Milford chronicle., 1901-12-27

dan was left al the bottom OF the river.
1t was to the cradle of leaves in which
child was laid, rocked by the Nile. that
God called the attention of history. II
was q sick child that evoked Christ's cur
alive sympathiPs. II was a child that
Christ set in the midst of the squabbling
disciples to teach the lesson Of humility.
A child decided Waterloo, showing the
army Of Blnchcr how they could take a
short cut through the fields when if the
old road had been followed the Prussian
general would have come up too late to
save the destiLes of Europe. It was a
child that decided Gettysburg, he having
overheard two Confederate generals in a
conversation in which they decided to
march for Gettysburg instead of Harris
burg, and. this reported to Governor
Curtin, the Federal forces started to
meet their opponents at Gettysburg. And
today the child is to decide all the great
battles, make all the laws, settle all the
destinies and usher in the worlds saliva
ton or destruction. Men, women. ma
tons, all earth and all heaven, behold the
child!
Gods HOnOred Science.
Notice also that in this Bible night
scene God honored science. Who are the
three wise men kneeling before the Di-
vine Infant? Not boor, not ignoramuses
but Caspar, Balthasar and Melchior, men
who knew all that was to be known.
They were the Isaac Newtons and Her
schels and Faradays of their time Their
alchemy was the fOrerunner Of our sub.
lime chemistry, their astrology the moth.
er of our magnificent astronomy. And
when | see these scientists bowling before
the beautiful babe | see the prophecy OF
the time when all the telescopes and mi
croscopes and all the Leyden jars and all
the electric batteries and all the observa.
tories and all the universities shall bow tC
Jesus. 1t is much that way already
Where is the college that does not have
morning prayers, thus bowling at the
Manager? Who have been the greatest
/ physicians? Omtting the names of the
living lest we should be invidiOus, have
we not had among them Christian mer
like James Y. Simpson and Rush anC
Valentine Mott and Abercrombie ant
Aberncthy? Who have been our greatest
! scientists? Joseph Henry, who lived anC
died in the faith Of the gospels, anC
| Agassz, who. standing with his student,
among the hills. took off his hat and said
young gentlemen, before we study thest
! rocks let US pray for wisdom to the Coo
who made the rocks" All geology will
! yet bow before the Rock of Ages. Al
botany will yet worship the Rose of Sha
ron. All astronomy will yet recognize tn
Star of Bethlehem.
Behold also in that first Christina
night that God hOnored the fields. Com
in, shepherd boys, to Bethlehem and SCI
the child NO" they say; Eve are no
! dressed good enough to come in" YES
you are. Come in" Sure enough, tn
storms and the night dew and the BRAN
bles have made rough work with thei
apparel. but none has a better right t.
come in. They were the first to hear tn
music Of that Christmas night. The frs
announcement of a Saviour's birth wa
made to those men in the fields. Their
were wiseacres that night in Bethlehem
and Jerusalem snoring in deep sleep, an,
there were salaried officers of government
who, hearing of it afterward. may hav
thought that they ought to have had tn
first news of such n great event some on