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

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An0fher shadow Of ,he chriEfieeradIe
wzs thai if stcsd under > deprzxed
king Herod was a that time ruler
and Tie complefe fmpesonafion Of all
deprzsifiez. twas an unfayorable time
for innoceDesfOex expect good treatment
So dark was the shadow dropping On
the cradle from that fniquffous throne
that the peasant mother had 10 lift her
babe out Of II and make hsstJ fight.
Deprared habits Of those in authority
are apt TO be copied By subjects, and
from fhe immoraiss Of the Herodic
throne judge Of the fmmorsls Of na-
tion- There was malaria Of sin in the
air EbeE the infant Christ first breathed
T. Thilsest anagl could not keep the
babe warm when IN that wintry month.
with his mother, he became fugitive
It wa while the peasant and his wife
we're on visit for purposes Of enroll
uent that Jesus was born. The Bible
tranElafoS got the wrong word when
they said fkat Joseph and Mary had
gone to Befhlehem TO be taxed" Peo-
pie went 10 farther then 70 get taxed
than they do now The effort Of most
people always has been to escape taxa
ton Besides that, these two humble
folk had nothing to tax. The mans
furban that protected his head from the
Sun was not worth taxing; the wOman's
sandals which kept her feet from being
eus By the limestone rock. Of which
Befhlehem is mostly made up, were Eot
worth taxing. No; the fact is that a
proclamation had been made by the
emperor that all the people between
Great Britain and Parthiz and Of those
lands included should 90 to some ap-
pointed place and give their names in,
be registered and announce their loyal
II 10 the Roman emperor. They stood
up before the officer Of the government
and answered the questions: ~What is
FDur name? Where were you born2
where dOy0u Live now? Lift your hand
and swear that you vii support the
empire Of Caesar Augustus" During
that patriotic and loyal visit the frst
cry Of the Divine Boy vas heard
They had walked 50 miles over .
nough road to give in their names and
take the cath Of zllegizree. WouI6xe
walk Sd miles 20 announce our ale
glance 70 or King. one Jesus? Caesar
Augustus wanted to know by the rec
ord On which that man and that woman
Eroze their names. or had them wit
ten. just low many people in his en-
pire be could depend On in case Of exig-
eney- How many men would unsheath
sword for the Roman eagle, and how
many women could be depended On 70
take care Of the wounded On battle
felds2 The trouble Is that IN the king
dom Of Christ We do not know how
many ezn be depended On There are
50 many men and women who never
give IN their names. They serve the
Lord On the sly
In al cur churches there are 50
many half and half disciples. 50 many
one-zhird eEpouserA They rsfher thfhs
the Kible Is true. At any rate paris Of
Il, and they hope that somehow Chris
fiani4y win disenthrzH the nations
They stay away from church On com
munion Gays and hope when they have
lived as long IS they can N this work
they can somehow Enezk into Heaven.
Oh. give IN your nznesI Be registered
On the church record down here and
IN the Lambs Book Of Life up there
Let al the EorId know Where you
stand II you have 10 20 as fzrss Joseph
and Mary walked. If you have 10 &C
Sd miles before you find inst the right
form Of Eorzhip and just the righi
creed. starr IN this modern December
as those villagers started in IN ancient
December. and amid the eozgTztulz
fl0ns Of church militant and church tn
amphsn1 gre IN your Ezuez- 1t VA
while Joseph and Mary we're on Tisi
Of duty and obeying : reasonable CON
mznd Of Emperor Augustus that th'
star pointed 10 the place Of nativity
ChTzEf's OrafoET Tzs unlike anything
that Eent before or cane after. Even
The criticism Of the world sid. -NeTsl
nan Epake like this 1an-T Drzmztiei
Why he took mp child oEt Of the an
dieDee and set kfn On = table. and b
the eufnrrzEseS look Of The ehiIl
tanEh1 humility. he sent the p-osee1
tors Of q po0r. sinfd EOnzn. blzsh
ing and eonf0un5ed. 0Uf Of the room b
one ssn1eDee of EzrezEn- Notice HI
power Of emphasis. and ezuzeizfio-
when He revealed Himself after Hi
Resurrec1i0n. BY the peculiar nay HI
pro1ounee5 the one word -Nzry.~ HI
power a look shown By The Ezy Peter
the great apostle. wilted underIt- II
beck szrs- Tie Lord turned an
Looked uP0r Peter Il Ezs an On
nipOteut facial exPresEioz- He Iookef
npon RefeE- Power Of distinet UfteE
znre- 50 that every one eozld kezE- H
opennd His moEth- Ezyizz 70 m1@
hing and i16iEfi1-f gzteEznee- H
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BE Euuid r1t hare taken the toP @
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for PzIFEt. s0r thz1 P1lpit Is 50 high
as 6erlzre froz obserEatioz. that \
spezErr fh1f have ever k10In eaub
kare fr1z hat Poi1t Eo5e any an
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