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Show ISffLE SERMONETTES TTT THE PASTOB. 3 "fcrc was no room for them in tho WW Nature is never inconsistent eersef. She floes hcr work or-JM&Tbo or-JM&Tbo different strata or the earth cr reversed in their order. One 'mm mav be missing, may be pinched ;mt -wfien found at is never out ot-JWji ot-JWji the order of the earth's crust. Jllfniay have somo freaks and pro--alfcine monstrosities, but she never b horse's head to tho body of 'Jl Fnor the head of an caglo to tho I a lion. "Xcither do men gather 7$ fof thorns nor fics of thistles." & Is, Boniethiur roally restful and 'M ting in the thought that nature li (relied upon in all her works. If g any troublo it is because we Ircad and understand her. And read, "Tho heavens declare the 4 f God and the firmament showoth jdiwork. Day unto day uttercth !and night unto night showoth 'i 3gc- There is no speech nor lan-ivhero lan-ivhero their voice is not heard, : aa' q in plan and order is written 3 ihere in nature. But whoro dis-i'nd dis-i'nd confusion are found, ono may Tthat man has had his finger in 5; for man is euro to make a Sof at least a part of what he 'do. - lans, but his plans are inade-k inade-k These plans do not measure up Expectations, or else his expectant expecta-nt not-large enough. The radius &7s operations are limited to the tferenco of his wisdom, and this I'm small that it scarcely touches La'' infinity of contingencies that rt&Hn anv one undertaking. And iWjl in fo'lly and build too great, 80' conservative and do not allow Emergency.. At an' rote, "fhcre Ppla'cc forUicm in the Inu." And ras not found among all tho if that inn a man with sufficient ifor woman to show his gallantry irig -place f o Mary. The inn was jgc enough to accommodate nil fere was no one who cared to give to 6trangcrs. Tt, was not uncom-;itbat uncom-;itbat day. nor is it uncommon in iy. for men to sleep with their or cattle, but it was a hardship, thc least, for a woman to bo lea to hunt rest with the herds retail. If can't but feel sorry for Mary, jhher being forced to seek rest (ox stall put her son, who was here, in such close touch with 'inhumanity to man." that, from py to this woman has taken a splacc in man's esteem, and it be the wonder of "the age if there o found a rase where a woman ;bo turned to the ox stall for If woman has lost anything tic plane to which the Christ, elc-tjnr elc-tjnr il is her own fault, and not ult. of man. When woman for- gfjBiat sho is woman and assumes nan, let her stand up and on.ioy cjj inliood like a man, and take all 5 n knocks a3 niau has ii with- 'i nplaiuing. x- HI f J e manager of that inn had only iif tho gneHts of that inn had jji aown but I hey didn't and not g.thev refused to entertain tho i? rs, and Christ w:is born in an 5 1. 'jBe not forgetful to enter-Ji enter-Ji rangers, for thereby some have ' incd angels unawares ri And so j IS of uiorcy aud love, who came l Vax' Wa"5 introduced to tho ri and most unfeeling side of it u. first., and then from tlie uu-m uu-m . 1 feeling side to tho ungrateful and inhuman in-human sido at the last, and found that there was no place for Him nt the first nor at the last; and when he was ministering min-istering to tho sufferings of nis fellows fel-lows he was misunderstood and accused or having a devil. It has been said that evory reformer, every great leader lives ahead of his time and must battle with the opposition opposi-tion caused by the darkness and ignorance ignor-ance that surround him. In a measure, this is true. The world seems never ready to accept now truth until it has been tried, and the worst of it is that the trial must be fought through. It has been suggested that Christ lived two thousand -enrs beforo His time; that had He hvod in our day there would have been ample room tor him in all places in life; that His birth would not have been so lowly nor his death so tragic, nor his ministry so misunderstood. misunder-stood. But we question this. Christ stands in advance of all ages, and of all time. He is that life that is .iust above and a little further on, leading to a higher and a more advanced position. posi-tion. The Christ is as much alive today as lie was two thousand years ago. Christ came into the world "to be the compliment, of evory human life. No lifo is complete without Him. tt It is said that in the building of King Solomon's temple tho builders came upon a stone, to them, curiously wrought, but for which no place could bo found. And as there was no placo for this stone, it was east away and covered up in the pile of rubbish that was accumulating about tho temple. The great, arch upon whicli the beautiful beauti-ful and magnificent tower was to rest was all but completed. There was needed a peculiarly shaped stone to complete tho arch and thus lock it. firmly together. to-gether. The structure could not b'e finished fin-ished until this place was filled. But there was no stone in the quarry that would fill tho place and. there was no quo with any ""design for such a stone. It finally occurred to some of the workmen work-men that the.y had seen surh a stone aud that it had been cast away because there was no place for it," as was thought, in all the building. But now something was needed and must bo had to complete thn building. They instituted insti-tuted a search and finally found tho stone which tho builders rejected, and this was thn stono that was needed to complete the building. . j And so men today, as two thousand years ago. can find no place in their livps for the Christ life, and thus tliey put, Ilim away. But there will come j a day, some time, that all men will find I their lives incomplete aud there will be 1 nothing that will fill tho place but that ; whieh they liave today rejected. Tho story just. "told and the facts of human experience prove how short-sighted men arc in tht:ir calculations. , There is no birth so lowlv but what, if supplemented by the Christ life, may become a messenger of love to humanity. There is no death so tragic but what, if the Christ of Calvary is there, will be but thn gateway to paradise. There is no ministry so humble. .o toilsome, so misunderstood, but what, if filled with the Christ spirit, will bo a blessing bless-ing to humanity and then receive, not only the commendation of one's eou-seionco. eou-seionco. but also the 4 well done, good and faithfui servant.' Make room in your heart for the Christ and let Him come iu to complete .your life. |