Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-10-12
! CHRISTIAN JUBILEE.
Vel Proposition Presented in a
'6ermon by Rev. DIR. Talmage.
Should Have an Exposition Opened on
christmas, 10 20, to Commemorate
the Anniversary of the Saviour
of Mankind = Magnifi-
cent Programme
Mapped Out.

Rev. Dr. De Witt Talmage preached
ttthe Brooklyn tabernacle recently to
so Immense audience, taking for his
text Isaiah ix. 8: ITO us child is born.
That is tremendous hour in the his
tory of any family when an immortal
epir;t is incarnated Out of very dark
cloud there descends very bright
morning. One life spared and another
given. All the bells of gladness ring
over the cradle. / know not WHY any
oue should doubt that of old
stan pointed down to the Saviour 5
birthplace, for a star of JOY points
DOWN TO every honorable nativity.
new eternity dates from that hour,
that minute. Beautiful and appropri-
ate is the custom of celebrating the
anniversary of such an event, and clear
Oh into the eighties and the nineties,
the recurrence of that day of the year
81 an old mans life causes recognition
and more or less congratulation. So,
also, nations are accustomed to cele-
brate the anniversary of their birth
and the anniversary of the birth OF
their great heroes or deliverers or ben
Factors. The 22d of February and the
4th of July are never allowed to pass
ID our land without banquet and ora
Lon and bell ringing and cannonade.
But all other birthday anniversaries
are tame compared with the Christmas
festivity, which celebrates the birth
Day described in my text. Protestant
and Catholic and Greek churches, with
all the power of music and garland and
procession and doxology, put the words
of my text into national and couti-
mental and hemisphere chorus: ITO
4us child is born" On the 25th of De-
cember each year that is the theme in
st. Paul sand St Peter and st, Marks
and St Isaac's and all the dedicated
cathedrals, chapels, meeting houses
and churches clear round the world.
3 We shall soon reach the nineteen hun
dredth anniversary of that happiest
event of all time. This century Is
dying. Only seven more pulsa-
lions and its heart viii cease to
beat. The fingers of many of You will
write at the head of your letters and
The foot of your important documents.
t19OO. 1t will be physical and
moral sensation unlike anything else
you have before experienced. Not one
hand that wrote ''1S01'' at the Undue
zion of this century will have cunning
left to write 1907 at the induction OF
another The death of one century
and the birth of another century will
be sublime and suggestive and stu
pendous beyond all estimate. To stand
by the grave of one century and the
cradle of another viii be an oppor-
tunity such as whole generations of the
world inha bitants never experienced.
Z pray God that there may be no sick
ness or casualty to hinder your arrival
at that goal, or to hinder your taking
part in the yaledictory of the departing
century and the salutation of the new.
But as that season will be the nine
teenth hundredth anniversary of a
Saviour's birth. now nominate that
great international jubilee or EXPOSE
ton be opened in this cluster of cities
by the sea coast on Christmas dav, the
25th of December. 1900 TO be continued
for at least one month in the year 1901.
This century closing December 81.
1900, and the new century beginning
January /, 1901, will it not be time 70,
all nations to turn aside for few
weeks or months from everything else
and emphasize the birth of the greatest
Being who ever touched our planet, and
could there be a more appropriate time
for such commemora ton than this cul-
mination of the centuries which are
dated from His nativity. You know
that all history dates from. either be
fore Christ or after Christ, from b. c.
or A. d. 1t Will he the. near sof om
Lord, 1900, passing into the year 1901.
We have had the Centennial at Phila-
delphia, celebrative of the one hun
dredth anniyersaTEa Of soar nation =
birth We have had The fnagnihcerit
expositions, ~ New urIeans Atlanta
and Augusta. and st. Louis We have
the present Worlds Exposition at Chi
cago. celebrative of the four hundredth
anniversaries the continents efiierg-
ence. and there are at least two othe
great celebrations promised for this
country, and other Countries will have
their historic eventSso com mernorat@
Dut the 9He-eteHt I'M hasstlhos 49,
With thezwelfare of1all natsenss is the
arrival of Jesus Christ on this planet
and allsthszutsrusias IEe yer sviit mes Sc 4
at Lopdsssaei vfeSrr5 on Paris, -of'-afIy-oi'
our American cities would BE- eclipsed
bv the enthusiasm that woulet~seeie
brate the ransom of all naE9tis, tllP
first step toward the acconftishlag .
1t being taken by an infah1iie fet5t oissZ
winters night. about five mil rs fFoFS
Jerusalem. when the clouds aeofbe,y
the angelic cantata: ''6fEpry * Goa A
the highest. and on eartsl pace. soof.
viii to men, l.
The three or four quikf Rs tia
would be asked me eo5leArnlgan ia "A
nomination Of time and slitek pos
coed to answer. What pi'aetiaa ls;|stsl
would come OF such interna ti5Isa essilssl
bration9 Answer: The biggest stride