The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-12-27

of Il bearing the face Of TbeFfus. the
emperor, and the reser1e the words
-PoBfifex Maximus," the other titI6
Of the emperor, and then cane the
overwhelming answer Of ChFists
'.Render 70 Caesar the things that
are Caesars and 70 God the things 1
that are Coda" Magnetic and epf-
grzmmafic this inspired pezsantI 1
Useless attempts he declares as
pearls east before swines" unimpoEs
tant results He describes a. fhe -, /
tempt to gather fgs Of thistles."
AIIegOriesi Why. the parzbIes are
an aIIegorieS, and how He fung them /
out upon His audiences, whole arm
fuIs Of amethysts and emeEalds and
diamonds and rubiesi
But we must not only look At Him
from q worldly standpoint How He
smote whirIwinds into silence, and
made the waves Of the sea lie down,
and opened doors Of light into the
midnight Of those who had been born
blind, and turned deaf ears into gal
leries Of music, an5 with one touch
made the scabs Of ineurable Iepr0sy
fall on, and renewed healthy cire1ls-
tion through seVerest paralysis, and
made the dead girl WaIen and ask
for her mother, and at His erucifx-
ion pulled down the clouds until at
u O'Clock at noon it was a. dark
as y o'clock at night, and started
an influence that viii go On until
the last desert viii grow roses, and
the last case Of parezis take hezlthful
brain, and the last illness become
rubieund Of cheek and robust Of chest
and bounding Of foot, and the last
pauper viii get his palace, and the
last sinner taken unto the warm
bosom Of q pardoning Godi Where
did all this start2 In that cradle
within sound Of bIezting sheep and
believing cattle and amid rough ban
tering Of herdsmea and camel driV-
ers- What low place to start for
such great heightsl o artists, turn
your camera obseurz On that village
Of BethlehemI Take il al fn-the
wintry skies lowering, the fOeks shiE-
ering IN the chill air. Mary, the pale
mother, and Jesus, the child No
wonder that Paul Yeronese and Cuyp
and R1bens and Tintoretto and Cor
reggiO and Perugino and Ghirizndsio
and Raphael put their best pencils In
that scene Lord God, by Thy grs-
eious spirit, fix that Madonns in al
our soulsl So these thoughts cone in
upon u at this giaddest part Of the
year.
Swing softly. bells. On Christmas uorr,
Wake not the King q Giorys
Swing EOlt and swift across the azow
The Cd Judezr story.
So have shown you the shadows and
the sunshine Of that Christie cradle Of
Bethlehem In these Christian times
realize that there are many cradles Un-
der shadows Oh, the story Of empty
cradles all up and down the earth, IN
cabins and IN PzIzeesI There restzn6-
ing in gzrrets or in storerD0ms cradles
that viii Fever rock again -RzekeI
mourning for her Children and VIII E0t
be eonfoFted becauze they are zot-"
But through all the shadows break
gieaus of sunshine. as he clouds Of The
CHRISTIE cradle were cleft By gioEi0us
light Escaped from the struggles
through which We have an passed and
must yet pass, those HtfIe o1ez took
Heaven at one bound Instead of an
earthly career it Is Heavenly career,
with capacities. with vsIoeities. with
opportunities beyond our eouprehe1-
sion Instead Of eeIebrzffEg On earth
the SzTiOuF's birth tkey stand IN the
saViour's pzsssIee- Instead Of the kol-
iday eeIebrztiOzs Of TIE ed hOnes1ezd
IT Is TO them eternal jubilee at = talk
WhsEs the Angels Of GO@ are the e1P-
bearers an6 amid festivities that re-
sound with = laughter and = mzzie
and blaze with briIhzEc< and zsoEy
'-thzt EYE hath not sen roE ear hard =
No Use IN wishing then . HeHy ChriEt-
Ezs, for the EeFriugntz Of Hezssr Hirx
out Upoa them from temples that z1s
always open amid pleasures that nsveE
dis- On II Il not . dun Heaven but
4 lively HeaTez- for there ara 50 Emy
ehEdrs1 there. TkeT throzz the
streets; they lock cot Of the House Of
Mary NaEzi01s;" they srzzf On the
beach 70 see the feets east zzehor with
in the vzlss they erDTt the gztes with
greetings WHEN the cd folks come n;
they eizP tksir h1nEz N an ets-EzI
gizdrezs; they dance IN an eternal gies-
See yog E0s the sunshine shzt pczEs
into ths shadows oE that ezzEle Eztl
they arv ali goEe2
Bat shzSOEz have tkefr usez- Tksrs
mES1 be 4 baekgru1nd 20 every god
rte1Ere- TErrkr always put az b.zzt
one 3Oek Of e11UtE On his eznvzz- and
the eIo1Gs q earth VIA be the baez-
ground 70 bring cut UGrs nightly the
brightness ct HezEez- And VII Il net
be zinri0us II after al thz4 scene q
earthly viciEsituIe ne meet agzzn n
cur FztEsE's house and TAX oEgr the
past N IN evsri1x-iEg kolifzE- BzI
EeEWhiI- B1ck cut t1r the cradles.
How uush they deeiSe fox thiE Wzriz
and the nezr. When We1lzng111 Uza
borE a. IarEiugt1u- England that Se.
ciiet W1tsriso and szss1 E-spe
Whez Hzz6eI Uzs koru N Ez11e- Saz
Ozy- that decided the orz1orisa 1t @JB
6zs NzeezhaeasT and -EstheT~ and
-IsrzeI IN EgyTt and -g~pchah- and
/ -l[essfah- EEhan EIF Whsrnar VIZ