The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-12-28
4 Holly DAY.
An interesting Sermon Appropriate to
the Holiday Season.
Christmas Commemorates the Birth Of
the Greatest Being That Ever walked
the Earth-Dr. Talmage's
Discourse.

The text selected by Dr. Talmage
Sunday was Colossians H., 16: I'm re-
spect OF q holy day."
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 can not change the
fact that holidays have great signif-
canoe, AS long as the world stands
Christmas day and New Years day and
Easter day will be charged and sur
charged with solemn suggestiveness
and holy mirth- Whether you take the
old style Of my text and call them holy
days, or the modern style and 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 holidays COM
pletely bounded.
( For years Christmas 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
,vha,, , tha holidaua beoan and when
than andad and nsrh.ns wa NAV have
hsc,n them Too Soon ~ continued them
~ lon, R,t this year thew arc
bounded by two beaches Of gold-Sab-
bath, December %, 1892, and Sabbath,
January /, 1893. The one Sabbath this
year commemorates the birth Of the
orsotest ba;ng tbat aver walked the
e.rth. tha otbar caIabrates the birth
- tha. ,yh;cb g. 70 he one ~ tbe great.
- AZ wears ~ ali time the one dav suner-
natural because Of an unhinced star
and angelic doxoloov and the other
dav natural but mart NJ n PROCESSION
tbst startad With the worlds existence
and will go on until the world IA
burned mn. both the first and the last
dsvs ~ these bol,davs coming In with
sabbat,cal snlendor' and solemnity. and
girdIing ali the davs between with
tbouobfs that have all time and all
etarnitv IN their emphasis How shall
wa snsnd tbemo AZ hanbazard and
ritbout snec,aI direction. and thew
,sav,ne as tbev 90 away from us
nhvsical fatigne and mental ex.
hanstion the effect of late hours and
reclrlessness ~ diet adding another
chsnter 10 tbe moral and sniritual and
eternal disastara which have resulted
from n,ssnent bolidavsp oh. moi A
stout and reaounding moi for all the
e;ght davs
nronosa that wa divide this holiday
ss.snr tbe two sabbaths ~ the holi-
A. .,d .ha s3~ d,ys bo,vaer into
thys. charters tho srst mart a chanter
~ ,llrstrious b,rtbdav. the second mart
cbantor of ANIMAL decadance. the
tb,rd mart n chanter Of the chronoloO.
icai introduction
T,r.s then chanter Of illustrious
b,rthdav Not n dav Of any wear but
has been marl,ed bv the nativity N
some cood or great sonl Among dis
coverers the birthday OF Humboldt was
eantember "a and of David I,iviuOston.
March 10 Amono astronomers The
h,rthdav ~ Isaac Newton was Decem.
ha, OK .nd ~ UarscbeI November N.
Among orators the birthdav Of Cicero
wa, Iaruarv and ~ chrvsoatom
(. Janrarv "A : Amono nrison reformer,
ths birthdav ~ Jobn Howard was Sen.
tevnher . and ~ El,zabeth Frv. Nav /.
Amorg nainters the birtbdav Of Ranbael
,v,s March % and ~ Michael Angelo
M.rche
Amono statesmen the birthday q,
Vashington was February 20. Of Ham
s,tor Mav and ~ jefferson. Anril q
Amono consecrated souls the BIRTHDAY
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r,rcre,ia Mott Januarv 2 and of Isa
t.li. G~abar Julv 90 Rut what ar,
sii thosa hir,hdavs comnared with De
ce,ubar OK Tor on or about that dav wa,
- ona ,yho sc,,n,od ali the orsa,
.s. - al .hs certrrie.-Ie.n, a
p.shlsheu Jasus ~ Nayareth Jesus n
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uoara,,l,, thror.
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.hout scenes in his lifetime The great
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s.sSassras were Sescr,ntiva ~ his IN,
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= oyS' IN, ~ San. comr,sted his miss,o,
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