Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31
REV. DR.. TALMAGH.
Ihs Eminent Brooklyn Divine's Sun.
day Sermon.
Subject Lessons Taught BY Holidays. Z

Subject: Lessons Taught BY Holidays.
TIKI: 'In respect of a holy day.n-Col-
ossians ii. TO-
What the Bible here and elsewhere calls a
holy day we, by change OF one letter and
change of pronunciation, call holiday. But
by change of spelling and accentuation we
cannot change the fact that holidays have
great significance AS long as the world
stan Christmas day and New Years day
and Easter day will be charged end sur
charged with solemn suggest veness and
holy mirth. Whether you take the old style
OF my text and call them holy days or the
modern style an call them holidays they
somehow set all my nerves a-tingle and my
deeper emotions into profoundest agitation.
/ am glad that this season we have the holt
days completely bounded. For years, Christ
mas day starting in the midst of one week,
and New Years day starting in the midst of
another week, we have been perplexed to
know when the holidays bgan and when
they ended, and perhaps we may have begun
them too soon or continued them too long
But this year they are bounded by two
beaches of gold Sabbath December 25
1892, and Sabbath. January !, 1898 The
one sabbath this year commentaries the
birth of the greatest being that ever walked
the earth; the other celebrates the birth of
that which is to be one of the greatest years
of all time; the one day supernatural be,
cause of an unhjnged star and angelic doxo-
logy, and the ether day natural, but part OF
a procession that started with the worlds
existence and will go on until the world is
burned up; both the first and last days OF
these holidays coming in with Sabbaticll
splen1or and solemnty, and girdling all the
days between with thoughts that have all
time and all eternity in their emphasis.
How shall we spend them? At haphazsr1
and without special direction, AMI they leay-
ing, as they 90 away from us, physical ia
tigue and mental exhaustion, the effect OF
late hours and rscklessness of diet adding
another chapter TO the moral and spiritual
and eternal disasters which have resulted
from misspent holidays? Oh, mol A stout
and resouniing mo- for all the eight days.
propose that we divide this holiday sea-
son, the two Sabbaths of the holiday and
the six Gays between, into three chapters
the first part a chapter Of illustrious birth
day; the second part a chapter of annual de-
cldence; the third part 4 chapter of chron-
olozIea introduction.
First then, chapter of illustrious birth
day. Not day OF any year but has been
marked by the nativity of some good OF
great soul. Among discoveries the birthday
of Humboldt was Sept. IA and of David Liv-
ingston March 49, Among astronomers the
blrtn lay OF Isaac newton was Dec. - ana
Oh Hefscael NOV. ~ A nong orators the
birthday OF Cicero was Jan. ani OF C6rYs-
oStom Jan. H. Among, prison reform
erS the birth .ay of John How .rl was
Sep. 2 and of Eliz lbeth Fry May |. Among
painters the birthday OF Raphael was Marcl
3 and of Michael Angelo March 9. Among
statesmen the birth lay of Washington was
Feb. % of Hamilton May 5 AMI of Jefferson
Aprh :. Among consecrated sous the
birth lay OF MRS tie mans was Sep. % OF
Lucreba Mott Jan, an OF Isabella Graham
July -. But what are all those birthdays
compared with Dec. %, Tor on or ABOUT that
day was Dora one VINO eclpsed all the great
nameS o. all the c9nIrles Jesus OF Bethle-
aem, Jesus Oh Naztreth, Jesus OF tTol3otha,
lesus o. OAYet, Jesus OF tle heavenly
lhroheF
Ice greatest PIC yures have been made
about scenes Ia dis NET me- Il9 greatest
sacrlllces on nel1 OF oattls or III ho5pltai or
on long marcn or IN inareyfion nave been
inspired by HIS self aonegatlon The finest
words oil eloquenc9 ever spoken nave been
uttered IN the proclamation OF his Go5Rel;
The grandest oratorios that nave ever rolled
from orchestras were descriptive OF His life
and death mere nave oeen other orators,
but none IKE HIM WAC 'Spake as never
man spike" There have been other re-
formers, but mona IKE HIM VINO VIII not
have completed MS misS'oa until the last
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