The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-26
SHOWS THE WAY TO PEACE AND
 HAPPINESS

Rev. A. c. Shriver, pastor of the Presbyterian church, preached a Christmas sermon at the Sunday | morning service, his subject being There Was No Room in the Inn" His
 text was taken from Luke 2:7:
 And she brought forth her first
 born son and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a
 manager, because there was no room for them in the inn"
 The following are excerpts from the sermon:
 For over four thousand years the world awaited the fulfillment of the promise made of God to man in Gen
 3: IS of the coming of a Saviour. Fin ally, the slow century, the slow year and the slow day arrived, when the world was to receiver her king. His coming was announced by a host of angels, who sang the first Christmas
 [, on Earth Peace, Good Will to Men
 "To fulfill the prophecy of Micah, God caused the interruptions Emperor Caesar Augustus to issue decree compelling all the known world te be enrolled, thus requiring each fam. fly to journey to the town of their forefathers. So Joseph and Mary went up to Bethlehem to enroll. while there Mary brought forth her first born son" Here we see the Son of God, who laid aside His celestial robes of glory for the homespun robe of, flesh and blood. Here lay the infant, who was King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, among the cattle, because there was no room in the inn.
 T. Is there no room for this royal guest in the palace?
 How can the kings of the earth receive the Lord? He is the Prince of Peace and they delight in war. He is friend of the oppressed, while the kings lay heavy burdens on their sub jects. He mingled with the Iowly. while the royalty associate with the blue-bloods. The spirit of this heaven ly king finds little in common with the kings of the earth. He is not al. lowed to rule the life of the court or affairs of the state.
 ''1I. Is there no room for the Master of ceremonies in society?
 The social life of the great cities of Jerusalem, Athens and Rome had no room for him, because He exposed and denounced it's superficiallties and vanity. The social life of today finds no use for Him because it indulges in idle talk, questionable amusements, vain pomp. butterfly fashions. beastly habits and the waste Of time on things that perish.
 I'll. Is there no room for the Prince of Merchants in the mart?
 The honest business man finds 1t hard to compete with the interruptions business man, who gives 8 short yard of measure or misrepresents his goods to the public. The latter does not hesi. tate to transfer a bit of a bad account to a good account that he may get his money. A large part of the bust. ness of the world will not allow Him to direct their business enterprises, because to them a dollar is of more value than the Kingdom of God.
 "IV. Is there no room for Him the giyer of peace, joy and eternal life in the soul?
 There are scores of lives and homes without peace, joy, happiness and the hope of eternity. And there are as many answers trying to say why these blessings are absent, when the real explanation to 1t all is the fact you have given Him. who makes possible all these blessings, no room in your hearts. We crowd into our hearts everything the world offers, but We can find no room for our Saviour. I. we do not permit Him to dwell within this life can we expect to live with Him in Heaven?
 Since there was no room for Him in the inn. left us give Him room in hearts and souls, now and forever more. Amen"