The Forrest City times., 1892-01-01

.~s ,~cpard srd rsou shs,i se yes co donesa- ted that . isssie ceiid shall lead them = enid decided wsterico. showing tne srny 2. Blucaer how they could ts'se short cut tnro.sa the fields. vben. if the oil road nso oeeA -c- lowed the Prussfzn General would ns'e I"'. u2 too late so save the destinies Of hnrope ! vas a child nat decided Gettysburg he hssin overheard fro Confederate Gcncr>s couversstiou. in which they deelaea fo march for GeftysourS instead or nsl rfsburr: ard this. reported to Oo,. Curtin the Federal forces started 70 nee, ,ssas opponents zt Gettysburg And today the emu is 10 decide all the great battles. max s laws settle all the destinie-. and usher in me worlds salvation or destruction- Men women. nations. all earth and all heaven behold me eh1df Is there any velvet so soft as enLa cheek, Is there any sky 90 blue es a en.n eyef Is there any music so sweet as eniio roice, Is there any plume so vayy as enlio hair;
 Notice. also. that in this bible night scene Cod honored science Who are the three wise men kneelins before the divine infsuts Nos boors not ignoramuses, but Csspar Beithasar and Nelchtor. men who knew all that was 70 be known They were the Isaac Newtons ana Hersehels and Farsdsys of their time Their alchemy was the forerunner of our sublime chemistry, their ssirolosy the mother of our magnificent astronomy. They had studied stars studied metals studied physiology, studied everything And when seo these scientists lowing before the oeaa- tifui babe. see the prophecy of the time when all The telescopes and microscopes, ana all the Leyden jars. and all the electric oatfer- Ies and all the observztories. and all the uni versailles shall bow to Jesus IL is much thAf way already. Where is the college that ooes 10; have morning prayers, thus lowing st tne nangerf Who have been the greatest pnysl. clans, omitfing the names of the living lest we should be invidious have we not had among them Christian men like our own Joseph C- Hatchison and Rush and Valentine Mott and Abercrombie and Abernethy. Who have been our greatest seiensistst Joseph Henry, wno lived and died in the faith of the gospels, and Agzsiz who. standing viih his students among the hills took of his hat and saia- Young gentlemen, before ue slnay tlssc rocks let us pray for wisdom to the God who made the rocks" To-day the greatest doctors and lawyers of Brooklyn and New York and of this land and Of all lands, revere 10 the Cnris- tan religion, and are not ashamed 10 say go before turies and legislatures and senaes- All geology will yet bow before the Rock of Ages All botany will yet worship the Rose of sharon Al astronomy will yet recognize the Star oi Bethlehem. And physioiogy and anatomy VIII join hands and say, We must by the help or God. get the human race up to the perfect nerve. and perfect muscle and perfect brain, and perfect form of that perfect child. before whom, nigh twenty hundred years ago. the wise men bent their tired knees in worship
 Behold also in that first Christmas night that God honorcd the fields. Come in shepherd boys, to Bethlehem and sec the child. No" they say, "we are not dressed good enough to come in" -.Yes, you are: come in sure enough, the storms and the night dew and the brambles have made rough work with their ap- parel but none have a better right to come in. st. Eff Christmas night The first announcement of Saviour's birth was made to those men in the fields There were wiseacres that night in Bethlehem and Jerusalem snoring in deep sleep, and there were saiaried officers of gov ernment who. hearing of It afterwsrc, may have thought thnt they ought 10 have had the first news of such great event. some one dis mounting from a swift camel at their door and knocking till, at some sentineTs question, ~who comes there?r the great ones of the pal ace might have been told C the celestial ar rival No: the shepherds heard the first two bars of the music the first in the major key and the last in the subdued minor: 'ulory to God in the higaest, and on earth peace, good will to men" An. yes: the fields were hon ored-
 The old shepherds with plaid and crook have for the most part vanished but we have graz ing our United States pasture fields and prat- rie about 6 0o0l0oo sheep-and all their keepers ought t0 follow the snepner1s or my teAt anu all those who toil in fields, all vine-dressers. all orchardists. all husbandmen- Not only that Christmas night hut all up ani down tho worlds history God had been ho7oring tho
 ields. Nearly all ths messishs of reform and literature and eloGueuce and law and benev- oience, have come from the fields Washington from the fields. Jefferson from the fields. The Presidential martyrs. Garfield and Lincoln from the fields Henry Clay from the fields. Daniel Webster from the fields. Martin Luther from the fields. Before this world is right, the overhowing populations of our crowded cities will have to take to the fields. Instead of ten merchants in rivalry as to who shall sell that one apple. we want at least eight Of them to go out and raise apples. Instead of ten merchant desiring to sell that one bushei of wheat, we want at least eight of them to 20 ont and raise wheat. The world wants now more hard hands. more bronzed cheeks. moro muscular arms To the fields. God hon ored them when he woke up the shepherds by the midnight anthem and he will. while the world lasts, continue to honor the fields. When the shepherds crook was that famous night stood against the wall of the Bethlehem kahn, it was a prophecy Of the time when threshers s fail and farmers plough and woodmans axe and ox's yoke and sheaf- binders rake shall sur render to the God who made the country, As man made the town.