Telegram-herald., 1891-12-28
BETHLEHEM DAYS.
OR. TaLnAsE sEtATEs MS Expe-
alENcE AT cnssST's EiavneLAcs.

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Portray tAs s@sa~s "a tAs Nativity.
nisss~s - ckiiassa IA the sersp1sres-
mo sAs,~sras ~za othsx Hsroe.
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preached Il<s lasru az a seraasn 4sDro-
pirate - tas sAzi-tEzs., season. Taxing eD
tAs snbjsss al ne Aa-lslfy, dc drew from is
lsssoz4s s4ch. t1oo - perfectly le<lslE-zats.
are commonly overlooked Ills text WA
laks d, IL. Add they came with haste,
and found Mary Aad Joseph, zn.i the Bale
Esaz ia a manager"
ter sss4E were thrown cyea. and souae Of
the best ssagsrs OK a wori1 where they al
ssng stool there. AID putting tack the
dr1ssFy of eleGd, ehanted peace anthem,
n1sil al tas sehoes Of hisl and valley ap-
pL.1aed and s1coss<i the HaIlelujah chorus.
Come. let - 90 into that b rist zss.ls scene as
thoogh se had never before woFshiped AZ
ths Manager. Here - Madonna worth
bo<ing AZ wonaer not that tie most
.reeueEt name ia AL laaas and in all
Christian centuries il Mary. And there
are Marys in palaces and Narys in cabins,
and though German a1d French and Italian
and Spanish and Engltsh pronounce it diff
srsntiy. they are al nsmesakes Of the one
whom se fird On Led Of straw, with her
pale face against tzs soft cheek OF chrisk
In the night q the Nativity All the great
painters have tried on canvas TO present
Mary and her child and the incidents of
that Most famous nisat OF the worlds his
tory. Raphael In tEree different master
pieces. celebrated them Tintoretto and
Ghiriandslo SURPASSED themselves in the
alteration al the Azgi- Correggio needed
% do uothing more than his Madonna To
become immortal. TIE Madonna OF the
Iily. by Leonardo ds vinci, viii kindle
the admiration of all ages. But all thc
galleries Of Dresden are forgotten when l
think OF the small room of that gallery con
tanning Sistine Madonna Yet all OF them
were copies OF ST. Matthew's Madonna and
Lakes Mado1na. the inspired Madonna Of
the Old Book. which we had put into our
hands when We were infants and that we
hope To have under our heads when We die.
AMID THE BEASTS or the STALL
Behold, Ia the frss place. that on the
drst night Of Chris<'s life God honored the
brute creation. You cannot gee into that
Bethlehem barn without going past the
eanels. the mules. the dogs. the oxea- The
brutes of that stable heard the first cry of
the infant Lord some OF the old painters
represent tho oxen and cameis kneeling
that night before the newborn babe. And
well might they knecli Have you ever
thought that Christ came among other
things 70 alleviate the sufferings Of the
brute crestionf Was il not appropriate
that be shouia. during the first few days
and nights OF his life ON earth, be sur
rounded by the dnmb beasts, whose moan
and plant and beliowiug have for ages
been a prayer to God for the arresting Of
their tortures AID the righting Of ther
wrongsf IL did not merely "happen so"
that the unintelligent creatures Of God
should have been that night in close neigh
borhood-
Not kennel la al the centuries, not Q
birds nest, not . vermont horse on tow
path. not hSrd frrezing In the poorly
built COW pen. net . freight car in summer
time bringing the beeves to market with
out water through thousand miles Of
agony, not . surgeons room witnessing the
struggles OF fsx % rabbit or pigeon or
dog In the horrors Of vivisection but hes
an interest Ia the fact that Christ was born
In n stable. sunvunacd BY bruses. He 10
members that night. and the prayer he
heard in their pitiful moan he win answer
an the punishment Of those who mAltreat
the dumb sratea They surely have ~
much right in thss world ~ we have In
the first chapter Of Genesis you may see
that they were placed On the earth before
man was. the Hsk and fowl created the fifth
day. and the gun<trupcds the morning Of
the sixth day. and man not until the after
noon Of that day. The whale. the eagle,
the lion. aud al the lesser creatures Of their
kind were predecessors OF the human Ia
mily They have the world by right Of
possession. They have also paid rent for
the places they occupied. What an army
OF defense all oysr the land are the faith
frIl watchdcgs. AID who can tell what
the world owes 10 tie heFse and camel
and or for trans porgaticny And robin and
lark have by the cAai.stas with which they
have dlIed orchard s1ni forest. more than
PAID for the few grains they have picked
up FOR their sustenance. When you abuse
any cr-aturr os God you strike its Creator
and ron insult the Christ who. though he
might have been welcomed into life by
princes and - ken his frat insantile sium-
ber amid Tyrisa plush aud cancpied
eouches and ri2piisg waters from royal
aquedGefs dripping into bstsins of ivory
and pearl. chose to be bern On tAe level
with A cows heyn, or a czmel's hoof, or a
dogs uoStsil. that he might Be the allevia-
ton OF animal suffering as well a. the re-
deener OF man.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Standing. then. a. imagine now do in
that Beshlehem ussht, with an infant
Christ on the one side and the speechleas
creatures Of God On the other, cry look
oas how ysa strike the rowel into Tat
horses side. Take OF that curbed bit
from that blseslinx mouth Remove that
saddle from that rsw back Shoot not for
fan that bird that y too small for food.
Forget not TO put water into the cage Of
thar canary. Throw out some crumbs TO
these birds caught too far north ia the
winters iacsenency. Arrest that man
who is making that one horse draw a load
heavy enough fox three. Rush In upon
that scene where boys are torturing cat
or traHsnxiaz butterfly and zrsssaopper.
Drive nos OF thai cid robin. for her nest IL
a motaer's cradle. AID nader aer wing
thsr- usay be thrre or four musicians of
the ssy ia trasnsrg. In your families and
I'm vour schools teach the coming gensr-
etton norr McfCf th~n esr psN5eeh kc'scs
ssion has ever Shown. and in this marvel
Gus Bibls picture q she Nativity. whiic
ysa po,nt out 20 them she angel show
theu Also the esnsel. and while they hear
the celestial -Askzs 20 them also hear the
cows snozn. No acre did Christ show in
s>r~ss Tn the bssaAsesI ;verid when ne said
~Csrssser the hii-s.r than he showed
sympxthy far the archaeological when he
ssid "Behosd the fewis Of the air. snd the
aps<srupe.ssI wertd wa~n be allowed hin-
seif ~ ~ eslie-s " cse plnce lion add in
another pIses lsnns Meanwhile may