| Show DIVINITY 01 LllltlSI an OLD iiv TIII oici 01 mi llKlllESr me CAM IKIUMUItl AND lIEIUI A3 UOI Mir lotl Mull and Eiprcli 1 Amouj all the llluitrlous names In Milory the greatest and molt powerful 10 that 01 Jom 10 HIM is found rho divine Ideal of humanity and the highest human contention of divinity There are others for whom men have eactlflceJ and suffered and died bill Ho alone to lcvsd revered and adored by all nations classes and realm rue dlstlueulshed hltlorlaiiof the Reforms lion declared that Curia Is I the put pope of Uoj In history This U I the joyous season In which we commemorate Ills birth Christmas Christ-mas Is surrounded by the most sacred memories mud Inspiring traditions It celebrates > the greatest event posit bin to human history lu It we see Deity stooping to humanity and humanity elevated to Deity Wo vlilt again the bumble stable and standIng stand-Ing In Imagination by the simI pie sim-I manger rehearse to Ibo wonder lui ear of childhood the strange but sweet story of the Bettileilit ill star and the angels SOCK Ireannounced by I eight and wonders a choir of the heavenly host lining Held and Hum moot heralded and slgnallzad Ifs advent And that aamu sweet uud slitting song of stistimia dlvoll m lifts been run around the wend In alma veiy dialect In all thu wldo ran e of I burden k n l > uluJio and Irqulr I there is I nothing no-thing that can equal this memorable event lu Its blgluet moral Interest It Is I reilelo win mblliun tcitluns and sacred 0onI8110n UOIY V011 Ibo I condirenil How mnjctlle tbe huiiilllirtloil Wo ndmlro the quiet dliiult anu hillIer solicitude tbo foster father anti I behold with ele light thu iubtlu I charm of Ibo Imle beauty a nd etnnlilo rapture of 1 tilt malden Moister rapilulto 1143 LCZI eutrancu ut the It iullle duauhe uf Him who lild the foundations of creatlouplanlcd the flowery bowers cl Laradlur and HuheJ the lace ol tile first mcrulliL lee llrlli ot Chrlit calls for tialvntol lejolclni I May kralltudo Una ou 01 I cur altars and Irnl I In nil cur aullierue Jt It rise as the Incemo of IJVIIIL heart au IX hnltallon cl h nttt > cniruit note erutcful I than Atilt b I ur Ik d and nil her spicy deeertu lu a Hum The world Btauds In Wonder oJor Mii And nwu boforn the mytttry of tho I laruatuu Christ hu allrncli mankind by tin teauty of Him chaise tcrb > the dlsnilj u Hit iifcoi ty I thl glory Of life tIlleve by tile lu3ti Ir of 111 Ilk by the extremity of ills ullcrluer and ly tile tulracluof Ills love but tile real secret of the marvelous marvel-ous ailuiucacf Ills mission and tilts irevlllug lower nf His moa e Is found In the attested variety ol Ills dual untiluwhich leads w tn isulalm Jceu 110m I Lcco JJIIIIl JTiuce as a historical I eisoiiallty He is I every whole awarded the prt umh inou of moral Ulgi llj tile uholu wcrld Is I familiar with I the history of Ills w Tile and work tile evidence 01 file claim and thu utpjio ail slower ol llli ministry Ills llllutmu has Ion inlhroucd lu tsrtlis Uhrst I ilaiev No geographical boundaries clicuru torluu Ibo scope of lilts lower Jit Lame not In the I Inlensts of buy imllo 1 lot r eve or nation but brought u tlemlni to mankind llicuuh deal for more than 1 SOD jiats < Iu rrmnlus n living I > leieuir a vllnl I later nu fill icivnilvuiiud cjukSenluk spirit He continually reports himself to tilt Individual coneucusnetr and ttircvich Individuals peaks to the raco In His living and flees i uilly mini rested rcrsinallly HJ teaches lively variety ot character and con U lion rtils Is I onu of Ills chief miracles Ilia mighty III ak notlirn touches and thrills the Out enal burr and Ills home la I Uer most In lht muds of the good and great In nil natlom Tile under ol Hie chariot heels Is heard lu nil the earth I II wu lc 1 et the Influence of Jesus by the exturd to which It tat been Incorporated In the common lie und thought of today w < > shall bo com lelled U recognize In Ills example and teaching the reservoir if moral and Intellectual lorcolrom which mine klulc conlluuully drava Its noblest forms of energy and upou whlc i tile World 18 I becmlog lUur 0Ulclulloly dependent lor Its regeneration and I elevation whether SEC al civil or rclliilour His Influence lu one form or another has Incarnated Itself In human Institutions cut tom unit etalulor In all parts of Ibo world since too angels aUI the first Christmas anthem lu the Bastille hem Ly It liaa rancllfled heathen lennles And inverted their Idols Into Clilljtlau Statute It has endowed the canvas with n lower > to ntti e and made the very marble to coutrlbutu to Its hlthett and holiest conceptions It has dictated constitutions to Revere meats and wrenched legalUJ wrong out ut perverted leglelatioc It live MAUD ol commerce an honor and an agent and subsidized and evau cllzeJ nclencii and learulo Thus lulldtl oily boa teen made to blush In literature lu art In legislation lu commerce In science In social re lorus and In religious institution the star or Jiethlchsm is lu the ascendant and Jesus of Nazareth Is seated lu goner and treat glory |
