The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-23
ITS MEANING LOST
ASPECT OF CHRISTMAS PRE-
DOMINATES
NO ROOM FOR THE SAVIOR
DR.. Kuhn Compares Modern Absence
of Religion to Attitude of
Jews-Christ Came to
Earth.

''Are You Listening for the Christmas
Music was the theme from which Rev.
Samuel G. Smith preached at the Peo-
pies church last evening. He spoke of
that night on the plains of Bethlehem
when the shepherds watching their flocks
heard the singing of the angels 1t was
quiet there under the stars, he said. and
the shepherds were listening; and they
were able to hear the angels singing
''Peaee on earth, good will to men."
If there were more of quietness in the
Christmas mood of the present we, too,
might catch the strains of the Christmas
music. He had once heard a lady say
christmas is a time when we buy
things which We cannot afford for per-
sons who do not want them,' and he
thought there was too much of hustle
and extravaganza, too much of dining
and feasting, and not enough of the relig-
iouS observance of this sacred festival.
The presents bestowed at this season
should be tokens of love, not of folly;
evidences of affection and friendlineSS
rather than of extravaganza and pride.
There should be more of the kingliness of
a Christ born into the world, and then
perhaps you would feel that peace Of
God which passeth all understanding.
Men, he said must learn peace before
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must be peace among the churches there
must be social peace and industrial peace
The growth of the world he said, had
been by concessions, and where there was
peace there was the greatest measure of
success. From statistics of the various
countries of the world it was shown, he
said, that where the relations of the
workman and his employer were most
amicable and mutually just. there was
the greatest measure of Industrial sue
cess.
No Room for Christ.
At the evening service at Bethlehem
Presbyterian church DR.. Kuhn, in
scholarly address in German, found in
the modern absence of religion as a
household attribute parallel case to
that of the ancient Jews who spurned
the Savior from their midst. Pastor
Kuhn took as the subject for his dis
course "No Room for Him. meaning
that in the kingdom of the Jews there
was no room for the Son of God.
From the start they had no room
for the man Christ" said Dr. Kuhn.
e'When He first stopped at the inn the
innkeeper could give Him no place Had
He been Roman general do you think
that no room would have been found for
typical of His reception among His own
people at Nazareth, where He went in
the height of His fame and where the
populace wished to throw Him over
cliff. At Capernaum, where He worked
His miracles, the people drove Him out;
at Jerusalem they had no room for Je-
sus, while for Barabbas, the murderer,
there was place.
How is modern society any better?"
continued the speaker. us it not against
the fashion to appear on the side of the
Savior? Young men have to be ashamed
to admit to their companions that He
really is their master. If the emperor
of Germany should visit us, how eIab-
reception, while for the Son of God,
who is always with US, there is reserved
so small a space.
when the time comes for that great
day in the heavenly Jerusalem-the we'd
ding of the Son of God-how harsh would
sound the words There is no room for
YOU
Coming OF Christ.
.'Why Christ Came to Earth was Rev.
George Makeley's subject at the Atlantic
Congregational church last evening. He
departed from the usual stereotyped rea-
son given for Christ's coming by saying
that it was the simple law that leads
every creature to seek that place where
it can be most happy Christ would be
happier to come to earth to live and
die for mankind than He would to re-
main in heaven and see man die from
his sins.
He also spoke of this law as it is work.
ing in the world. Every man is trying
to do that which best pleases him, and
different individuals are doing things
that are entirely opposite. Some people
are happiest when they can attend all
the services of the church, while others
want to spend their time in all kinds
of amusements. The work of the Chris
tian laborer is to do all he can to get
people to find pleasure In doing Christian
work and attending Christian services,
and in this way he will be successful
in doing active mission work. So long
as a man finds more pleasure in the way
of the world, he will go the way of the
world; but as soon as he becomes inter-
ested in the work of the church he will
of his own accord forsake the world and
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