Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21

rave our world, he gsve about leei years ago.
ana he gave It on Christmas night and It Was
Of such value that heaven adjourned for re
cess and came down and broke through the
clouds to look At ii. Yea. In al ages Goo mas
honored childhood. He makes almost every
picture failure unless there be child either
playing on the floor, or looking through .he
window, or seated on the lap, gazing into the
face OF the mother
1t was child in Nsaman's kitchen that told
the great Syrian warrior where he might go
and get cured OF the leprosy. which at his sew
enth plunge In the Jordan was left At the Dot
tom OF the river 1t was TO the cradle OF leaves
In which O child was laid, rocked by the Nile
that God called the attention OF history. IT
was o sick child that evoked Christ's curative
symp0thiee. 1t was o child that Christ set IN the
midst OF the squabbling disciples, to teach tho
Icsson Of humanity We are informed that WOLF
and leopard ambition shall be Yet so do mestt-
Gated that . little child shall lead them.
child decided Waterloo, showing the army OF
Blucher how they could ta';e short cut through
the fields, when, il the ol1 road had been fol
lowed, the Prussian General would nave com
up too late TO save the destinies OF Europe. 1t
was child that decided Gettysburg, he havin
overheard two Confederate Generals in
conversation, in which they decided
to march for Gettysburg instead OF Har'
risburg; and this, reported to Gov.
Curtin, the Federal forces started to meet their
opponents At Gettysburg. And to-day the child
Is to decide all the great battles make oil the
laws settle oil the destines, and usher In tho
worlds salvation or destruction. Men, women
nations, all earth and all heaven, behold the
child! Is there any velvet SO soft as childs
cheek? Is there any sky SO blue rs q child's
eve? Is there any music so sweet as child
voice! Is there any plume SO wavy as child
hair?
Notice, also, that in this bible night scene
God honored science. Who are the three wise
men kneeling before the divine infant? Not
Doors, not fgnoramuses, but Caspar Bel thasar
and Melchior men who knew all that was to
be known. They we've the Isaac Newtons and
Herschels and Faradays OF their time Their
alchemy was the forerunner OF our sublime
chemistry their astrology the mother OF our
magnificent astronomy, They had studied
stars, studied metals, studied physiology,
studied everything. And when l see
these scientists bowling before the beau
tiful babe. l see the prophecy Of the time
when oil the telescopes and microscopes, and
oil the Leyden jars, and all the electric batter
les, and all the observatories and all the uni
versit1eS shall bow to Jesus 1t Is much that
not have morning prayers, thus bowling ut the
manager? Who have been the greatest physi-
clans! Omittlng the names OF the living lest
we should be invidious, have we not had among
them Christian men like our own Joseph c.
Hutchison and Rush and Valentine Mott and
Abercrombie and Abernethy? Who have been
our greatest scientists? Joseph Henry, who
lived and died in the faith OF the gospels, and
Agasiz. who, standing with his students among
the hills took on his hat and said.
Young gentlemen. before we study these
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 to the Chris
tian religion, and are not ashamed to say so
before jures and legislatures and senates. All
geology will yet bow before the Rock OF Ages.
All botany will yet worship the Rose OF Sharon.
All astronomy will yet recognize the Star Of
Bethlehem. And physiology and anatomy will
join hands and say, I've must by the help OF
God, get the human race up to the perfect
nerve, ana 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. mo,
they say, I'VE are not dressed good enough to
come In" Eyes, you are; come ill.," Sure
enough, the storms and the night dew and the
brambles have made rough work with their up
parel, but none have better right to come in
They were the first to hear the music Of that
| Christmas night. The first announcement OF q
SaviOurs birth was made to those men in the
| fields There were w!seacres that night in
Bethlehem and Jerusalem snoring in deer
| sleep, and there were salaried officers OF gov.
| eminent, who. hearing Of it afterward, may
| have thought TINT they ought to have had the
| first news of such a great event, some one dis
| mounting from q swift camel at their door and
| knocking TILL at some scntinels question
WHO comes there?" the great ones of the pal
| ace might have been told OF the celestial ar
! rival No; the shepherds heard the first two
bars OF the music, the first in the major key
| In at in thn ,vfv t<
| God in the higaest, and on earth peace, goot
| will TO men" All, 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 ard prai-
rie about 100000 Sheppard all their keepers
| ought to follow the shepherds of my text and
| all those who toll in fields. all vine-dressers
| all orchardists, all husbandrnen. Not only thai
Christmas night, but all up and down tho
worlds history God had been honoring the
| fields. Nearly all the mesSiahs OF reform and
literature and eloqnence and law and beneY
| olence, have come from the fields
Washington from the fields. Jefferson from
the fields The Presidential martyrs, CARTEL.
and Lincoln from the fields. Henry Clay from
the fields. Daniel Webster from the fields
Martin Luther from the fields. Before thi.
world Is right, the overlooking populations O
| our crowded cities will have to take to tn
fields Instead of ten merchants in rivalry a.
to who shall sell that one apple, we want o
least eight of them to go out and raise apples
Instead of ten merchant desiring to sell that on
bushel Of wheat, we want at least eight OF then
to go ont and raise wheat. The world wants
now more hard hands, more bronzed cheeks
more muscular arms. To the felds God hon
ored them when he woke up the shepherds b.
the midnight anthem and he will. while tn
world lasts, continue to honor the fields. Whel
the shepherds crook was that famous nigh
stood against the wall Of the Bethlehem kahn
1t was prophecy Of the time when thresher'
fail and farmers plough and woodmnn's ak
and ox's yoke and sheaf- FLINDERS rake shall SUI
render to the God who made the country, o
| man made the town
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