The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-27

should be enrolled" See r. V. This
enrolment and the journeying OF each
to the proper city to be enrolled is the
| first fact in our lesson. We see a world
wide dominion, the fourth Of Dan, ii and
vii, but the ruler of this empire. like
Belshazzar of the first, does not glor.fy
| the God In whose hand his breath is
and whose are all his ways Dan. V, 23),
yet God uses him to accomplish His
] pleasure.
As. And Joseph also went up from
Galllee unto the city Of David, which
is called Bethlehem, with Mary, his es-
poused wife" Here is the reason of
Caesars decree, though Caesar knew II
| not The time had come for the Christ
TO be born, and He must be born at
Bethlehem, In Judea, I'm order 10 fulfill
the words of the prophet in Mic. V. 2.
But Mary lived at Nazareth. in Galilee,
several days journey north of Bethle-
hem, so He who doeth according TO His
will in the army of heaven and among
the inhabitants Of the earth dan. ~.
| 800 moved all the world In connection
with the birth of Him who shall yet be
| king over all the earth Czech xiv, 81.
8. And so II was that while they were
| there the days were accomplished that
she should be delivered" The fullness
] forth His Son, made OF a woman. made
under the law, TO redeem them that
were under the law (Gal iv, 4. 81. To
every event there is with God an ap-
| pointed time, even TO the hour and day
and month and year Rey, tx, 10, r. W,
and the clock of His providence is never
! fast or slow, but strikes correctly TO the
| minute.
Z. And she brought forth her first
! born Son and wrapped Him i'm swad-
! ding clothes and laid Him in a manger,
because there was no room for them in
| the inn" This was the reception that
the world gave her King at His first
coming In humiliation. When He shall
come again i'm power and glory for
IsraeiS national conN ersion, the nations
will be angry, and all kindreds Of the
earth shall wall because of Him (Rev.
XIV. Is, -.
8. And there were in the same cou1-
| try shepherds abiding in the field, keep
| ing watch over their flock by night"
| Therefore not at all probable In Decem-
| ber as one who lives in Jerusalem said
to me recently, but it is the event and
| not the time of the year that is the most
| important.
.. And. 10. the angel of the Lord
! came upon them, and the glory of the
| Lord shone round about them, and they
were sore afraid" Time was when man
was not afraid Of God. but as soon as sin
self Gen. Iii. 10). Since them all are by
nature children of wrath. Some day we
| shall shine as the sun CAIath. xiii, 49,.
10. And the angel said unto them,
Fear not, for behold | bring you good
| tidings of great joy which shall be to all
people" Fear not was also the angels
| greeting to Zachariah and TO Mary
| Chapter 1, 1890. Consider the first.
Fear not'' in Gen. Ky, l, and the last
in Rev. /. II; IL, 10, and among those
| that come between fail not to appropri-
ate Isa. XII, 1913; Kill, 1; Hag. ii, As;
Mark V. &c. Notice that the good tidings
must come to us personally before they
can through US pass on to all people.
These shepherds heard and saw for
themselves, then made it known abroad
| oversees 1920.
II. For unto you is born this day In
the city of David a Savior, which is
Christ the Lord" In other words, He is
Jesus Christ the Lord He became man,
born Of a woman, that He might redeem
man, but one has truly said:
Though Christ in Bethlehem a thousand
If He's not born in thee. thy soul is still
forlorn.
Other religions and religious teachers
try 10 tell people how 10 get saved, but
Jesus saves and is able 10 save unto the
uttermost all who come unto God By
Him CHeb. vii, 20.
IL. And this snail be sign unto you.
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swad-
ding clothes, lying in a manger." Ye
know the grace OF our Lord Jesus
Christ, that though He was rich, yet for
our sakes He became poor, that we
through His poverty might be rich QI
Cor. Yiii 81. Consider His humiliation
unto the manEer at Bethlehem, unto the
humble home and the carpenters shop
at Nazareth, unto Gethsemane and Cal
vary, and let the same mind be in us.
49, "And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude Of the heavenly host
praising God and saying, one angel only
had appeared thus far. but now a multi
tude are visible" n Rev. V, II, they
are said 10 be "Ten thousand times ten
thousand and thousands of thousands"
and all are heard praislng God. In our
lesson they praise Him In His humiliation,
| while in Revelation they praise Him be-
cause Of the results Of His life and death
and resurrection.
a. GLORY to God in the highest, and
on earth peace, good will toward men"
| He came TO glorify God. and before He
was slain He said to His Father. IL have
| glorihed Thee on the earth" (John xvii,
| -. He never sought His own will nor
| His OWE glory (John vi, IS; viii, 60) but
| I'm all things made manifest that He rep
| resented the Father and that II was the
Father who spake the words and wrought
| the works through Him John xiv, 1O)
| He came TO make peace with God for all
men (Col. l. 20), and when we accept Him
we have peace with God, for He is our
| peace (Rom. V, !; Eph. II, I'D.
10. Let Us now go even unto Bethle-
hem and see this thing which is come TO
pass which the Lord hath made known
unto us" This is what the shepherds
said as the angels left them and went
away again into heaven. The angels de-
livered their message and returned quick
ly-they do His commandments, hearken-
ing unto the voice of His word. Ii Is
their JOY 10 do His pleasure Cps. cili. 20,
2D. The shepherds did not doubt nor
question the good tidings brought TO
them, but believing implicitly went at
once to see the child. Their mind was
| like that Of Paul when he said, II be-
lieve God that II shall be even as II was
| told me" (Acts xvii, 25), or like the man
who belleyed the word that Jesus had
spoken unto him and went his way John
| Nv, 5G)
1G "And they came with haste and
| found Mary and Joseph, and the babe
| lying i'm a manger." SO they found It
| just as the angels had said. All that
| was ever spoken beforehand concerning
| the humiliation of Christ was fulfilled to
| the letter and all that has been written
| by the Holy Spirit concerning His re-
| turn to glory will be fulfilled to the let
ter. The time will come when we Shall
| say, mot one thing hath failed; all are
come TO pass" Joshua xiii, I'D.
An Advantage of the Bicycle.
A bicycle has proved a great con-
| venience TO a Lewiston young man who
has one lame leg and who walks about