Middletown transcript., 1921-12-24

Myriads at this Christmas season
shout with joy,
20 heavenly night divine,
What memories round thee shine ~
On that sacred night our little world
held Him of al! worlds. His glory H.
lumined earth's gloom. The King Of
Kings came to dwell in a child of hu.
man mould, and to live in human hearts.
0 sweet Bethlehem stranger How
Thou hast solved the problem of our
salvation. Of the worlds illuminate ton.
of mankind's eternal future
Those little hands shall wipe away
all our tears and sway scepter of low
ing righteousness over all realms
throughout al! years Those fingers
shall throttle the grim monster death
and ope the gates Of life. His preci-
Gus blood shall be the panacea for all
1T is the calm and solemn night !!
A thousand bells ring out, and throw
Their joyous l.eals abroad, and smite
The darkness charmed and holy now
The night that erst no name had worn,
To it happy name is given;
For in that stable lay, new. born,
The peaceful Prince of Earth and
Heaven,
In, the solemn midnight,
Centuries ago !"
What meaning shone out Of the dark
ness of that silent night For Bethle-
hem meant Calvary, resurrection and
ascension, redemption and pentecostal
power. Phillips Brooks realized this
when he sang
20 little town Of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie,
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting light;
The hopes and fearsof all the years
Are met in thee tonight T.
What q Christmas morning came
after the night Of nativity A morn
ing with no noon or approaching night,
but one eternal day. There is no night
where the Light of the World shines.
No death where Life lives, no sorrow
where JOY dwells, no sin in the blaze of
His holiness.
This same Jesus is coming again.
Like the shepherds and wise men are
we waiting and watching for him
Only those who look for Him shall be-
hold Him. As Susan Coolidge writes,
20 Come Thou again, for the centuries
have flown,
And surely the hard hearts must softer
have grown,
And surely the blind eyes have opened
o cghe to the world that is waiting for
Thee
,LE my heart be thy resting-place.
Lord of the heart
tArise there, Be found there, and never
depart y
The river of history found a new
channel at Christ's first coming. EN-
pires and peoples have bowed through
the ages at His cross, while all man.
kind are invited to look for His reap
pearing and to make room for Him in
their hearts.
Gods answerto the cry of the world
for help is Babe in a manger, and the
question is, Twill you have this child as
King over the empire of your soul
Then shall you sit together with Him on
the throne of His glory and rule over
all worlds, in, His universal reign of
peace and holiness. Rev. A. B. Simp-
son. in beautiful poem entitled IA
Christmas without Christ writes,
4.When Ged.s 8 beloved Son
Came down to dwell with men,
There was in Bethlehem's little town,
No room for Jesus then.
And in q manger bed
On that first Christmas morn,
Mid crowded stalls and lowing kline
The Lord of Worlds was born.
He's coming back once more
Coming, but not as then,
Arrayed in glorious majesty
He's coming back to reign.
With songs and shouts of praise
The earth and heavens shall ring,
And wealth Of worlds were cheap to win 4
One smile from heavens King.
Earth. have thy little day
OF ChristIessness and sin
Soon shalt tnoustand at Heavens gate
And seek to enter in
But from thosA xarders stern
i hearsthe ans given,
For those Wig no room for Christ
There is nor heaxen. ;"
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