The Cedarville Herald, Volume 50, Numbers 1-26

If HkQW Woman ■Know What B tot W i d o w E v e r y H u s b a n d W o u l d Be Insured With Our Aeoideut Foltey* ^ y a ld > FIFTIETH YEAR MO. 2. CEDARVItLE. OIIK THEFIRST I CHRISTMAS _M0RNING {Written % »**. I), a Wetec-rt, Day-1 ten, former Editor of the ZIeraM.jo * ■Christianity has four important The birth of Christ;, the* of Christ; the resurrection of* thwst, nnd the Day of Pentecost. M e occurrence of the i<s& three mentioned is contingent upon the oc­ currence of the first mentioned event. Eliminate tho birth of Christ— fliraujsto the manger-eradie story—. hno there is neither room nor place fo r the great tragedy in which the Sen rf>f God and the Bon of Mary fc «?|»wted as hanging upon the middle ®*’“38^ etwe£)n tlie frowning heavens and the trembling earth for three mortal hours, ih extreme min, that of i us«c might be met and the claims of mercy satisfied, anf a ne* and living way opened up for the lost and ruined, race. Eliminate the- manger-cradle story and yon must eliminate the fact o’ the resurrection, when the Lion.' o the tribe o f Judah burst asunder th hands of death encircling Him an arose triumphantly in all the f miner « f the Godhead, bodily, plai,tm flowering immortelles of an eternr Spring in the wintry territories of tl «#ad, dragging death’s empire, X and the grave at His chariot wheel as He ascended on high, first,wrltin upon the soil of His newly mad grave the inscription that the son Winch sinneth need not die, becaus Jt hath an Advocate with the Pathci W a n t o n Christ the Righteous. Eliminate the manger-crade -$tor «ud you eliminate the possibility < the Day of Pentecost, as well as th numberless pentecosts which hay marked the progress of our hoi Christianity. X Eliminate the manger-cradle stoy and you can solve'the phenomena o t give a rational account why the should be Such a creature as man vij on the earth, aside from the hop, and aspirations of another world. Eliminate the manger-cradle stoy ana you eliminate the doctrine of th iMMortality of the soul, upon v;h!?i* dapenda all that is valuable in science morale and in theology-,-and all tha i« most interesting to mag as a soei* WB |f'H id as rational and, account able intelligence, , Eliminate the manger-cradle story then you eliminate the aspiration *hd hopes, continually flying, life angels,, from the-temple of coimlle.* human hearts and forever wanderin •bout unsatisfied. .E lim inate the manger-cradle otury then man becomes "an unsolvabl. enigma, an incomprehensible phono menon in the universe, human life i mysterious fitful fever, the world a! exhibition of confusion worse con founded; love, virtue and loyalty mere phantoms; the Creator & capricious being and Hia plans am system a bewildering, uncertain pci plexity. Eliminate the manger-cradle story and never more can you stand hr , aide the bed of tho dying, or t 1 grave of buried love, and hear the declaration, the most eloquent in a languages, “I am the resurrection •nd the life; he that believeth in me though he were dead, yet shall hr live. And whosoever liveth and he lieveth in mo shall never die.” The birth o f Christ is all importan and all inclusive. It io the gladdes event of history, Tho advent o princes, born to a crown aim’d luxuri 0U3 surroundings, has often been th occasion o f great rejoicing all ove • kingdom, But when Mary gave birth to he Con in a stable a t Bethlehem tlu very heavens rejoiced; the shepherd; a t midnight on the Judean hills saw the glory of, God, and from that effulgent light the angels sang, “Be- net afraid/" and down from tho heavens came the grand chorus, in ’Which a great multitude of ange. Voices joined; “Glory to God in tin highest, and on earth peace, goof will to men/' That was tha first Christmas morn lug that dawned upon tho earth, am St was a, morning of .joy; joy amon; -the stars; joy among the angola; joj In tha heart of God; joy that thrilled all heave® and •will yet fill all tlu earth and ho caught up and am bahned in the everlasting song be- „ fore the throne. The announcement of ho birth oi Our herd wa m not onlf made to tfc shepherds who were watching thch flocks fey night on tho hills beyond Bethlehem, feat also to flip Wioa £Jm. In the f a r east* who eaw Ilia star and followed It m e t the dreary sands <u the desert until, a t last, It settled above the stable In which tho y .urn# efeHefewas being cradled, whoa they entered this m i s nursery mid -iFored unto the new horn fc&feo gold, g«onti- Incense and myrrh. . 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U K ^ t ■- r A \ \ I t ; V’' s \ B X f t t KATHERINE EDELMAN nm m ■f 'HE peace o f Christmas time is all over the land, the blessed, holy 'peace that the angels first sang over the far-off hills of Judea and which has echoed and re-echoed with added Strength through each '.SUOPI *fXEACE on earth to men o f good; will.” This is the secret o f the peace * that comes at Christmas time, for true and abiding peace can come only to men o f good will, it can dwell in the heart only when all that is opposed to it has been driven ou t And so it is that at this season, when man is at his very best, when his hear t is filled deep with the spirit of love and service, of giving and doing, when everything of doubt and fear, of hatred and mistrust, of envy and rrtali ce, is cast out o f his heart, this blessed , and holy peace enters in and he kn ows a happiness so deep apd sincere ' . that it floods all his being, like sunshine flooding a darkened landscape. ‘ P E A C E t h e word itself has a b eautiful sound, a sweet cadence that delights the ear. It was a word t hat the Christ child used often when He grew to man’s estate. Once He told His disciples: “Into whatsoever house you enter, say peace be to thi s house,” What a wonderful saluta­ tion and how sweet it must have so unded falling from His lips! 1 ET us away with strife at this seas on. Now is the time to speak kindly I D words. Let us not carry into th e new year the enmities of the old. Let not the harsh notes of contention come into the heavenly song of peace. Christ came to give peace, and from heaven’s throne today He bends to give peace to all who trust Him.. C O have peace within the heart and home is to enjoy sincere and genuine happiness. W ithout i t no joy can be really satisfying, no pleasure or gain worth while. W ith peace lacking there is always unrest in the soul, always an unsatisfied yearning-no matter what else one may possess. C ODAY, when the earth is wrap ped in this beautiful mantle o f peace, when it is enfolding the world and binding men and women more closely in, a brotherhood of love an d service, when its influence is filling all hearts and leading them to ways of happiness, let each one o f us pray and hope that this beautiful spirit o f peace shall endure long after the Christmas time is past and gone. t ' « # « » (» ,» * ,« « i TA j - * A ' * . . ’ ■ ! / 'V / £ f ,ft?'* ' •* AAl**'