Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-10-11
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROONLYN DIyISE,S s,rN-
DAY SERMON.
Subject: a. Proposition to CeIebr,t,
the Nineteen HuEdredth Birtb-
day of Christ by an Inter-
national Jubilce.o

TEXT: "I0 MS a child is born Isaiah IL
Tint is tremendous hour in the bis.o-,
" 'lt iHnIly When an immortal spirit is in.
ri"atlr.'. Vut or very dark cloud there
ae~rsnG~ a very bright morning. Ona ~
spared AMI another given. All the heIls -,
g.aaue-s ring over the cradle. I know ,,,,
why any one should doubt that OF old n sto,
pointed down to the Saviour's birthpIora fo,
" star or JOY points down TO every honor,bL.
nativity. \ new eternity dates from that
En-- that minute.
Be' utiiul and appropriate is the custom n,
cr.~'lat'nS the anniversary of such an event
and clear on into the eighties and nino,ja,
the recurrence OF that day of the year in an
old man life causes recognition and more or
less CONCENTRATION SO also Nations are ac-
customel 10 celebrate the anniyers,rv ~
their birth and the anniversary of the hirtb
% Ga ar great heroes or deliyerers or benetac
ttrS. The 22d OF February and the 4tb ~
JG'y are never allowed to pass in our land
without banquet and Grafton and bell RIM
ing and cannonade. But all other birthday
anniversaries are tame compared with the
Christmas festivity, which celebrates the
birthday described in my text
Protestant and Catholic and Greet
'Aur'heS, with all the power OF must. and
garland and procession and doxo!o = nur
the words OF my text into National and con-
tneutal and hemisphere chorus. go ne q
child IS born" On the 25th OF Decembar
each year that is the theme in st. Paul's and
II. Peters and st, Marks and ST. Isaac's and
all the dedicated cathedrals, chapels. meet
Ing houses and churches clear round the
world.
We shall soon reach the nineteen bup-
Gredth anniversary Of that happiest event of
all time. Ihis century is dying. Only seven
more pulsatiOns, and its heart will cease 70
.e1t. The fingers OF many of you will write
't IT the head OF your letters and the foot OF
your important documents, 1900" Ii will
oa physical and moral sensation unlike
anything else YOU have before experienced.
Not one hand that wrote that "lsOI" et the
induction OF this century will have cunning
.' 10 write "l90l' At the induction OF an
--her
The death OF one century and the birth of
mother century will be sublime and sug-
Ea~tive and stupendous beyond all estimate
To stand by the grave OF one century and nv
The cradle OF another will be an Opportunity
su'h rs whole generations OF the worlds in
aa'!taHts never experienced. / pray God
mat there may be no sickness or casualty 10
hinder your arrival at that goal or to hinder
ygur taxing part in the yeledictory of the de-
parting century and the salutation of the
low.
But rs that season will be the nineteen
Iundredth anniversary of a Saviour's BIRTH
now nominate that a great international
jubilee or exposition be opened in this clus-
.er OF cities by the seacOast on Christmas
lay, the 25th OF December. 1900. to be con-
iuued for at least one month into the wear
1871. This century closing December 3ist
1900 and the new century beginning Jlau-
arv i-r, 1901. viii it not be time Tor all Na-
aoaS tp turn aside for few weeks or months
rom everything e'sa and eWplasiza the Dirt II
o. the greatest being who ever touched our
HEa W. F.-f
-te time for such cOmmemoratiOn than this
ru.Uln ItiOn OF the centuries which are dGteL
rom His nativity? You know that all his
'nrv dates either from before Christ or afteE
Christ. from p. c. or 4. D. It will be the
YER OF our Lord 1900 passing into the year
1901.
We have had the Centennial at Philadel-
0hia. ceiebrative of the one hundredth an
uiyersary OF our Nations birth. We have
bad the magnificent cXpOsitions at New Or
"aus and Atlanta Gut Augusta and st.
Logs. We have the present Worlds eXPosi-
.toG mt Chicago. ce!eOratIye of this cOnti-
leJt's emergenre. AMI there are at least two.
ot1sr great celebrations promised for this
country, and other countries will have their
historic events to commemorate, but the ono,
event that has most to do with the welfare
1f all Nations is the arrival of Jesus,
Christ on this planet, and all the enthusiasm
ever witnessed at London or Vienna or Paris
s.!ipsed by the enthusiasm that would ce.e-
trste the ransom of all nations, the first step
toward the accomplishing OF it being taken
by an infantils foot one winters night about
ive miles from Jerusalem, when the clouds
iropped the angelic cantanta, "Gloryto God
Il the highest, and on earth peace, good viii
20 men,"
The three or four questions that would bo
asked me concerning this nomination oftime
and place 1 proceed to answer. What prac-
lral use would come of such international
seiabratiOn2 AEswer-The biggest stride
.he world ever took toward the eyangeliza-
tiOn Of all Nations. That is a grand and
gress at Chicago. 1t will pat intelligently be-
lore the world the nature OF false religions
which have been hrutalizinG the Nations,
.ramping wOmanhOOd into the dust. enact
ing the horrors of infanticide, kindling
funeral pyres for shrfeking victims, and
rolling juggernaUts across the mangled bod
les Of their wOrshipers. II
But no one sUppOses that any one will be
converted to Christ by hearing COnfucianism
or Buddhism or any form Of heathensm
eulOgiZel. That is to be done afterwards.
And how can it so well be done as by cele-
DratiOn of many weeks of the birth and char
Rcter and achievements OF the wondrous and
unprecedented Christi To such an eXposi-
lion the kings and queens ofthe earth would
not send their epresentatives-they would
come themselves.
The story Of Sayiour's advent could not
be told without telling the story of His mlsl
sion. All the world say, "Why this ado
This universal demOnstratiOnF What VIVID
presentation IL would be, when at such con-
vocation the physicians of the world should
tell what Christ has done for hospitals and
the assuagement of human pain, and when
Christian lawyers declare what Christ mas
done for the establishment OF good laws, AMI
Christian conquerors should tell what Christ
had done in the conquest OF Nations, and
Christian rulers of the earth would tell Wnat
Christ had done in the Government of earthly
dOminiOns!
Thirty days Of such celebration would do
more to tell the world who Christ Is than
any thirty years. Not land on earth but
would hear of it and discuss it. Not an eye
so dimmed by the superstition OF ages but
would see the Illumination. The difference
OF Christ's religion from all others is that ITS
one way of dissemination Is by simple
telling" not argument, not sktlful exeSet-
lists, pOlemics or the science OF theological
daughter Of Zion. Behold, thy King cometh.
''Go quickly and tell His disciples that He
has risen from the dead" "Go home to thy
friends and tell them how great things tho
Lord hath done for thee" ''When He IS
come, He will tell US all things" A religion
OF 'telling."
And IN what way could all Nations so we'll
be told that Christ had come as by such an
international emphasizing OF His nativity?
All India would cry out about such an affair.
for YOU know they have their railroads an !
teIegraphs. "What is going on in America
All China would cry out, "What IS that great
excitement in AmericaI' All the Islands OF
the sea would come down the gangplanks OF
the arriving ships and ask, ''What IS that
thew are celebrating in American" 1t woul
be the rrightiest missionary movement the
world has ever seen. 1t would be the turn
ing point in the worlds destiny. 1t would
waken the slumbering Nations with ons
touch
Question the Second--How would you have
such an international jubilee oonductedP An,
sver-Al arts should be marshnled, and art
IN its most attractive and impressive shape
First, architecture. While all academies OF
1nCsic, and all churches, and all great halls
would be needed, there should be one great
auditorium erected TO hold su0h an audience
as has never been seen on any sacred occa-
sion in America.
II Scribonius Curio, at the cost OF king