The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
CHRISTMAS BRINGS
GLORIOUS T|D|NGS
"ParsOn" Simpkin breaches
Beautiful Sermon on AdOr-
alton and Praise.
TRUE SIGNIFICANCE OF
DAYST0 EVERY CHRISTIAN
God VIII Help Men to Move On
Until Misery Is Only
Memory.

A beautiful sermon Of alteration and
praise was delivered Saturday morning
by the Rev, P. a, Simpkin at a special
Christmas service held at the Phillips
Congregational church. Old Christmas
hymns were sung and the Rev, Mr..
Simpkin read from Luke s. gospel the
story of the birth OF the Christ child,
After speaking of the blessings Of
charity and various deeds OF kindness,
Mr.. Simpkin said in part:
For unto YOU ls born this day Savior
which is Christ the Lord
Bell and whistle. song and CHEEKY word
broke the mythical silence of midnight
with a clamor which with all the coarse
ness of IL still held an echo of the marvel
song OF the worlds first Christmas.
The spring OF all times, highest Ideals
and dearest motives wldens with tho fly
Ing centuries, and the stream that flows
Is deeper and wider than the world ever
The Christian who joins in the "Adeste
FIdeles' this morning has secret spring
of Gladness that q multitude wots not OF
For more than the blessed things that
are the fruit OF the divine life In men,
far more than that which glides life with
touch Of ethereal beauty In the min
Joices. The perfect story that holds the
heart OF all the time is more than a song
and n voice and a vision OF angels.
Marvel Is Eternal,
Glorious are they The soul never tires
Of the marvel of that shimmerIng light
with Its perfect song. The element OF
youth unGying that Is In us is gloriously
persistent Children alive strain to
catch the undyng harmony and with old
child vision build the star-gemmed vault
OF that far night and the host OF the
host of the heavens that sang TO war
ring worldmpeaee 70 race that that wa vas
All and the cradle In the stall. Who
has not felt the re-created sweetness Of
/, in the simple. stately narrative Of
such songs as "Luther's Hymn
ASLEEP In u manger. no crib for His
head
The Little Lord Jesus lay down His wee
head
There is the thing supreme. The east
ern sage had sung Of avatar and deliverer
The prophets of the living God had prom
ised that out OF the root Of Jesse the
stem Of the life perfect should come and
God should dwell with men-Emanuel.
Not forever should men walk In dark
ness cropping their way up the world
altar stairs, Not always should men
dream God and know only the bondage
of human limitation and sin.
Not In a deferred hope that should die
in despair should man struggle in the
casket Of his low self with wings bound
aching for the upper heaven and tho
beating pinions OF perfect purpose and
happiness,
Message of Christmas.
Ah-there is the message of Christmas
Live no more a dream. but a life fore
told in the indwelling of God incarnate.
Not a miracle OF the stable-of the dead
century of the hope OF lseel. Nay-it IS
a present and abiding thing for every life
that would keep Christmas which Is love,
and receive the child which is life,
That Is what Christmas means-the
coming OF the divine into our lives.
And as the age senses that truth, in
simple trust receives IL In the acceptance
of this life which IS from above life shall
unendingly tremble with the seraphic
music and march TO It's message.
For with God lndwelllng men shall
move on till misery is a memory. and
happiness perfect is the daily bread OF
life in such perfect. abiding Christmas he
will bring as the world gives Bethlehem s
babe the place OF kingship.
Let us make with the great Victorian
singer the music OF this purpose.
Ring out old hopes OF foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust OF gold,
Ring out the thousand wars OF old,
Ring In the thousand years OF peace.
Ring In the valiant man and free
The larger heart. the kindier hand;
Ring out the darkness Of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be-!