Milford chronicle., 1893-09-29

A COLOSSAL SCHEME.
DR.. TALMAeE PROPOSES AN INTER-
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN JUBILEE.

An Appropriate Observance Of the Min
teen Hndredth Anniversary Of christ
| Birth Suggested In DR.. TaImage'ssund.
Sermon at the brooklyn Tabernacle.
BROOKLYN, Sept. 24.-At the Brookly
| Tabernacle this forenoon Rev. DIR. Talnae
] preached a sermon Of unusual interest to
vast audience, the subject being ssThe Min,
teen Hundredth Anniversarv-A Propos
7 tion Concerning It." The text was take
4 from Isaiah tx, 6, ''To us a child is born. -
9 That is tremendous hour in the histor
, OF any family when an immortal spirit is in
r earnated Out Of a very dark cloud tber
descends very bright morning. One lif
! spared and another given. All the bells O
gladness ring over the cradle. know no
, why any one should doubt that of old a sta
pointed down to the Saviouris birthplace
Tor a star Of joy points down to every hon
orable nativity.
"A new eternity dates from that hour
that minute. Beautiful and appropriate is
the custom OF celebrating the anniversary
OF such an event. and clear on into the
eighties and nineties the recurrence of that
DAY OF the year in an old mans life causes
recognition and more or less congratula-
tion. 80, also, nations are accustomed to
celebrate the anniversary of their birth
and the anniversary of the birth of their
/ great heroes or deliverers. or benefactors
The &9d of February and the 4th of .Tulv
are never allowed to pass in our land with
out banquet and Grafton and bell ringing
and cannonade. But all other birthday an
nlVersaries are tame compared with the
Christmas festivity, which celebrates the
birthday described in my text.
A CONTINENTAL CHORUS.
Protestant and Catholic and Cheek
churches, with all the power of music and
garland and procession and dcxologv. put
the words Of my text into national and
continental and hemisphere chorus, ITO
US child is born" On Inc 25tb of Decem-
Der each year that is thetheme in st. PauI's
and St. Peters and st. Marks and st.
lsaac's and all the dedicated cathedrals
chapels, meeting houses and churches clear
round the world. We shall soon reach the /
nineteen hundredth anniversary of that |
happiest event of all time. This century is /
dying. Only seven more pulsations and |
It's heart will cease to beat. The fingers of
many of you will write at the head of vour
letters and the foot Of your important
documents, 1900"
1t will be physical and moral sensation
unlike anything else you have before ex-
Not one hand that wrote 's1s01u
at the induction of this century will have
cunning left to write 1901" at the induc-
lion Of another. The death Of one century
md the birth of another century will be
ublime and suggestive and stupendous be-
'ond all estimate. To stand by the grave
# one century and by the cradle of another
vii be an opportunity such as whole gen
rations of the worlds inhabitants never
xperienced.
pray God that there may be no sickness
casualty to hinder your arrival at that 7
oal, or to hinder your taking part in the :
aledlctory of the departing century and =
le sanitation of the new. But as that sea-
lh VIII De the nineteenth hundredth an ,
lVersary OF Saviour's birth Inow nomi- },
ate that great international jubilee or !,
be opened in this cluster Of cities q
I Ihe seacoast on Christmas day, the 25th :.
December, 1900, to be continued for at
asst one month into the year 1901. ).
This century, closing Dec. 81, 1900. and y
e e new century beginning Jan. l, 1901, n,
III 1t not be time for all nations to t1rn ~
ide for a few weeks or months from =
erything else and emphasize the birth of -
e greatest being who ever touched o1r ~
anet, and could there be more aDDro- ~ ~
late time for such commemoration than !.
is elimination of the centuries which are w ~
ted from his nativity? You know that II II
history dates either from before Christ S'.
after Christ, from B. C. or A. D. 1t will 80
the year Of our Lord 1900 passing into a. a.
year 1901. We have had the Centen- an an
u at Philadelphia, celebrative of the one "
ndredth anniversary of our nations eIeI st1-
tn. We have had the magnificent expo W. SI.
ons at New Orleans and Atlanta and ~ ~
gusta and st. Louis. pr
We have the present Worlds eyD,.. .ftion w
Chicago, celebrative of the four hum 81
dth anniversary Of this continents 8 emer- w. W.
ce, and there are at least two other great @ gli.
'brations promised for this country. and "
er countries will have their historic ~ ~
nts to commemorate, but the one event e'''t
has most to do with the welfare of all sar e..
ions is the arrival of Jesus Christ on ~ u
planet, and all the enthusiasm ever ~
lessed at London or Vienna or Paris or - -
Of our American cities would beeclipsed ~ ~
he enthusiasm that would celebrate the ~, NJ
som of all nations, the first step toward .iia I
of it being taken bv an ~
ntile foot one winters night about five seig 80
IS from Jerusalem when the clouds " u
ped the angelic cantata, "Glory to God 5 ali5
le highest, and on earth peace, good will GU GU
en-" Wor