Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-01-06

Behold. also. In this Bible scene. how.
ON that Christmas night. uod honored
childhood Christ might have made his
firss visit To our world In cloud. as
lilo will descend ON his next visit in u
cloud; In what = chariot of illumined
vapor he might have rolled down tho
sky. escorted by mounted cavalry. with
lightning for drawn sword.
Elijah had carriage of frs 20 take
him up Why not Jesus carriage OF
firc TO fetch him DOWN Or over the
archcd bridge of rainbow the Lord
might have descended Or Christ might
have had his mortality built up on
earth out OF the dust of . garden. as
was Adam. In full manhood at the start
without the Introductory fecbleness OF
infancy. No. mol Childhood was To b
honorcd by that advent lie must
have childfs light limbs. and q chiid's
dimpled hand. and u chiid's beaming
eye. and child's fiaxcn hair; and baby
hood was 20 be honored for all time to
come, aud q cradle was to mean more
than grave. Mighty Cod May tho
reflection of that one child's face be
sccn In NIL lnfantilc faocs.
Enough have all those fathers and
mothers on hand II they havc child In
the house A throne. n crown. n scep.
ter. kingdom. under charge. Bc care
full how you strike him across the head.
jarring the brain. What you shy to
him will he centennial and millcnniai.
and hundred years and n thousand
years will not stop the echo aud re-
echo DO not say. 1T Ii my child -
Rather say, 1T In only an immortal -
IL In only n masterpiece OF Jehovah. IL
Ii only n being that shall outlive sun
and moon and star. and ages quadril-
lennial God has infinite resources
and He can give presents Of great value,
but when He wants 20 give the richest
possible gift To household. He looks
around nll tho worlds aud all tho uni
verse and then gives child.
The greatest present that God over
gave our world lie gave about 1. sol
years ago. and lie gave II on Christ
mas night and II was OF such value tina,
Heaven adjourned for a recess and
came down and broke through the
clouds To look Mt L. Yen, In all agcs
God has honorcd childhood. IIc makes
almost every picture failure unles,
there bc child either playing on the
floor or looking through the window,
or seated on the lap gazing into the
face OF tho mother.
II was child In Naamsn's kitchen
who told the great Syrian warrior
where he nigh. go and get cured OF hi.
lcprosy. which NJ the seventh plunge IN
tho Jordan was left at the bottom OF
the river. IL was 90 the cradle ot
leaves I'm which child was laid. rocked
by the Nile. that God called the attcn
ton OF history. IL was n sick child tina,
evoked Christs curative sympathy. I,
was child that Christ set I'm the mids,
OF the aquabbling disciples ~ teach tho
lesson OF humility
We nre informed that wolf and
leopard and lion shall be yet NO dones
ticated that little child shall lead
them. A child decided Waterloo. show
ing the army OF Blucher how il could
talsc short cut through thu fields
when. IL the old road had been folio ssed
the Prussian general would have come
too late % save the dcstinics ~ Europe
IL was child that decided Gettysburg
he having overheard two confederate
generals In conversation In which
they decided 60 march for Gcttysb burg
instead OF Harrisburg; and this. re
ported 10 Gov. Curtin, the fedora
forces started 10 meet their opponent,
NJ Gettysburg. And to-day the child 4
TO decide all the great battles. make nj
the laws. settle all the dcstinies an,
usher I'm the worlds salvation or de
struction.
Men, women. nations. all earth ans
all heaven, behold the child il thor
any velvet 40 soft as child'a cheek
IL there any sky so blue as child
eyer IL there any music so sweet n
the child's voice? IL there any plum
40 wavy as child's hair
Notice also that In this Bible nigh
scene God honored science Who ar
the three wise men kueeling before IN
divine infant? Not Doors. not ignoram
uses, but csspar. Iclthasar and Mel
chior. men who knew all that was 90 n
, known. They were the Isaac Newton
+ and Herschcls and Fnradays OF thei
time. Their alchemy was the forcrun
| ner OF our sublime chemistry. thei
astrology the mother OF our magnificen
astronomy They had studied stars
, studied metals studied physiology
. studied everything.
1 And when I see these scientists bow
1 before the beautiful babe. I SEQ IN
1 prophecy os~lc time when all tine eel,
scopes and microscopes. and all th
4 Leyden Jars. and all the electric ba
: teries. and all the observatorie. an
r ali the universities shall bow - Jcsu.
~ Is much that way already. Where
4 the college that does not have mOrnin
Z prayers. thus bowling al the maBger
= Who have been the greatest physicians
4 OmittiDg the names Of the living les
A ne should Ne invidious. have we no
a had among them Christian men Xix
our own Joseph G. Hutchinson an
Rush and Valentine Mott aud A bei
a crombie and Alternately? Who hav
been our greatest scientists3 JoseD
!. Henry. Who liy "a and died !
: the faith Of the Gospels and CASH VIII
standing with his students anon
the hills took OF his hat and .als
4 Young gentlemen. before ne stud
j. these rocks. let ms pray for wisdom I
7 the God who made the rocks" To-da
\ the greatest doctors and lawyers q
/. brooklyn and New York. ard % th
land and, 81 other lands revere o.
Chris ian religion. and are not ashame
, % say 80 before juries and Legislators
!. and senateS AZ geology will ret bot
= before the Rock 81 ages All b0tan
I. will yet worship the Rose % Sharon