The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-30
AT THE TABERNACLE.
THE LESSONS TAUGHT sY BIRTH
DATES AND ANNUAL HOLIDAYS.

Importance to Christmas-Th Year 1893
Is Certain to BE u Memorable One--Na-
lures Lesson of Growth and Decay.
BROOKLYN, Dec. 25.-The sermon
preached by Rev, DR., Talmage this
morning wns Of character especially
appropriate to the holiday season, ard
was listened to with rapt attention by
an audience that crowded the Taber,
nacle, Before beginning his discourse
the preacher gave out the opening hymn:
Joy to the world the Lord has come;
Let earth receive her king
The text selected was Colossians ii, l6,
I'm respect of holy day"
What the Bible here and elsewhere
calls holy day we, by change of one
letter and change of pronunciation, call
holiday, But by change of spelling and
accentuntion we cannot change the fact
that holidays have great significance,
AS long as the world stands Christmas
day and New Years day and Easter day
will be charged and surcharged with
solemn sugges,iveness and holy mirth.
Whether you take the old style Of my
text and call them holy days, or the mod
ern style and call them holidays, they
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says coming ~ WIN oaooaCicai spienoor
aHo soieiniiity, ana giruhhg III the DAYS
D. tween with thoughts that nave all
tlme ana an eternity IN their emphasis.
now shaii we spend themf AT nap
haZaEo anu Withooe spec'ai dlrectlon'
anu tAey leaving as they so away from
US pAyslch' iatlsue ana mental exhaus-
t'o1' the c.-ect ol late hours and reck-
lessnes3 OF net ADDING another chapter
20 the moral ana SPIRITUAL and eternal
DISASTERS Wlllca pave resulted from MS
spent E4!f'2F.! On, no! A stout and
I9sounains no! Tor all the eight days.
pfopos2 thaV we clvlde TINS holiday
season. the TWO 'oaooalhs OF the holiday
WI" 'He SIX aays between, into three
c..'l'1',TS--GAe hISS part a chapter OF
iiu5Fllous n'rtnaay; tne second part
ch2-cf oi "hhui'i oecaaence; the third
Pr u chlp ero Oh chronological introduce
'loA'
bii.ii'"A - OF THE GREAT
pir5t, inca, chapter OF INDUSTRIOUS
pifIh''aS' Not Jay OF any year Eat
mas peeil hlaIheo by lhe nativity OF some
gocI or great SOU. Among dlscovercrs
tAa iAiH.hlaF o, Enm noldt was sept. u
anu o' ba'iu Livingston Mafcn ~
IA''''iis "s.loiioili7i9 tiie Dir.hasy OF
A',"'I -Se" ,oh was Lee 80 anu Oh nee
hN''e' s'o C ~ A'noiis oaa'ors Inc uifth-
way Va Gio'io DO 'ah' AM Vi ohrys-
oS'o,,i 'ai ~ AanoNs pilsoii reiotin-
ei' INC vi .huas VI 'oih i!o"ar,. "af
oep'' anu u IiiAaoe'n nfy May l..
Aiiiont, painters 'i,e ointnoay Vi Naphaal
was haich 20 anu Oh hllcnaei Angelo
Marc'i .. Among statesmen the birth
10y ~ "asiiin5'oii was feo. ~ OF
dlaiiiiloh May ana Oh JEFFERSON ApIl
aiming ooiSecra'eu SOUS Inc plfiA-
"'y vi Mia, iieLlais was 0ept. 20, OF
L"o,e'ia -ao'' Jan. anu VI Isabella
Gfanani July ~ but "nat are all
tiiose bi' eiioays compared Win DEC. ~,
Aor on or ABOUT 1hat oay was porn one
VINO ecllpseo al tiie great names Oh all
| Tie centuries Oh be1niehen, Jesus
Oh Na2areth' Jesus OF tolgotna, Jesus
VI OiiVeV' Jesus OF the heavenly throhe'
me greatest pictures nave been MADE
a9ou5 scenes III MS llletlme' Inc greatest
facrinces on lield OF Dattie or In hospital
| OF on long niafch OF IN martyrdom nave
pen INSPIRE by ms sell aonegation. The
| NEST words OF eioquence ever spoken
have been uttered IN the proclamation
OF MS dospel. Inc grandest oratorlos
| 'ha' nave ever ioiieu iioAn orohestf,ls
We're oeScrlpIlNe VI MS me ana death'
there nave peeh o'iier ORATORS pne none
liAe MN VINO spake DIS never man
Spahe. lhere nave neeh oener REFORM
efs' puc none ilke MN VINO VIII NOT
haVecoihp'etou MS mission uhtii ehe iast
| prison is Vehuidteu' ana tne last pima
| oye opened, anu the last ueai ear I'M
stopped &Gu tne last lame 1901 pounds
Hhe roe, ana the last case OF oemehtia
have been other discoyerers. but none
like him able to find how man NAV be
inst with God. There have been other
/ Geliye-ers. but none like him. the res.
cuer of nations. There have been other
PAINTERS but none like him who mt the
i,naga Of Cod on lost souI No won.
,ar we celebrate his birth Protestant