Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-01-03

hoa,oJ mon tho lr,,to creation wh;o,,
c.rrot nri;c,,Iat, t.; crief1 hisChrist
came not only +, IA RI, hrr,, POGO
out .of ifs trouble. but to lift out of
pang and hardship the ani,na! creation.
In the glorious niilennial time the
child shall lead the lion and play with
the coclsatricc only because brute and
reptile shall have no more WRONGS to
ayenge To alleviate the condition of
the brute creation Christ wcs born in
the cattle zen. The first blcat of the
Lamb Of God heard amid the tired
foclss q. the DethleLe:n shepherds; The
white hcrseo eterna victor y.stabled. in
60 barn 4 &, a. y. q. ~.
isss siesa.a ecount THE
three Christmas presents that are
brought to the manager. Gold. frank
incense and myrr!i. Gold to Christ
that means all tie atflIencc OF TIE
W c-!ss,' !lrrendeTcd to linn, For lack OF
money no more asyluns limping on
their way like the cripples whom they
helped. feeling t:lcir slow way like the
blind people whom they sheltered. Mill
ions OF dollars for Christ where there are
now thousands for Christ. Railroads
owned by Christian Stockholders and
governed by Christian dirccrors and
CARRYING passengers and freight at
Christian prices. George Peabodys and
Abbott L;lwrences and James Lenoxes
no rarity, Bank of England. Bourse
of France, United States treasury, all
the moncyed institutions of the world
for Christ. The gold for Christ.
Gold not merely paid the way of Jo-
seph and Mary and the divine fugi-
tive into Esypt. but it was typical
of the fact that Christ's way shall
be paid all around the world. The
gold for Christ, the silver for Christ,
the Jewels for Christ, Australia, Nevada
and Golcond;. for Christ. The bright,
round. beautiful jewel of Il world set
like solitaire on the bosom OF Christ.
But notice that these wise men also
shook ont from their sacks the nlyrrh
The cattle came and they snuffed at it.
They did not cat it because it was bit
ter The punScnt gum resin Of Abys-
sinia called niyrril brought to the feet
OF Christ That means bitterness.
Bitter betrayal, bitter persecution. bit
ter days OF suffering. bitter nights of
woe. Myrrh. That is what they put
into lis cup when he was dying.
Myrril. That is what they put under
lis head in the wilderness. Myrrl.
That is what they strewed his path
viii! I'll tie way from the cattle pen in
bethlehem to the niausolcuIn at Jo-
seoli's country scat. Myrrll. Yea, says
the Psaliaisf, ''All thy garments smell
of niyrrh. " That is what the wise men
wrapped in The swaddling clothes of
the babe. That is what the Hlarys
twisted in the STROUD of crucitied
Christ. The niyrrll. Oh, the height,
the depth. the length. the breadth of
the Saviour'i sorrow! Well might the
wise men sil;l!Ie out the myrril.
cTIl.u;raI.s rRASf:IScIc&sE.
But notice, also, from another sack
tllcv Shake out the franhincensc. Clear
ND TO the rafters of the barn the air is
filed viii, perfume, and the hostlers and
the camel drivers in the farthest part OF
the building inhaIc it, and it floats out
upon the ;.r until passers by wonder
who in that rough place could have by
accident dropped a box Of alabaster
Franknccnsc That is what they
burned in the censor in the ancient |
temple. Flvlnllincensc. That means
worship. Franllincensc. That is-to fill
all the homes, and all the churches.
and all the capitals, and all the ma
tons, from cellar of stalactited cave
clear up to the silvery rafters of the
starlit dome. Frankincensc. That is
what we shake out from our hearts to-
day. so that the nostrils Of Christ, once
crimsoncd with the liemorrliage of the
cross, shall be flooded with the per-
fume Of worlds alteration. Franklin
cense. Franllincense in song and SER
!non and olTertory and handshaking
Aad decoration.
Praise him, mountains and hills, val
Jeys and seas, and skies and earth and
heaven! Cyclone with your trumpets,
northern lights Will your flaming en-
sign! Morning with your castles OF
cloud, and evening with your billow-
ing clouds of sunset! DO you know |
how they used to hold the censor in the
olden time, and what it was made off
Iterc is metal pan, and the handle by
which il was held In the inside of |