Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-01-17

alchemy was the mother Of chemistry, and
hecause children are brighter than the
mother YOU do not despise the mother.
l.was the lifelong business OF THESE asIoi
ogers 10 study the stars. twenty-five nun
dIed aud fifty years before Christ was born
the wise men knew the preseason VI
-n.inoxes. and they had calculated the oroiI
aud the return OF the comets. professor
Smith declares that he thinks they undef
TODD the distance Of the sun from tue earth
We hud in the book of job that the lhen OF
gIceu time did lot suppose the world "ss HAT
rs some have said, but tina: ne knew ana
the men Of his time knew, the "orlo was
g.1bular. The pyramids were poNI i0I ss-
BIOLOGICAL and astronomical study 1h7n
the alchemlsts spent their lVes III the stoay
If metals and gases and liquids ana Soiids,
aat IN filing the worlds library with tnelr
.rad.rful discoveries. They were vastly
.js- IN VINO came from the East, and ira
i,tlon saw the three wisest came-Casper. q
Young nan. Baithazar. 4 mai OF mloine,
ana Melchior, an o~ctog-narlan lie tnree
wls-.t men OF al! the century. They came to
the luanger.
come 10 Christ. the brainiest men come 10 tue
uauger VIE Wssthe greatest metaphysiclan
this country ever has produced Jonathan
tdward-. the Christian. VINO was the great
1T astronomer Of the world, herschel, tue
christian. Who was the greatest poet ever
PRODUCED JOHN Milton. the Christian. Nno
was the wisest writer on law BLACKSTONE,
the Christian. Why is it that every college
aud university i'll the land has Il cnapcl: lney
must have place for the wise men 10 Wor-
shin Come now. let US understand IN ounces
AMI " inches this whole matter. IL post
D.s. IN examination the BRAIN OF dlstln-
vul>4-i men has been examined, aud | Will
d. ~ lA. ~ +hL h.A Ufn-f ma TUtUntiS>I
brain ever produced in America. and VIII
ssk What that brain rhoughto OF Christ. Here
It Is. the brain weighing slxty-tnTee ounces.
the largest brain ever producer In America.
Nov let maind what that brain thought OF
Christ. In the diving moment that man said:
Lord believe, help Thou mine unbellef.
| Whatever else | do. Almighty God. receive
me 10 Thvself for Christ's sake. This night
| shall be in the light AMI Joy aud blessed
uess So Daniel Webster came 70 the manser'
The wise men Of the East followed ~ the
WISE men u the West.
born "a show that this is a Christ OF people
III sharp blast, for people under ciouoeu SKY,
for people with frosted hopes, FOR people
with thermometer below zero. That Is the
reason He Is SO often found among the desti-
tute. You can find Him on any night
coming Oh the nOors. You can See Hin
any night coming through the dark lanes Of
the city. You can see Him putting His
hand under the falnting head in the pauper's
cabin. he remembers how the wind whis-
tied around the caraVansary Ill Bethlehem
that December night, and He Is in sympathy
with all those whom their poverty hear tho
shutters clutter on Il cold night.
1t was this December Christ that ashinc<
ton and his army worshiped at Valley
Forge. when without blankets they lay
down III the December snow. 1t was this
Christ that the Pilgrim Fathers appealed to
wn-n the Mayhower wharfed at Plymouth
Rock. and In the years that went by the
graves digged, were more in number than
the houses built. Oh. !. tell YOU, We want q
December Christ, not Il Christ fox fair
weather, bur Ii Christ tor dark DAYS ciouded
with sickness, ana chilling with d%isappolnt-
ment, and Sutfocatiug with bereavement,
and terrific with wide open graves. Not a
sprlis time Christ, not a summer Christ, hot
an autunnal Christ, hut d winter Christ
Oh, this suffering and struggling world
needs to be Rushed and soothed and rocked
and iuilabiedin the arms Of sympathetic On
Impotence. No mother ever with more ten
derness put her foot on the rocker Of the
cradle OF a SICK child than Christ comes
down to US, to this invalid world, and He
rocks 1t into placidity and quietness as He
says, NJ peace | give unto YOU. not as the
world giveth give | unto you"
Notice also the fact which no one seems to
notlce-that this Christ was born among the
sheep. and the cattle, and the horses, and the
canleis in order that He might be al a~lleviat-
Ing influence to the whsle animal creation
1t means mercy for overdriven, underfed,
poorly sheltered, CALLED and maltreated
animal creation. Hath the Christ who
compared Himself 10 a dove no care for the
cruelt!eS or the pigeon shooting Hath
the IhflSt who compared Himself To a latnL
no care Tor the sheep who are tied and con,
torted, and with neck over the sharp edge
OF the butcher cart. or the cattle train
IN hot weather from Omaha to New York,
With no water-tirteen hundred miles Of
agouy@
HATH the Christ whose tax was uali by a
tish, the coin taken from its mouth. no care
for tn tossing tins in the fish market. Hath
the Christ who strung with HIS own hand
the nerves of dog and cat no indignation for
the horrors OF visls-ctlon, Hath the Christ
who said Ito to the ant no watchfulness
for the transhxed Insects: Hath the Christ
who said Behold the fowls Of the air
Himself never beneld the outrages
heaped upon the brute creation which
cannot articulate its grief, This Christ
came not only TO lift the human race
out OF It's trouble, but to lift out of
pang and hardship rue animal creation. In
the glorious Inlleuniai time the child SHALL
Lead the hon and play with the cockatrice
only because brute and reptile shall have no
more wrongs to avenge. To alleviate the
condition OF the brute creation Christ was
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Lamb of God heard amid tue tired flocks Of
Bethlehem shepherds. The white horse Of
eternal victory stabbed in a Darn.
But notice also in this account the three
Christmas presents mat are brought to the
nlsnger-gold. trankincense and myrrh.
Gold 10 Christ-that means all the afdu.
ence Of the world surrendered to Him. For
lack of money no more asylums limping OIL
their way like the crippies whom they
helped, feeling their slow way like the blind
people whom they sheltered. Millions OF
dollars for Christ where there are now
thousands Tor Christ. Railroads owned by
Christian stockholders. and governed by
Christian directors. and carrying pas
sengers and freight at Christian prices.
George P~eabodys and Abbott Lawrences and
James Lenoxes no rarity. Bank OF England
Bourse OF France United States treasury.
all the moneyed institutions of the world for
Christ. The gold for Christ Gold not
merely paid the way OF Joseph and Mary
and the divine fugitive into Egypt, but it
was typical of the fact that Chrlst's way
shall be paid ali around tie world. The gold
for Christ. the silver for Christ, the Jewels
or Christ. Australia, Nevada and Goiconds