New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-25
MISUNDERSTANDING

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All reading and thinking persons. NO mat
ter what their views on religion. ike 10
know what the accredited ministers OF re-
ligtOn are saying and doinG. Every MONDAY
morning The Tribune reports the sermon
Of some well-knOwn Ncw-Jerscy clergyman
Besides giving all the news from every
where The Tribune keeps its reader" In
formed about the doings of churches and
reform organizations.
Here are some appropriate thoughts and sug-
gestions Of the day contributed 10 The Tribune by
some OF New-Jersey's best known clergymen:
The Rev DIR. Henry Baker: Christmas is day OF
peace and may 1t bring peace to our people from
sea to sea. and cearness OF vision to our rulers Il,
St Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark
Christmas eve.
Father ]. A. Sheppard Christmas the feast OF
the Nativity OF Jesus. We commemorate a stupen-
dous mystery; omnipotence clad in the heplessness
Of an infant; omnscence in the seeming uncon-
eousness OF babe and omniprese1cs, ds h,rss a
the air nests but the Son of Man hath not whereon
st. Nicholas Rectory. Passaic. n. j.. Christmas
Eve
Nonsgnor Doane Newark
Adeste Fideles
I.aet triumphantes;
vcnte. venite In Bethlehem
Natum videte.
Regem angeloruIn.
Vente. sdoremus
Vene, adoremus
venite adoremus- Dominum
have often heard that ine old Christmas hyW"
ering but there is singing OF 1t that mas III
messed itself on my memory more than any other
and that was when was in the Holy Land Wy
companions were priests We had been 10 the
Fled OF the Shepherds. and there the one Win theS
had sung the Gloria In Exceeis Dec ct in Terra PaN
Hominibs Bonae ano =, on S our word they
sang the "Adeste Fidees. Nenie In Bethehem. H.,
st Pairick's Cathedral Newark Christmas Eve
though, of Christmas is light. The prophecy OF
Ralaan was OF the star that should rise IN
Jacob" Isaiah said: 1.-The people that walked IN
darkness have seen great light; they tiia' u"e,'
in the land OF the shadow OF death upon them hath
the light shned' Zacharias repeats that thought IN
john aS'. The glad dnss q sav,ours birth was Was
s sSia ss round 10 ABOUT hema manifestation q light
The star IN the Fast led the The N .ygb 30 of light
s one V Sn sSass h0R s Goa and God
is sa re n j. es Eve lesson
The Rev DR.. John l.. Scudder: The pleasantest
feature Of Christmastide Is general sentiment or
goodwill. 1t does good to smile ana say l
wish you a merry Christmas, TO exchange si.s
with others TO remember and surprise the poor. Al
this season the fences come down. cordian'y
hrs,La loose and hearts grow mellow under the
prevailing spirit OF generosity and brotherly love
This universal outgoing Of heart and hand Is az
mirable and thoroughly CnrsT tmen. .. soul and
likeness 10 Him who went about doing good Nng
tenths Of our happiness at tns neope happy 1t
warns the and IS spiritually refreshing 10 se
sd sOckns around ShTs'% goas srse
Who does not welcome the 1uieuuss onSinr tha
Could you imagine pieasah'er way VI e9 ~
Jersey City. Christmas Eve.
The Rev. Dr. A. Nelson Hoiheld Christ was
born OF virgin. who was overshado"ed oy inc
Holy Spirit. a virgin whose purity, loVehhess anu
humility have made her the theme of the Get tne
suh,act q, the artist and the ideal Of humanity for
,.unioh n,neteen centuries And the Chrst-Cniid
is ever being born by the brood;ng OF me n AWE re
pen:anee lovely by grace and humble by clear s and
awe-inspring visions Of God In HIS holiness anu
stNSe e%ark Dec "a. 1895.
The Rev Or. Halloran: Christmas Joy is pre-
emnently soul JOY. The renewal of friendship 'he
old loves rekinded successes or failures throush
the intervening years with all that proper co'i-
viviall;y includes afford peculiar pleasure at TINS
season These pertain to the physical however
.nd NAV not ascend 10 the higher realm OF ihe
soul Tho student who dwells an Angelo or a
Pubens must have as we term IL, a Soul ioi al
else no music will come him from these masters
and no heh emotions will possess him. but given
the soul he discovers the spirit OF the artist ana
finds himself fame with the ecstasy that pos
eessed these great artists. So, in Christmas JOY
we contemplate the Giver and the glit ana Discover '
wealth OF goodness. wisdom profound. love IN
measurable and when apprehended by "a, living wing
Chrstly experience attain the hlgmest 10y P0S
SHE 10 our nature Under the thrall OF this soul,
ioy II you will permit the expression, men anu
Women often become sublimely poetic; not SO
much in measured verse as the outnowing OF ,i,e
soul in burning words. Miriam viii strike tne
loud timbrei O. Egypts dark sea Noses s,'sS Ell
.'Iord Thou has. been dwelling place IN az
generations" David viii give voice 10 WOODS anu
music 10 hills. Pau! and Slas fast IN me stochs
in the inner prison will burst into anthems; OF
praise at the hour of midnight under the spell OF
This soul-ioy. Nor is IL confined TO the iispi,Ie"
writer's OF Holy Writ for the Living EpisieSI
to-day are given songs IN the house OF tleir Pill Pr
srrimare ~ then, our Christian JOY has never
1Isen higher than the natural festive board charm
OF remniscence. play OF wit, we nave never a nau
a real Christmas yet. Let us seek this true SOU.
low this blessed Christmas tide. not IN inc
manger no. or the Cross, but In the true appreheh-
sion OF Him in the higher realm OF the soui os
living faith. ,,,, c,.r,, Jersev
City, Christmas Eve
A TRAMP'S SUICIDE.
RE THREW HIMSELF in FRONT OF MOVING
TRAIN.