Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-25
1t Is a Day Glorious With Achieve
ments Not of Man,
But of God.
FATHER BRENNAN'S ADDRESS.
Text OF Sermon Delivered at Christmas
Service ut ST. Mary's
Cathedral.

church. His text was taken from
Luke IL, . For this day is born to
You a Savior who is Christ the Lord,
in the city of David" Father Bren-
nan said.
This is a glorious day. glorious not
with the achievements OF man but
with the achievements OF God. This Is
day lighted up with the light of the
divinity: this Is day frightened with
the salvation of man. This Is the day
In which the human race. delivered
from the night of bondage can look up
once more to the eternal stars OF God
and feel that the land over which those
stars glimmer, never to set, is their
inheritance given to them by Sa-
vior King whose royal cradle was
manger and whose royal death bed
was a cross Yes, yes, truly this IL
the day which God has made; let US
be glad and rejoice therein.
Moses. leader and lawglver of the
old Jewish day passed away on Pisgahs
lofty height. Beneath him lay the
hour, but his eyes rested not there.
No, no. Far into the future ages ne
looked and saw the day of Bethlehem,
saw the days of the Savior. saw the
day of his salvation and the rest of
men. With heart full of intense de-
sire to see the blessings OF that day
he bravely, sweetly and strongly
sang his credo I believe and passed
away And as it was with Moses. so
II was with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
the valiant Joshua, the inspired David.
the sublime Isaias. the eagle-eyed
Ezekhiel and the long line of seers,
sages and patriarchs. kings, rulers and
commoners Their belief. their hope
and their desire was the Messiah, who
was to come. bringing with him
peace and salvation TO men. Many
kings and prophets have desired to
see the things that you see and have
not seen them. and to hear the things
you hear and have not heard them"
They lived and died with living
faith in the coming Messiah singing
in their hearts. You live and die
with all the glory, all the. peace. all
the salvation of~tho- esstth ~, ,ht, -has
come shining upon you, "And the
word was made flesh and dwelt
amongst us, and we saw his glory,
the glory as 1t were of the only begot-
ten son of God. full of grace and
truth"
FLOWER OF SALVATION.
In the vegetable world. dearly be-
loved brethern, there are plants
which live for many years without
producing q single blossom. New
stalks and branches and numerous
leaves sprout out from them but still
there Is no flower After years and
years of labor and care the plant
sends forth one flower. 1t fingers
with us a thing of beauty for but
one short summer and then withers
to rise no more" We open Isaias and
we find this passage. land the flower
rose from the rod of jesse" Gen.
erations of men had watched that root,
generations of men had come and gone
ere the earth budded that flower of
salvation that was to freshen and
gladden. the world with the odor of
It's sweetness 1t came and men grew
strong and pure and good. as they
gaZed upon it. mems hearts black
with lust. violence and oppression
grew strangely quiet and merciful
ress-men'S minds imbued with the
doctrine. might is right. Mars as a god
became leavened with the doctrines of
truth and justice as they gazed upon
the beauty, the harmony of It's proper
tions. This fair flower blooms today
with a beauty ever new. never to
wither, never to face. 1t came silent
ly in the night, came when the cold
stars looked down on old Judea and
the SHOWS clad her mountains. Mary
and Joseph and simple shepherds were
the first to gaze upon II. as II opened
out its petals which took their
strength. their beauty and their life
from the heart of the infant Savior.
That flower is Christianity. the plant
the root that bears the flower and
nourishcs II is Christ. Glory be to God
on High. and on earth peace TO men
OF good will. sang the angels as with
Mary and Joseph and the shepherds
they gazed upon the eternal beauty,
tho eternal sweetness, the eternal
harmony of that plant, that flower and
succeeding generations OF men have
taken up that song and sang II
through all ages, and today Christian
hearts full OF the light. the faith. the
peace. the love of Bethlehem pour forth
In mighty volume their GLORY to God
and peace to men" From farthest
India to sea-swept Seattle. from Scan
dinavia's snow capped heights to Cape
Horn OF the gales the. glad cry goes
forth 1--WE have seen the days of tho
Savior" All. yes. we have seen them.
We today live in the light of their
shining, we today feel our hearts glow
with all those heavenly Impulses which
the Savior gave to man Today we are
free, not with the freedom which
world gives. but with the freedom OF
God. "He came unto his own and as
many as received him he gave them
power 10 DE InuUe inc SOILS OF GOD 10
them that believed In his name"
ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY.
The anniversary OF a nations inde-
pcndence is a glorious day. and the re-
jolcIng upon that occasion presents q
sublime spectecle-a spectacle laden
with inspiring emotions, Take our In
dependence day here In America. Dear
to the heart of every son of liberty is
the Fourth OF July. Over the homes of
the nation from the Rockies to the Gulf
OF the Starry Banner waves a shielding
banner to all the down-trodden sons of
man. Old and young hail it. old AID
young swell the shout that rises upward
to the heavens and forms one great
pcan OF liberty, gushing forth In spon-
tancous triumph from the heart of 4
happy people. Arches span the streets
and there, hanging over the doors and
| porticos of the houses are the faces OF
| those heroes who have fought and won
| for us glorious freedom. Washington
| Lincoln Grant and the rest whose
names shall stand while stands Amer
| lea As we gaze upon the faces of these
| dead heroes. back to our minds rush
| another day-the day precious for all
time because of its document Tho docu-
ment. we name ii. with n glad, strong
| shout which wakes the hills-the Dec