The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-12-20
A CHRISTMAS
LESSON
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ory Verses ie-n-
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nm his day IN the city % David
:. .1o,,r vhleh a chrlst the Lord
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Comment and Suggestive Thought
Ths Eject OF the First Christmas
nav Upon the World. What This
Power Has Aecomplished.-The Test
Of Power. How do We know what any
uerson or thing can do. By What he
oh Il has done
look out OF my study window and
see . numbsr Of black wires strung
along the street They IsOk - dad
a. door nall But ever DAY | hear
msssaSss coming over them hon near /
and from fAT over the Telephone
Ever night zee biasing IiUhta ffom
the current passing tAfssgA tAsa.
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tsaeAeA Oas q tAase Nl.l asu
dawn IN . gala. AaA - - ssr.sk
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% By vAat thsg have deeA mere
so.A l ~ tAsn alone h ~ stssss
ana tura ne switch vssA D01so 80
ndsnos vhsa I wants lIsAt
Lass SEAMAN ~ NAUasa d
sosndsd 100 FEET sAdsrUrssn1 = ne
city povsr house. and N . soAh birch
oomDaICnaat. ooly fec tsst square,
saw more black objects iiks srsai
rolIs Of iron wire. They seemed ~
nselsss and Innoeent a. sOilB Of wire
In a store. I vas told thai he power
Of 10000 % 100000 horsss resided In
those black. duh objects Rou could
know? / knew BY what they did !
saw the cars moving all over the city.
and the streets and houses lighted a.
night And all the power and all the
light came from those black dynamos
We see that with Christ came a new
era Of the kingdom OF heaven. with
new powers for the changing Of this
: world nom the darkness q sin int
the righteousness. love. peace, pros
perity, and all that makes perfect pee
PIE in a perfect world, The pr0gre
has been SLOW. but becomes more and
: more rapid each century The WORLD
+ asit Is today tells as What Christ he
zone Tor the world
The more Christianity. the more haT,
I 9Iness. the more II ali thar makes the
I Kingdom az heaven. The blessing.
lessen and sorrows multiply in proper
: tlen as there Is lass Of the Christian
religion. The new age stands a
+ yet halfbuilt against the SKI. but +
IS Christ that has built the new ag'
thus far. and that building IS riEini
: faster and faster each year.
There is a great deal Of evil IN tn
!. world yet. in the best OF countries. II
the best Of people. But il is evil Tough
against L IS good gaining the vic
d tory slowly but surely. The very rev
Citations OF evil. the controversies an
e conflicts. are signs that the power q
q Christ is working upon the evil.
e never-ending conflict TIL the good ha
triumphed.
e tronomers are thinking that the plane
n Mars Is inhabited Suppose that thi
g winter a gentleman from Mars shoul
y come and make you a visit. being a
utter stranger TO the ways Of hi
world. You would show him the clea
u White. snow covered ground. the tire.
beautiful in their branching twig
le ~the fringes Of the hills. calm. co
= sunshine, no mud. no foods. but q
peaceful As death. But you tell hi
'F that all this Is nothing 10 what is COZ
y ing next spring-the snow melt
away, the fields covered with gree
TO the trees bursting into leaf and no=e
M the gardens radiant With color. the 4
soft. with fragrance. A vonderi
- transformation
We When does spring beginr he AL
About the 1lst Of March you
pa ply
"a But when the 2lst Of March com
ITO be nnds snow and slp:A ana mud q
togs and east winds and oers ire
'of aad be exclAins. As Piiabls tid
- Christian when In The slosuh q d
10 pond. Is this the AssssdnSss ,
we're describing. the bsahufA spri
ev yos pletsrsd 10 me with sssA snthS
- ASH. Il this What your mighty {
'ro Is doing.
the You reply. These ven thfnss J
~ complain OF are = proof OF the POI
Of the sun. and OF the coming Of
ne spring I described By these thil
INC we know that spring Is coming Il
are a thousand times more hops
than the silent Wilderness Of whit
- We may personally feel this DO
Of the coming OF Christ He came
- save and change each one OF Us.
calls us to accept OF him as our b
our leader. and our Saviour When
- give ourselves 10 Christ We do
always. though sometimes we
realile the greatness OF the cha
,,,v When Of two boys one makes
- choice 10 become an educated /
the and the other to live a low and sci
a Snd sensual life. We do not always
Gov. a great chanre or difference imu
Nos. ately in the boys; but as the 8
. Al 20 by the difference grows gre
and greater.
sho, OF all things discovered In
hvsi worlds history -mInes. treasures.
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