The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-25
United. States May Be
instrument OF God to
Bring Peace TO Europe

true God. begottcn not made. CONSUL,
stuntial with the Father by whom all
! things are made. lie was God through
all the unbcginning ages in The same
| Holy Ghost. God throughout nll ctcr-
nifty. He assumes in time" He. the eter-
| nal Word, the Logos or the Father pc
comes man! Man. did l say: lie mlght
have come into the world i'll IN!
| strength and maturity and glory. OF
manhood. Ii is the sweet. the gracious
| the most moving feature OF this inet
| fable mystery that he chose TO come us
Il Door, Shivrring. wailing babe. he
came in that guise which makes appeal
to the stoniest heart; under that form
about which now for nineteen centuries
poets have raved. painters nave ek-
hAuSted their art. and saints have spent
their lives in wrapt ecstasy. Iehs OF
thousands have died for Him and. what
Is more perhaps in the long UNI 1iuinE
Of the centuries, hundreds of millions
this Eubc Of Bethlehem. whom Us
Isaiah foretold a virgin should conceive
and bear whose name should DC EN-
manuel. has for forty centuries OIL cN.
pectation and half as many centuries or
fulfillment been the oVerpowerIng anu
dominant figure Of all time as He VIII
Of ull eternity. Great names. great
deeds, great dynustieS. great phlloso
phics great world movements come ana
20 They, Sweet Babe. shall perish but
grow old like garment ana as yes
lure thou shalt change them and they
shall be changed; but thou art always
the self-samc and thy years shall not
fail!
What should be most In our hearts
and our minds this thrice blessed night
The centuries old hymn, the Adcste
Fideles," supplies the answer, Fenite
Adorenls" Profound alteration OF inc
Infant Jesus. this Child who Is born 10
TIE, IN "a ~
of our faith deigns TO circu'nscrlDc his
Godhead within the compass OF tnat
tinv frame. On, wondrous mystery!
The Eternal God, the Ruler or thc
| dor of the Father lies there upon the
straw; "Venitc Adorcmus! May INC
! babe OF Bethlehem warm our ncaL
! with at least one dart OF that Seraphic
love which pierced the hearts or Cann'
crime of Sienna. an Anthony OF l'adnh
am Aloysius. Il Bernard. FRANCIS &c
! Sales and myriadS nf other holy souls
| who found their heaven here on eartn
In lowly ccstatic Alteration. Nay az
mankind, the rouEhest. inc narnrIs ~ nv.
| night which drew the very angels IRON
heaven, loved that Babes bret hren. inc
millions of little ones since born into
| the world
Now, dearly beloved brethren. adnrn'
| ton has for one Of is implica, IONS lnI
|
ficld in this behalf the Divine Cn ,,,I
onnns out for us-contempt OF TINS
worlds honors and pleasures condo
scenSion. love and sympathy tor mos moi,
weaker or poorer tran OURSELVES IIts"
euce TO the will of our Father and HIS
humility Hlc cmptird Himself, takinF
| Tho form of a scrvantl. resignation. tnr'
,itude. burning love. His Is lowlS nui'
| pit in the manager. hut though inc h,o!
| Inns are mute and ms most AI'ir i' y,
| h,i SDcAES, II YOU
T; will listen, as no man can or ever VII
| sneak. He Is tho greatest pr"hShc. "
| ciernity as we'll MS Of time. Therciorc
while we adore, let our hrnrlS dtihh ~, ~
! Ills lessons of divine wisdom. a chlle
is born to us and son Is gwen 10 uH
ana tho government is upon his snou'
doris. md his name shall he called Won
Jcrfrl, FConsrllor. God tho Mighty. I'M
Princn nf Peace In III" last t"cntE
flyc months il would apn"nr 10 some
raj ne last title has found n" adj.
nmate ustilcation-that in iac1 II
| should he no longer ascrlhed 10 mn, n
! Ru, our moor vision is narrow ana pu'
hIin6 His ways His Views are MOI ~
ours 4 thousand years in His sign
arc as Yesterday which is passed.
We know that now for twentrIelE,h y
months. Europe has resound"d VIII h1S
din Of war md sT ifs f nj aNe fields have
hecn soaked in blood. In almost every
land Death stalks--thc. midnicht SKIES SIX,
are red with the rum Of 'H',,,,,
homes. the iron lips Of th' tanner no,
spread desolntion: millions nt men Ia ~ ~.
iiLe tigers ut each others thr"atS ram
IKE nriess Children cling in terror 10 their
mi6owed mothers skirts. All around
are hunger poverty terr" ,rors sa un sleTt
I ue"'hn, boat With His Disciples. But AT,
' his ' orgy Of Mood and horror II" VII
We, t,i Already are there signs that ihi 3
scourage Of war may, cease Th n,n, Is t,s q
IL 18th where the rays Of hope break tit