Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-01-07

the hands o. the hnaSry. or took from tAs
oriental hears. the dead young man ana
vitaIlsed BIN and said 10 the widowed
mother. "Hcre hc IL. alive and well, and
she cried. "Nfv bov. ny boyi" and oe r.
spOnded. s'Nother. mother And the sea,
tossing too roughly some of hia TRENDS, 4
ty word easter than a nurses wofa
- petriant child He made =
Keen sttif The very Judge who fer other
reason allowed Him 20 be put 90 death de-
ciared. 4 ind 40 fault IN HIN. WAs thcrs
ever \ IRE 80 thoroughly r1asacSed and
hypercrisiciscd that TUNED cut 20 be 80
Feriert \ iire2 Now. ycn can imagine what
would have been the calamity % earth ead
heaven. what a bereavement % all htstory.
what swindling not only % the human
race bat Ot cheruoim and seraphim and
archangcl. AZ because cf tnfernaI sncur-ion
upon the bod OF that Bethlehem babe this
hfe % divine and glorious manhood had
never been nvci9 Tho Christie parallels
would never have been uttered, the SER
mon on the mount. al adrip WITH bene-
dictions. never preached. TIE golden r1le. II
in picture frame ~ everlasting love. would \
never have been hung up for the universe f
20 gaze upcn and admire.
Can y0u imagine what scaridcation % .
tho worlds literature would be the re- f
rncval % all Christ ever did and eaitf 10 f
wonid tear down the most important 4
shelves OF yonier Congressional library,
and ~ tho Vatican library. ant % kritish
museum. aud Berlin and henn aud Vienna
and Nadrtl and 81 Petersburg libraries,
anf ST. paul's iife would have been an in-
possibility. and his episties would never
have been written. and 81. John. from The
baaaltic caverns % Patmos. would never
have heard the seven tru npets or seen ths
heavenly walls with twelve layers 20 illun-
fned Capitalization. % wise men % tho
easti am 40 glad YOU ala not report %
the imperial scoundrel az jeruttiem WAere
tho babe was, Tor the hounds would
have soon torn 90 pieces the Lamb. Aad
+ am so glad that not only did you hrtng
the frankincense and tho myrrh 90 the
4 room IN that caravansaey. but that yon
d brought tho gold which paid His travelling
expenses and those of Joseph aud Mary IA
that long and dangerous hight 60 Cairo. IN
Egypt and paid their lodging AMI board
there and paid their way back again Well
enough 20 hring 20 the barn % the Saviour's
nativity the d0wers. for they ar0mattred
the dreadful atmosphere of the stable. but
the gold was Just then the most Important
Offering. So now the Lord accepts your
prayers. for they are the perfume ot heaven,
bus lie asks also for the gold which viii
pay the expense OF taking Christ 20 AL
nations.
stu further Remaining upon the narrow
escape witch you and and the wo~id had
, in the diversion % the prosecutors from TIE
, place 90 nativity, iet me say that had that
Uerodlc raid upon the swaddung clothes
! been successfui the world would never nevs
= known the value - a righteous sess~.
, l Much has been made OF the fact that the
= world was at peace when Christ cane.
. Ycs. But what kind Of peacs was ltf II
II peace
v peace ~ a graveyard. The Roman eagles
= had piucked out the worlds eyrslght and
B. plunged their beaks through the heart ot
s dead nations. IL vas peace spoken ot oy
"a a dying Indian cbiettaln when Christian
.a home m lsslonary said 20 him. y ou have
Il been a warrior and lave been Ia many
/. feud- but you must be az peace With Al
.y your enemies ia order 90 ile Alright The
N diving chieftan replied That's easy
d enough. Am At peace with all my enc
r niles. for have killed all 0t them
IN That was the style = peace on earth
when Christ came. bat tho spirit ot nr'
he bitraticn, whtsh is 20 gatlaad tae tomi
IA OF this century and coronet the GROW o
IA the coming century. - coasequent upoi
lt the midnigbt anthem above Betnlohem
Il two bars TO that music. the drst 81 81
e- vine ascription and the E~,ant OF earth
cn iy pacihcation. "0lorY 70 COL an
a peace 20 men, In His manhood Chris
e. ! pronounced the same doctrine, " bies-e
OIL are the mercifui." Before the Bethls
ar hem star flashed its significance. ga
SO theory was. blessed ls wholesale cul
en- thrOatery. Blessed are those who ca
lat kul the most antagonists. Blesset AZ
ne those who san most skiiifuhy WELL %
battleax. Blessed are those who ca
no stab the deepest with spear or roll
ru chariot wheel over the most woundo
20. or put his chargers hOof on the mos
OF dead" The entirely new theory 81 GA
as Christ was blessing for curstngs prays
ma Tor those who despitefuily use yoi
60 foundries 90 turn spears into prunin
IN . hooks redhot furnaces to melt swor,
ith into molds shaped like plowshares-
nd gigantic acerbities and worldwide tige
ON lsms had, without any gospel oppos
,Op tl0n gone on until now aud been en
20 mentcd by iS9S years of ferocity. by th
on time what would this world have be-
.lef turned intol You ueed not remind mo
the awful wars since the opening cf q
, Il year one of our Christian cva; for u q
the ! earth has been again and again '0cerat
hat into an Acsldama through improved wes
cen Cnry OF death and more rapidity os M
OF Prussian breechiOader which 10 1860 start
rod the nations with unprecedented haV
ard eciipsed BY cOntrivances that can swe
had vaster numbers 20 death By one volsay a
the [ telegraphy adding 90 gunnery new fAc
hid | ties for slaughter BY Instantly orieri
: 70 armies 20 where they caa do the M
lad wholesale murder-i say u ali this woe
,heF been wrOaght, how much worse would
ong have been IL the Christiy revelation
hem not been let down from heaven on
rns runged ladder OF musical scale and th
hedl had been no preaching Of good will All
'rOg and down Christendom for nineteen G.
the turlesl The Bethlehem mRnger has ~
saw the most potent suggestion OF peace
'sful world has ever received. Tho cavs
feet horses cannot eat oat OF that manger.
ded. Itako another step forward Ia show
ANY the narrow escape you and had and
ad- world had in the esecrstion Of Christ's BIZ
I, its place from the Hsrodic detectives, and
otus clubs with which they would have das
long the babes life out. when say that viii
,, fts the life that began that Night In Bethel
ylus the world would have had no iiiumi
long deathbeis. Before the time 0f Christ <
lans. people closed their earthly lives IN pes
hose while depending upon tho Christ TO CO
now and there were antediinyian saints
ming Assyrian saints and Egyptian saints
enty 1 Grecian sai iutR and Jerusalem saints lona