Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-01-11
THEBIRTH OFCHRIST
cAvss<u.1s sc~se NJ sA< Manager sn
the Auae Bars-Bruse Creation
He~sr~s-G~xs us.sP>S
science
Tcopyr.sht. isei. by Louis KiopseA- ~. II
Wsshlrxton. Dec g


This discourse OF DR.. TSlrnage Il Full
% the nativity and appropriate sor the
holidays. text. Luke 2;les -ARd they
came with haste and found Mary and
Joseph. and the Babe lying in man.
ger
The black window shutters Of = De-
cember night were thrown open and
sone OF the best singers o. world
where shey al sing stood there. and
putting back the Sraperx OF cloud
oharted \ pesce anthem until al the
ehor1s Of hsIl an6 valley aprisu5sd and
enc0-e6 the hzIeluiah chorus Come.
let as 20 into that Christmas scene as
though we had never before worshiped
si the nanger- Here IS q Madonna
worth looking At wonder not -hSt
the most frequent name in al lands and
= All ChriStian centuries Is Mary
Ant there are NS-ys iz palaces AID
Mary, in cabins AID. though German
and French and Italian and Spanish
and English pronounce q differently.
they are az nsmesakeS Of the enc
whom NE Snd or q bed Of straw. with
her pale face against the soft cheek
% ChriE7 in The -ight cf the nativity.
Al The greet painters have tired. On
canvas 20 present Mary ar6 her child
and the inci6euts % that most famous
night % The worlds history. Raphael
in three diHerenT masterpieces. cele-
hrsted then Tin7o-etto Rn6 Ghirian-
eajo Supposed themselves II the ado
ration of he znags- CorreEFio n e6ed
% Go 10 more thar his Madonna Ia BE-
cone immortal The .Na6cnnB 81 the
lily" ~ Leonardo ca Vine. VII indie
the admiration C AZ ages. But 81 The
galleries. % Dresden are fo-Cotter when
! think OF the EnaTl ro0zn % that gal
iery coutainizE the -'Sisii-e Madonna
Yet az % them were copies % s. Mat
thew's Nzdonns sn5 IulSs's Ms6orns.
the inspired Madonna q the old Book.
w'hich we had PCT into our hands when
we -~-e infants AID that We hone 10
have uucvr cur hesds ~ber We de
Behold. "a the frss place. HAT on the
right % Crisis lie God hono-t6 the
brute crezrior- You cannot Frf fnto
that Bethlehem hsru without roirE
past rhe crn1cis. the mules. tie dogs
the oxen The hrutes q that liable
heard the 6rsf CIV of TIE infsnf Lord
Some C the old painters repr~sert TIE
oren and canels kneeiing that uiEht
before The ne-bor- Eabe- AM well
might they kneeii Have you ever
thcurhs that Christ came. among 9th
e. things. 20 alleviate the suffer- - %
the brute crezrion7 Was g. NOT sDpro-
pirate that Re xhould. during the hrEt
few days and zights of BIS hfe or
esrtk- Re surrounded BY the dumb
beasts whose means ard p,sizi and
believing have FOR ages ben a prayer
20 God for the srresfirg q their rcr-
lures and the riEhtinE OF their rrongs7
Net a k-unei IL eli the centuries. 2 o. =
bird's nest. Tot = WORKOUT horse OF
towpsrh. not 8 herd freezing sn The
Po0rly bufl- co~Pen, rot freight car
IL SKINNER time bringing the b@eves
60 market Without water through q
fhonssr6 miles of agony. not q sur-
geon'r room witnessing the struggle
% fox OF - hoit - pigeon or dog q the
horrors % ririsection. hut has an En-.
serest 81 the fscs that Christ Wa born
N q stable surrounded BY brut<s-
stAEciEg then. az ] ina Eire nov CO
r. that Brfhiehez nigat with ar infan-
Christ or one side and the speechlesi
creatures 90 Cox On the other. cry.
Look cut how you strike The rosvel ir:s
thai horse-s nice- tax OF thar curbes
hi from that bleeding mouth. renew
that SADDLE from that raw back: shoe
rot for fun that bird that Is TOO s-nai
for food; forgef not 20 pot water 5nt.
she cage - that canary. throw OF
S0xne crumbs % fhose birds caught 20
Gar north IL the winters incien-ncy
arrest that nan who g making tha
cne horse draw . Load heavy erougl
for three. rush IL upon that seen
where bo-s ere rsrturing = cat %
fransfxiEg butterfly and Erasskopp<r
drive no1 OF that old robin. fer he
rezf 81 q mothers cradle ant u1cf ne
wing there may be three or four mu
rieiars q he ak 81 training. IN Eou
families and II your schools teach n
coming generation more mercy Ehs.
che rrest ~ gener1tion has ever show
and sn skis marvellous Bible picture O
the nativity. while you Pcinf cut Z
fheu TIE aagSi. show tbeE Also ID
esrei. ard While they hear she ceie'
tfal chsnt 20 them also bear the cow
moan.
Behois also IN the Bible scene ko'
OF shat Christmas night God bonOre
ehfl6hood- Childhooc was &c D. hol
ox<c by that advent. He nuust have
ehll6's Light IiRbs and child 8 ci-nple
hand ard a chiic's beanlDg eye and
chEic's 6axeE hair. and baby hood ~
GO 5e honore5 for az time 20 come. al
. crzeie ~aE 10 nezn more 1han
grave NiRhfy God. may the EeAsetio
Of that cae Chlle's face Re seer IN q
s~feuff1~ fareFt