Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-24
TIE NATIVITY.

",rhere we're in the same country
shepherds keeping watch over ti ,it
flock by night, when, 10. the angel OF
tha lord came upon them. and ttie
glory of the Lord shone round ho ,
them, ana stuuei , suti,a
was With the angel IL attitude OF tho
heavenly host, praising Goa, ana 10y !. !,
. ing {; lory to God in the hisnest, ana oil
sarth peace, good Will toward men. -.
n the salvation Of the world had been
left to human ingenuity plan very
z, much different from Gods would, Wilt TN
mi doubt have been devised The
savior would have been born IN pal
ace. His lineage would have 0eefl
A through Il family on the height OF pow
ser and glory. Or, His coming would,
n least, have attracted the attention
n ~ the entire world, through wonderful
manifestations.
As a matter of fact. the apocrSpha
tail wonderful stories about the natiNl-
~. proving what human wisdom "ouiu
have suggested, had Divine WISDOM
ronsulted it. They tell how, at the
6 moment of the entrance of the savior
Into the world, "the pole of the heaven (
stood motionlcss, and the birds were
still and everything in creation sts-
4 neneled motion. .'.Everything which, was
heinr propelled forward was intercept
"a ii III course" Animals fell down
lin. worship, and the infant was gwen
Il speech and told Of His divine origin s
r;,1t none of these wonders happened.
The Almighty works through perte'etly
4 natural channels--no less wonderl VI,
since all nature is His miracle. l y ne
nnfatholnabe depths Of the divine
$rounscls were moved; the fountains OIL
Tho great deep We're broken up VIC
hea,inr OF the nations was issuing
forth; but nothing vas seen on the sur 81,
S6face 81 human society but this slisht#
ripping of the water; the course OF
B h,,,,,an things went on as usual, WINE
4 na,c,, was taken up with little projects
of his own
5Ttc5 shepherds who Went into @ the IN clts
az bethlehem, directed by heaSenis
messengers, found none OF the inaaelh q
~ signs Of glory with when Fli'l
na,nters and poets have adorned n y
~ IA nrer and the cave. There was
no silver star to mark the pace siAo
vIs;ble angels lowering In the Asn.
Enboye the infant What they sstW
with The outward eye was q, eialileea = Z
,vorkn man well mp in years, and a S young
5r,other with an infant child whom,
sfnce there was none to help her' she
herself had wrapped in swadd'ing
clothes. What they saw was SO faf
h from divine manifestations, as gen
arallv understood, that the entire scene
Il must have caused them to doubt me
heavenly origin Of their vision IN inc
field. But to the eye OF faith tlle8 III
vine light shone radiant. q
In all ages men are apt TO be ms
taken concerning the message and the
! messengers of the Lord, unless their
eyes are opened to see beyond outward
appearances Everyone OF the apostles
Of our Lord was rejected by the ma
,ority OF their fellowmen; they We're
treated as criminals, and slain The
past bids the present not to fall into
! its error. but to examine In humility
aud honestly tho message that now
s is being delivered in all parts of the
world, preparatory to the second adj
vent of the Messiah. The message Is
true. The messengers may, be fr7lil,
and very human, but yet the instru--
nents in the hand of the Almighty ac-
colnpish His purposes in the earth,
Christ conquered, even though His
earthly career ended ON the Cross
Noltaire was mistaken when he
thought he saw the evening of tbs
/ Christian day Diocletian was mis-
taken when he thought he had des-
troyed Christianity. The armies Of
the Lord are even now storning The
citadels of evil in the world. ant
through His aid the victory will b,
q complete and the nations Of the eartl
will. with one accord, acknowledge
Him King of kings and Lord OF lords
The day is drawing near.