The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-01-05

said:
There Is an appropriateness IN the
general JOY of the Christmas season.
even though some OF 1t Is not wisely
expressed. The happy custom Of ~
ing tokens OF love and friendship pre-
walls everywhere the story of Jesus
has gone Even the aims houses and
prisons make special provision that the
day which celebrates the Savior birth
may. so far as possible. be happy
one. Joyous one. TO all mankind The
poorer of our citizens and the upfor-
tunate of slender means are often
kindly remembered by their more high
ly favored relatives aud neishbors
Surely this is as It ought to he Some
may have been injured BY receiving
bounties. but few. II any. have ever
been other than blessed In the giving
of them. Herein we see corroborated
the Savior's own words. 1t Is more
blessed to give than to receive" 1t Is
godlike to give.
Our text tells us OF Cod great Gift:
and although 1t Is evident that our
LORD Jesus was born about OetoDer
LIST. instead OF December 2oiu. thls
makes no material difference, for 1t Is
the great fact that we commemorate,
ana not the particular Jay OF It's occur
renee. Let US consider To-Day. the
great Gift of Gods love which the
Apostle refers 10 as the unspcaIaDie
gift I'll Corinthians *. lo'. AZ we
discern something OF It's length ana
breadth ana height and depth. our
Amusement Is the more. our JOY IN
creases, ana we nave the more desire
TO be likewise generous with all with
whom we have TO do. especially with
all who are less fortunately situated
than ourselves. either In temporal or
spiritual mntters.
All men realize. TO some extent at
least, their imperfection-t all have
slnned aud come short OF the glory OF
God. Mems thoughts toward God
seem TO run along the lines Of fear:
unworthy OF Divine fnsor. they fear
shepherds rs related In our context.
When the nigel of the Lord appeared
to them 10 announce Messiah's birth
they feared. For what purpose would
mn nngel or messenger come To then
except TO render some denunciatiou or
to foretell some catastrophet II was.
therefore. that the first words of the
vtasa tts.r snf.n mot Gu
approaching mankind In general with
Gods message to sinners II Is nppro-
PIRATE that We begin by saying. Fear
not! The God we preach unto you Is
not a demon seeking your injury and
your torment. lie Is God OF WIS
dom and Justice aud Love with all
Power to carry TO successfui conciu-
sion his Wise. Just aud Loving Fro
gram respecting our race. which ne
purposed In himself from before the
foundation or the world (Ephes,ans ].
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Tor destruction. the Father purposed
In bimsa,f In advance the great Plan
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nurposod tint Jesus should he tn,
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tho world and eventually TO bring N,
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r,opv With bimself so that only tn,
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wages ~ sin death-.second Death.
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ture Of b,s rreot plan. Four thousand
veors sned nv before II became "du,
fine. 70 send the Only Desotten sor
into tho world 10 redeem n. I'm III,
fu,ness NJ time God sent forth his Son
horn Of n woman. Galatians ,y. 4,
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