Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-05
STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
81 Am the Bright and the Morning
Star"
Rev. DR.. T. De Witt TaIna~e's Christmas
Sermon Christ Eertlds III. Dawn of
Heaven Upon Every Christians
Dying Pillow.

Heaven Tpon Every Christians
Dyin. Pillow.
In the Brooklyn Tabernacle Sunday
a great audience assembled to partici-
pate in the Christmas services. Stand
ing before the organ. festooned with
Christmas greens, this sermon was de-
livered by Rev. DR. Talmage, after the
throngs bad sung The star OF Bcthle-
hem Text Revelation xxi, IS, Il
am the bright and the morning star"
This is thristmas eve Our attention
and the attention Of the world is drawn
to the STAR that pointed down to the
caravansary where Christ was born.
himself was a star. To that luminous
fact M text calls Us
1t seems as If the natural world were
anxious TO make up for the damage it
did our race III furnishing the forbid
4 u r.l..'. # that fruit wrought death
.4Da- *. nations. row ali the natural
pro..a1. -:.a.l become a symbol Of bless
iHg. The sI4oUerin. down OF the wealth
Il the orchard VII make Us think of
Him on Solomon describes as the
apr c =" "mong tic trees 81 the wood,
an, Ito flowers Of tangled glen and
en- t... ,.;4rsn..re Shall lie tic dew
gin. Garland for the brow Of the
E.prI .ic,us lca. even the night shall
be ta,.e3 anil its brightest STR Shall
be Set as Il Gem in the coronet IN our
L0t. -a.r,- u,
f..,..,,,.,.,.,t.r seq, ~, ,n.,.n:n.r. stan,
aIrant1~cGts!v II il was on your way
Rome from i uirht.~ rlrouspI Won saw
none Of It's beauty II YOU merely
tlencd over on lour pillow in the dark
ness. ela.ciur out ~ the window. y0u
SNOW nothing about th,. cheerful infiu-
enc" VI That star Bat there are many
III ln.a mouse tG-ai chit who in rreat
passes of their line some Of them far
out az sea, have z:4..ru 1T that star and
been thrilled throurn with indnecriha-
Isle rIpdness. That stan. come, trpmb-
IDr as thOugh with the DPriIS of the
darkness. and ytt right with the an
ticlputipm. 81 tina day 1t seems emo
tsona with ali tenderness. its eyes
filled with the tear, Of many sorrows
IT i, the .reaI Oh III" hand Or the morn
iuy thrust M IL ,jrnal It's courinr
1tltf stars are G.II, ti4.C molly candies
ii Il cathedral Of silver beads counted
IN superstitious Iitauy, but this is 4 liv-
ing star, Il speaking star, a historic
star. an cv.4nlgrIistic star-iri,rhta and
brilliant and triuInaltant ,ylnpo! Of the
great Redeem@r The teIc~raphic oDpr-
ntOr puts hi, tinrcr ON the silver kew of
the electric instrument. and th"tiiinrs
fy across the continent And so it
seem. to me that the iinuar
OF in,Diratiou is placed upon
this silver ,4oint IN The heavens
md its thrill i SEM 1brouob All
the, earth -BcIalI brin,r Won ,rond
tldin,rs OF great low which shall be to
all people. Beholl | am tho br;,rht
and morninp star" The ro.aniu.c Of
nv text is this: As the morninr star
prrceq,s and promises the coruir,r of
the dax so.fhrist her,Ids the natural
ppd sntr;t,,.,l ,I.,,,,
III inc (ir,t ,,I,ca Christ ba,.,lJ.d tl,n
cnn,in., ~ tat, ,.r.,t;,r rb.r.
linn. whom there was NO orda,. n,sonrd
or ha,n+r ~ vino, ,t:,.,.d <,.,,.ard
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nnda,. tba earth :. yes h,,+oda+ed
~. cro,t;on IL. l.a f,.+h ,,..t,,,.,,s
andli.a,s ia sr,, j., 80, H., 60