it hung amid
all the folds and dropped amid all
the affairs, and then rose in great
columns of praise outside or above
the temple, rising clear up toward
the throne of God. So we have two
censers to-day of Christmas franklin
cense. Here is the one censor of earthly
frankincense. On that we put our
thanks for the mercies of the past year,
the mercies of all our past lives, indi-
vidual mercics, family mercies, social
mercies, National mercies, and our
hearts burning with gratitude send aloft
the incense of praise toward the Throne
of Christ. Bring on more incense. and
higher and higher let the columns of
praise ascend. Let them wreath all
these pillars and hover amid all these
arches and then soar to the Throne. But
here is the other censor of heavenly
thanksgiving and worship. Let them
bring all their frankincense-the cheru-
| bin bring theirs and the seraphim theirs
and the one hundred and forty and four
thousand theirs, and all the eternities
theirs, and let them smoke with per-
fume on this heavenly censor until the
cloud canopies the Throne of God.
Then take these two censers-the cen
ser of earthly frankincense and the
censor of heavenly frankincence-and
| swing them before the Throne, and
then clash them together in one great
hallelujah unto Him to whom the wise
men of the East brought the gold, and
the myrrh and the frankincense.
Blessed be His glorious name forever.
Looking Forward.
Little Johnny steadily refused to eat
apple sauce, but at last acquired the
habit.
That's right, Johnny" said his
mother, Il like to see you eat plenty of
apple sauce, now you have got to like
it."
Il don't like it. just eat it so you
will not be able to put it on the table
tomorrow" -Texas Siftings.
Large Results.
Johnny Cumso-Did you go fishin'
yesterday?
Freddy Fangle-Yep.
Johnny Cumso-Woijer catch?
Freddy Fangle-Five fish an whip
pin'.-Judge.
Getting Square.
Mordaunt-You must not eat so much,
Epbert You will make Yourself sick