The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-12-20
LESSON Text Matthow 2-i-il Mem


LESSON TEXT. Matthew 2.i-i2 Mem
DRY Verses 1912.
GOLDEN TEXT-"For unto you
born this day in the city OF David
Saviour. which is Christ the Lord. LUX
2Il.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Effect Of the First Christina
Day Upon the World. What Th.
Power Has Accomplishments Ties
Of Power. How do we know what an
person or thing can de-? By what b.
oh It has done.
I look out Of my study window am
see a number Of black wires strunI
along the street. They look as "doa'
as a door nail" But every day I hea
messages coming over them from nea
and from far over the telephone
Every night ! see blazing lights from
the current passing through them
Not long ago a man just over the way
touched one Of these wires. blown
down IN a gale, and he was struci
dead. I know what those wires car
do by what they have done. There
fore. / let them alone in the street
and turn the switch with perfect con
fdence when / want a light.
Last summer at Niagara I DE-
scended 100 feet underground IN The
city power house. and IN a small brich
compartment only a few feet square
saw more black objects like erea
rolls Of iron wire. They seemed d.
lifeless and innocent as coils of wirl
in a store. ! was told that the poweI
Of 10000 TO 100000 horses resided ir
those black, dull objects. How could
l know? ! knew by what they did.
saw the cars moving an over the city
and the streets and houses lighted a
night And all the power and an tho
light came from those black dynam0s
We see that with Christ came a new
era Of the kingdom Of heaven. wifi
new powers for the changing of this
world from the darkness of sin intl
the righteousness. love. peace. pros
perity, and an that makes perfect PEG
pie In a perfect world. The progress
has been slow, but becomes more and
more rapid each century The world
as it is to-day tells ms what Christ has
done for the world.
The more Christianity, the more hap.
piness; the more Of an that makes the
kingdom Of heaven. The blessings
lessen and sorrows multiply in proper
ton as there is less Of the Christian
religion. The new age stands as
yet halfbuilt against the sky, but il
is Christ that has built the new age
thus faT and that building is rising
faster AID faster each year.
There is a great deal of evil in the
world yet. IN the best Of countries, IN
the best Of people. But It is evil fought
against Il is good gaining the vic
tory slowly but surely. The very rev
Citations Of evil the controversies and
conflicts. are signs that the power of
Christ IS working upon the evil, a
conlict til the good has
triumphed.
The Sun COnquering Winter-As-
tronomers are thinking that the planet
Mars is inhabited. Suppose that this
winter a gentleman from Mars should |
come and make you a visit being an
utter stranger TO the ways of this |
world You would show him the clean. |
white, snow-covered ground. the trees !
beautiful in their branching twigs, |
the fringes Of the hills" calm. cold |
no mud, no floods, but all |
peaceful as death. But you tell him /
hat all this is nothing TO what is com |
ng next spring-the snow melted |
AWAY. the fields covered with green,
he trees bursting into leaf and flower.
he gardens radiant with color. the air
ioft. with fragrance. A wonderful
When does spring begin o." De asks
about the DIST of March" you re-
by.
But when the DIST of March comes
he finds snow and slush and mud and
ogs and east winds and bare trees.
md he exclaims. as Pliable did 20
christian when in the Slough Of Des-
.ond. is this the blessodness you
we're describing. the beautiful spring |
on pictured TO me with such enthusi-
SIN? Is this what your mighty sun
5 doing?'
You reply. These very things you
omplain Of are a proof of the power
T the sun, and of the coming of The
pring l described by these things
re know that spring is coming. They
re a thousand times more hopeful
han the silent Wilderness of winter"
We may personally feel this power
the coming of Christ He came t0
ave and change each one of us. He
ais MS TO accept of him as our king
mr. leader. and our Saviour When we
i've ourselves To Christ we do not
lways. though sometimes We do.
aalize the greatness of the change |
'hen Of two boys one makes DIS
loice 20 become am educated man
nd the other TO live a low and selfish
nd sensual life. we DO not always see
great change or difference immodi-
ELY IN the boys. but as the years
> by the difference grows greater
"a greater
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