Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-25
REV.P.A. S|MPK|N'S
MESSAGE TO FLOCK
Pastor of Phillips Congregational
Church Delivers Characteristic
SeasonabIe Address.
SIMPLE SERVICES TODAY.
What Christmas Means-Thc Coming
OF the Divine Into Our Lives
is the Theme.

a simple service OF alteration and
praise was held at 10:3 o'clock this
morning at the Philips Congregational
church. The old Christmas hymns were
sung and after the reading of the Christ
mas story from st. Luke's gospel the
Rev. p. A. Smpkin delivered the mes
sage of the day.
After speaking of the muninccnt Civ
ing OF the charitably inclined people o>
Salt Lake and In particular the prach-
cal and beautiful Christmas charity OF
the Elks, Mr. Simpkin went on to say
in part:
Savior which is Christ the Lord"
Bell and whistle, song and CHEEKY
word broke the mythical silence OF MD
night with a olamor which with all the
coarseness OF IL stUl held an echo OF
Christmas
"The spring of all the times. highest
ideals and dearest motives widens win
the flying centuries, and the stream that
flows is deeper and wider than the world
ever knew IT,
"rhe Christian who joins in the
'.Adesto Fidcles" this morning has
secret spring of gladness that multi
tude wots not or. For more than the
blessed things that are the fruit OF the
which glIds life with touch of ethereal
beauty In the ministry that character
ICES the season he rcjolccs- The perfect
story that holds the neart of all the
time is more than a song and voice
and a vision OF angels
GLORIOUS are they. Tho soul never
tires of the marvel OF that shlmmcring
light that Hlled the sky or the choir
seraphic with It's perfect song. The ele-
ment of youth undying that ls in us is
drln nnFSlZtent fNhilnTan
strain TO catch the undying harmony
and with the old child vision build the
Star-gemmed vault OF that far night and
the host of the heavens that sang to n
warning world-peace, TO n race that was
torn by hatred and selHshnes. good Will.
"Ah and the cradle in the STALL Who
has not felt the re-created sweetness of
II in the simple. stately narrative OF
Luke and Matthew or been mastered
by such songs as Luthers Hymn
Asleep in a manger. no crib for
His head,
The little Lord Jesus lay down Ills wee
head
There Is the thing supreme The
eastern sage had sung OF avatar and de-
lTverer The prophets OF the living God
had promised that out of the root OF
Jesse the stem OF the life perfect should
come and God should dwell with men
Emanuel
MEsSS2Gf Ot MAS
mot forever should men walk in
darkness cropping their way up the
worlds altar stairs Not always should
men dream God and know only the bond
age of human limitation and sin
mot 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 plnlons of perfect purpose and
happiness.
'Ah-there Is the message OF Christ
mas. Live no moro a dream, but n life
foretofd In the indwellins OF God incar-
nate.
Not a miracle of the stable-of the
dead century, of the hope of Israel. Nay
1T is a present and abiding thing for
every life that would keep Christmas
which is love. and receive the child
which is life.
'rhat 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 Its mes
sage,
shall move on till misery is memory.
and happiness perfect is the daily bread
of life in such perfect. abiding Christ
mas he will bring as the world gives
Bethlehem's babe the place OF klngship.
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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 kindlier hand.
Ring out the darkness of the land.
Ring in the Christ that Is to be-
ToMORRoW's SERVICES.
The Sunday evening services at the
church Will be held at o'clock. spe-
cial song service will be given. The
program IS as follows:
Rccitatlvc. "rhere We're Shepherd
From Messiah" by Handel. Miss Irene
Kolly Quartet. GLORY to God" Miss
Irene Kelly, Miss Mile Williams, Hugh
W. Dougnll and John w Summerhays.
Solo: I'm old Judea.' by Geibel. MISS
MlIIie Williams. Duct. Forever With
hays and Hugh W. Dougall. Solo; Shine
on o Star OF Bethlehem Miss Irene
Kelly Quartet: 20 Holy Night" by
Adams, Miss Irene Kelly. Miss Millie
Williams. Hugh w. Dougall and John w
Summerhays,