Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11

question. Bethlehem, they say, is the place.
But nobody starts tor Bethlehem. Ehe
King, indeed, SAYS that he intends to start
as soon as the wise men bring him word
again. (Yes, and with sword in his handy
But no one else even makes so much as
lying promise. There is the difference again
between seeing and seeing. The priests and
the Pagans are possessed of the same infor-
nation. But the priests stay in Jerusalem.
They point the way to Bethlehem If anyone
cares to journey thither, but they take no
step. The Pagans go along alone.
Faith That Is Brave.
And that, as 1 say, was pretty hard test
of the pagaus' faith. People like the en-
couragement of msjorities. 1t helps us to
have the company of the wise and the good.
And when we find that we are alone, and
that the wise and the good, as men think,
do not seem to be touched by the spirit
which moves us, we hesitate. 1t is so hard
to 60 on alone. But the men who saw the
star did. And everybody who sees the star
to-day does.
'Tnis 1 know" the man saws who sees the
star. obstacles? Arguments? Criticisms?
Majorities? What care /? Iknowr'
And then, to find the King of the Jews in
little, mean, cheap lodging -house-no pal
ace, no retinue, no surroundings of state-a
,rnn.an - H.. hnshand :, aarnan,sr~,hat h
o~n, rO.a,S.. Smose .uSH That 30. COZ apo,hor hueS
th;n, !, tha rSa I'D af,sr tbs wsar;na.s nf
tha iona ;nnrnay and .f,er The tronbIsd tees
af a. syI IarsaIo,s ond 49, soI;taSs
pooP,e =. 49, II hiIis hs,raen what ,or,
dsr If ,hair Sssr,s haG failed them az tbev
stood in the n.rrow street and looked at the
poor. small housel
The Discovery of Discoveries.
The greatest discovery in the whole world
is to discover God. God comes in ways
most unexpected, under forms mostunlikely.
There is deep signIhcauce IN the old
legends. Where the cloak OF rags falls
away from the beggar's shoulders. and be-
hold, the Christi To recognize Him always
in His brethren who need uplifting and
Dro.neriy nanus nelu OUT, ~ zen tppla.ou: ~
HI, r,;n;.tsr;na ~ ne hr;naina a BLESSING
II is the discoyerv nj discovsries
The w;ss men fonnd Him "And vhen
tbev were come into the house. thew saw the
| nor,n ob,ld witb M.rv his mother and fell
a. ND vo,sbinad Him First tbev "a v
the star and then thew saw the child That
;s tha ordar of .n;ritnal nercention The
.omarJ nf tnovIsdgs ia npors Ind bet,sr
tnnw,sdes Wboeyer learns one trnth of
God and follows that. shall 6ud another
and hiober
And tnev vorsbined him That /, the
third ,ooJ ;h;no ahopt ths ,.is. nenNthe1
saw tnev came and thew vorshined And
thsy evidenced their worsbin bv giving
something "Wbeu thew had opened their
treosnres tbev nresented unto him riffs.
aoId and frant,ncense and mvrrb % Some
ssr that tbev cave ooId as symbol of his
.ag.J,1 and incense "a symhoI If his
diyinity and mvrrb (which was used a.
Tnnarai.i a.. ,ymbol of hi. bnman;tv
prahah hIn th.r hronobt oold beoon,o thot
,vas ons ~ tLe nroJnct. of tbeir conntrv
J m tnL;,,ansa ~ srs n,vrrh for tbo ss1s
rsasonMaa r.u tbs natur.i tr;bnts vb;cS
s.rarr.rs rorId offsr az tb. oonrt Of Kin1
Tha sssant;oi a nd ;nonortant fact ,s that thev
h-o,nht .on,ath,na AZ hest ,hsv could
Dio"n' 'os ."e Oe' S'
NOT 70 ASK raVor'
Here is company of men who have come
long journey, and faced dangers and met
hardships, not to get anything, but to give
something. Why, you would have thought
that there was fortune at the end of all
that hard travelling! "Where is He that is
born King of the jews, for we have seen
His star in the east and are come-to ask a
| favor of Him." That would be more like
| human nature. Gifts? Yes. "Let US bring
Him gold, and frankineinse and myrrh. So
will we get our favor granted" There is
no lack of people to bring gifts to kings.
| But the gifts are apt to be given as a kind