New-York tribune., 1909-12-20
GOSPEL MEASURE
SERMON TO CHILDREN
DR.. FarTar Says THletide Gifts
Should Be OUerfo7ciHg.

ss-he Christmas Measure was the topic
of the chlldren's sermon Npreached yester-
asv morning by the Rev. DR.. James NJ
Fsrrsr former president OF the General
synod Of the Reformed Church in America
and pastor OF the First Reformed Church.
seventh avenue and Carroll street Brook
lyn His text was And running over
Luke VI. SS. He said:
A quart measure does not hold a gallon.
This yCu say. Is true. but IL IS not new
1Tui0rs please 90 not look SO blue and /
NAV tell YOU something new. DO you know
mai a quart measure viii hold more than
. quart Mo- Then I can tell you some
Thing true that is new TO YOU A fun
QUAR- is good measure. There is another
lend o. mea sure for the same quart: il is
called Gospel measure. When good meas
IRE Is pressed down a little. and shaken
roeerher = little, IL viii settle a little
Their it VIII hold a little more II YOU keep
rreSsing and shaking until il IS running
over yoE nave Gospel Tueasure-"pressed
down. shaken together and running over
When yOu are al dinner to-day pour
water into glass until II is Just full That
viii he good measure Then let one more
6rop fall into IL. and then another one and
then another. BE careful now that II does
rot ruu over on the clean tabieCloth. Now,
read careful now. as You let slip an
other drop. These drops are Pressing 4
urrIe and shaking q little making room
fOr Z little more. one more drop. and
over q goes / hear you cry. 'Oh. mann
M excuse me, i did not know there was
So much 90 run over
Ar yau ready TO give Gospel measure
for Christmas There must lie enough in
vour good measure 10 have some running
over for The poor. VINO love Christ as
searIy as you love Him. I never knew a
bov 10 be sick after eating his Christmas
dinner n he gave part OF his dinner TO the
moor Your Christmas measure must also
IN ever enough 10 give Christmas gifts
n bows and EtrlS who do not love Christ.
YES zs ' i6 iRTf CRTistmas e is sl ke rain1f al ne
Is for the Just and for the unjust Press
your Christmas measure a little more, and
shake II "a niue more. lor lou must nave
enough running over for the animals.
read this week OF two juniors who gave
3 horse a Christmas gift Il was q very
coared with see This horse had a very
nearr load. and was trying to pun il up
-he hLI where Danny and Helen were
ooastirE- When the horse came 70 slip
uerV place he began 10 coast both ways.
ais front feet were coastinE down the hill
and his ut -eet were roaStuE I'D the nlll.
Damn thought this was great sport. He
ssid tie horse was celebrating. Helen was
fuU ri gun. but she was soTry for the
ho-se AWAY she ran and got q pail or
ashes and -hreW them around The horses
.set
ing than In niDdering. so on he ran for
more ashes soon they had the road sprin-
kled the way 10 the top OF the NIL
Tha driver thanked the Juniors and said
thev had helped 10 pun the load up the
hill The horse looked thanks and started
doEu the road with has load Away ran
Helen said II was Ash Christmas There
must be- enough also in oUT Christmas
measure % nave Son-eInIng running over
For the birds. When Christ came into
Iris world He made every person and every
creature .l al the world happy. There is
not even bird thar is not happier because
Christ was here
Do nor look SO loud. : can almost hear
you looking that my sermon Is long
enough Tel. Us a story Here II Is. and IL
Is al about a King OF Sweden who on
very cold Christmas morning was coming
home --cI church ln q sleigh. He noticed
f0cks Hf small birds flying. then lighting
or Tie road. and then flying away again,
urIeUug --rli cries. The King asked ms
coscLUar why 50 many birds We're in the
city The goactnlan- VINO was trom Ihe
count TOLD The King that because OF
TIE deep snow the birds had been driven
By hunger from the field and the wood IN
sesrcl Of food Drive home aS fast as
you can" said tie King. and get q large
sheaf 0f wheat Bind the sheaf TO a tall
pole and fasten IL in the snow ia front
Of the palace"
For an hour the King sat by his window
and watched the birds as they came by
tens, IueL-les and hundreds 10 their christ
mas tree That nlEnt the King looked Z! ON
his bedroom window 10 see II the birds
were rOCs-luE on their Christmas tree lie
could not see the pole on which had been
fastened the sEeaf- and therefore felt a
pzng OF grief Al midnight he again looked
Out and thought ne saw little child IN
mang7r sleeping on the sheaf- Far away
he seemed 10 hear a choir singing. Glory
70 God iu the Highest and ON earth peace,
good VIII toward men"
Tie Christmas feeding Of the birds is
Sill kept up in many parts Of Norway
sld sweden. Bunches OF oats are placed
On The roofs II houses, on trees and fences.
70 furnish the birds with their share OF
IL Christmas EitJS. TWO or three days
bef0re Christmas carloads Of SheaVeS are
brought into the towns as Christmas trees
are brought 10 us. Both rich and poor buy
and place them everywhere Every poor
nan has saved q penny or Two OF even
Z
Whesr for the birds. Il is q beautiful Gus
tom, Ir U aIcr the children take an active
psr- GoSne. measure Is q Christmas treas
ure thar brings great pleasure.