News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-12-28
About time to be meditating on
those new resolutions.


assisted by Miss Fay Davis, reader
A male quartette is always apopula1
favorite, and when it happens to b.
as good a one as the Temple Quar-
tette it is doubly so. Miss Davis is {
dramatic reader of great ability
Her testimonials are excellent anC
many of them emphasize the fact thai
her style is delightfully."- free from at
fectation, ranting and oratorical dis
play. The company comes to Nor
risville from Burlington, where they
appear Jan. I'd, and their manages
writes: "They will surely give you 1
great concert. Seats so cents, or
sale at Hall & Cheney's.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES.
AT the Cong'l church the morning
sermon, full of deep thought, was by
Rev. F. C. Taylor of Hyde Park, who
occupied the pulpit in exchange with
Rev. Mr.. Seymour. His text was
"Can any good come out of Naza
reth?" John / As. A Sunday-schooI
concert appropriate to Christmas was
held in the evening" Brief remarks
were made by the pastor, and an in
teresting account of personal visit
to different points in Palestine was
given by FL. A. Slayton.
At the Methodist church there was
a large attendance both morning and
evening. In the morning Rev. Mr.
Nanton preached an interesting SER
mon from Luke 2: 10, Behold
bring you good tidings of great Joy"
He pictured the unrest among the
people at the time just previous to
the coming of Christ. They had &C
complished many things in the ma
terial world all propagating the COM
ing of Christ and the better days
coming with His birth as Saviour OF
the world. The condition of the peo-
Pile at that time was compared with
| the present unrest of our people OF
these later days. Great advances
have been made and are being made,
all propagating the gospel and max
ing ready for the second coming OF
Christ. In the evening an excellent
program was rendered in the line of a
Christmas concert, entitled "The lion
of Judah" The chorus singing was
a feature.
Rev. Mr.. Booths morning sermon
at the Universalist church was based
upon the question "What think We OF
Christi" Matt. %: 40, theme which
suggested to the speaker many prac-
tical thoughts. He compared the
world to an anvil on which the indi-
vidual lite strikes. Different persons
strike in different ways. The ring oil
the anvil depends upon the blow. All
must strike for themselves. The
humblest soul is becoming familiar
with the name of Christ. 1t is a
household word. The measure of our
esteem of Christ is based upon the
standard of our own life and living.
Measuring the life of Christ by other
lives shows that he lived in the life OF
the lowly people as no other man ever
did. Christ comes down to our lives
and understands them fully. Great
ness consists not in shutting ones sell
up, but in letting ones self out. Who
of the great rulers have taken little
children in their arms and blessed
them? When we come to measure
our life by the Masters life, ours seem
very little. We living here in this
world do not know enough of the Di-
vine life; we may know more. Christ
came into the world for purpose,
and He accomplished that mission,
and when he had finished He could
look back and think that He was
! true to that principle for which He
stood. How is it with us? We may
also be co-workers with God. We are
to reflect the glory of the Divine life.
How far short our possibilities in this
connection come. When Christ came
into the world He gave us a great
pattern in the life Helived. That man
is the happiest who forms his own life
the closest to the great pattern.
Christ, when hanging upon the cross,
could look up and say, Father, for
give them" Measuring His life in
every way, what think We of Christ ?
| fyOu do not now answer this ques-
ton, turn then to your own life and
analyze that. Can you then not an
swer better? Have you followed the
path He has marked out for you =?
Christ said, first of all if you would
be great you must be humble" That
man is truly great who can make the
world better. Let us not be afraid to
work to-day because we do not at
once see the results we would like to.
Christ's soul was large enough to
take in the whole world. We are too
prone to tread in too small a circle
let us broaden out. If you would be
great, then come down as Christ did
into the humblest life. Let our
thought of Christ result in taking
Him more fully into our souls, that
we may live the best life.
OTHER CHURCH NOTES.
The young peoples meetings at the
Universalist church are held on Sun
day evenings twice in month, anC
on Wednesday evenings of the Other
weeks.