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

ever SHOWN, and IN tnl8 mArFe1ous III
ble picture Of the Nativity. while you
point out to them the angel, show than
also the camel, and while they hear the
celestial chant let them also hear the
cows moan No more did Christ show
interest In the botanical world whenhe
said. Consider the lilies" then he
showed for the archaeological when be
ssid, Behold the fowIs Of he ais.s
and the quadrupedaI world when he
allowed Himself TO be called IN one
place . IlDn ard IN anothsy place .
lamb Meanwhile, may the Christ Of
the Bethlehem, eattle-penr have mercy
On the suffering stock ysrds that are
preparing diseased and fevered meat
for our American households
Behold, also, IN this Bible scene, how.
On that Christmas night. God honored
childhood Christ might have made
His first visit to our world IN . cloud. -
He wiz descend on His next visit In .
cloud In what . chariot Of nlumined
vzpor He might have rolled down the
sly, escorted by mounted cavalry, with
lightning for drawn sword Elijah had
. searriage Of fire to take Him up; why
not Jesus . carriage Of fire TO fetch Him
down7 Or. over the arched bridge of .
rainbow the Lord might have descended
Or Christ might have had His mortality
built up on earth out of the dust Of q
garden, as was Adam, in full manhood
at the start. without the Introductory
feebleness of infancy. No, no! Child
hood was to be honored by that event
He must have a child's light limbs, and
q ehiIfs dimpled hands. and a ehild's
beaming eye. and a ehild's faxen hair;
and babyhood was to be honored for all
time to come, and a cradle was to mean
more than a grave Mighty God May
the reflection of that one ehild's face be
seen in all infantile faces
Enough have all those fathers and
mothers ON hand II they have child in
the house A throne, 4 crown, . scep-
ter. q kingdom under charge Be care
full how you strike him across the head,
jarring the brain What you say to him
will be centennial and millennial. and
. hundred years and thousand years
will not stop the echo and re-eeho Do
not say. 1T is only child" Rather say,
1T Is only an immortal" II is only .
master-pieee of Jehovah Il is only Q
being that shall outlive sun and moon
and star. and ages quadriIlenniaL God
has infinite resources, and he can give
presents of great value, but when-He
wants 10 give the richest possible gift
TO . household. he looks around all the
worlds and all the universe and then
gives . child The greatest present
that God ever gave our world. he gave
about 1891 years ago. and he gave il on
Christmas night, and il was Of such
value that heaven adjourned for . re-
cess and came down and broke through
the clouds TO look at IL Yea, in all
ages God has hOoored childhood BE
makes almost every picture = failure
unless there be child either playing
on the floor, or looking through the
window. or seated On the lap gazing
into the face of the mother
Il was child IN Naaman's kitchen
that told the greatSyrian warrior where
he might 90 and get cured Of the lep-
rosy, which at his seventh plunge In the
Jordan. was Left At the bottom of the
river. II was 70 the cradle Of leaves
In which = child Was laid, rocked BY the
Nile, that God called the attention Of
history Itwas 4 SICK child that evoked
christ's curative syupathieS II was .
child that Christ set IN the midst of ths
squabbling disciples. TO teach the lesson
Of humility. We are informed thai
wolf and leo ard and lion shall be YET
50 dOuestiezted that little child shall
lead them A ekild decided Waterloo.
showing the army Of Blncher how they
eoaId take short cut through he belds.
when. II the Old road had been followed.
The Prussi.n generzl would have como
No too late 70 save the destinies OF
Of Europe II Was . child that decided
Gettysburg. he having overheard two
Confederzte generals IN conversation.
IN whieh they dscided 20 march fu
GettysbzrE instead Of Harrisburg. and
thiS reported 70 Gov Curtin. the fed
er.l forces started 10 meet their 0ppo.
ns.ts .. Gettysburg And today ths
ehild = 10 decide all the great battleS
make .ll the Iawk settIe all the destk
ufex. and uxher in the worlds salvation
or destr1<fion- Men women. nations
Al earfh and AL heaven. behold thu
ehfld, h there any velvet 80 soft - q
ehilds eheek7 Il there .zy sky 20 blus
- . ehiIfs eye, l. there any music 81
sweet - The eAilfs voiee2 Il thers
any plsne % vasy - . ehilds h.ir7
NOtise also hat IN this Bible night
scele God honored scie1oe- Who art
the three wise men kneeIing before ths
Divine Izfzlf2 Not bora noe irnor.n-
usez bzt Casper. Belthzser. and Mel
choir, n<n vho knew An that was 10 b
kn0Sn They were Tie Isaac Newtons
s,d He-s>hels and F.-.dsys Of then
tine Their alchemy vas TIE forerun-
ner q ozr ssbIizs ehezs<t<y. their -
trology. a. mother q cur .strono1Y.
They I'D stsdied STAR. st1died metals
st.di.d physioloZJ. studied everything
Ard whez Sc these SCIENTISTS b0uins
before fhe besztifnl bzbe. see Tia
prophecJ Of the time WHEN all TIE t.le-
sooPes .,d miero-oOPek and al the
Leydc. Hrz .1d al the electric bss.
terseS .nd an the Observzt0riez. and
N TIE unirerzities shall bow % Jeslk
n b nsrh thzt vxy slre.dy- Where b
ths college that dos not have morning
PzyerA th. b0wing ~ TIE narS-r7
Who have been the gre.test phyxiciznsl
Omftfing the names q the living lesf