Milford chronicle., 1892-01-01

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child
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It is only
~ and moon.
> God has inf
n presents of gr,,
4 to give the richest
hold be looks aroun
. the universe and tho
greatest present that
! world he gave about eisl.
ninety-one years ago, and
( Christmas night, and it was of
f that heaven adjourned for re-
came down and broke through the
to look at it. Yea, in all ages God
honored childhood. Hemakes almost ever,
picture failure unless there be child
either playing on the floor, or loolsin
through the window, or seated on the |,
gazing into the face of the mother.
1t was a child in Naaman's kitchen
told the great Syrian warrior WI
might go and get cured of the
which at his seventh plunge in IL
was left at the bottom of the rivs
to the cradle of leaves, in WI
was laid. rocked by the "
called the attention of his
sick child that evoked c
sympathies 1t was IA chi
IN the midst Of the squa
teach the lesson Of hu
formed that wolf and
be yet so domestica
shall lead them. =
loo, showing they
could take sho
when, if the
the PrlssiaD
too late toy
was 4 CHI
having
,glls in
eided
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oio
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Not
Cd he
Use n
mt? 4yOt
lspar, Bclthasar
lew all that was to d.
e Isaac NewtOns and Iic,.
lays of their time Their al,
e forerunner Of our sublime che.
cir aStrOlogy the mother of ourn
Mt astronomy. They had stu,lief
ldied metals, studied physiology.
aiything. And when | see the.
is lowing before the beautiful
the prophecy of the time whe
escopes and microscopes andalI
jars and all the electric bait
the observatOries and all the
shall bow to Jesus. It is m
= already Where is the cnl
not have morning prayer
at the manger? Who ha
ltest physicians?
mitting the names Of tn
should be invidious, have we not bn
ing them Christian men like our own
'ph Z. Hutchinson and Rush and Val
ne Mott and Abercrombie and Aber
y! VINO have been our greatest scien
;! Joseph Henry, who lived and died
le faith Of the Gospels, and Agassiz
standing with his students amongthe
, took off his hat and said, Young
lemen, before we study these rocks let
ray Tor wisdom to the God who mnIp
ocks." To-Day the greatest doctors and
erS Of Brook lyn and New York and of
land and Of all lands revere the Chris.
religion, and are not ashamed TO s,,v
fore juries and legislatures and sen
All geology Will yet bow before the
OF Ages All botany will yet worship
oSe OF sharon. All astronomy win
coShize the star OF Bethlehem. And
ology and anatomy will join hands
'ly, we must, by tae help of God
e human race up to the perfect nerve
arleet muscle and perfect brain and
I form OF that perfect child, before
! nigh twenty hundred years ago
Use men bent their tired knees in
ip. o
Did also in that first Christmas night T.
iod hOnored the fields Come in. g
rd boys, to Bethlehem and see the
NO, they say, I'VE are not dressed
nough to come in" YES YOU are.
u" Sure enough, the storms and the
dew and the brambles have made
better right to come iu Tbev yvsre eff
{ to hear the music of that Gbrist, uti,
ght. The first announcement of a asa
RS birth was made to those men in opeL
Is. They were wiseacres that night and
llehem and Jerusalem snoring in pass
ep, and there were salaried officers roo,
who, hearing of it affo~
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