" The Blood of JulUJ Chmt Son Clearueth lUJ From AU Sin.

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Vol. XIV. Los Angeles. California, December 23, 1909
... . "GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN.,, R. Pierce.

up again on this gladdest, holiest of anniversaries. If
there is a wound or alienation anywhere, let it be healed
and all littleness and pride buried deep under this 'peace,
good will toward men. ' " May this Christmas season
find in.us a real Christ-life, so that there shall go out
from a benediction of joy and helpfulness that will
make the lives of every one with whom we meet partakers
of the Christmas spirit. With an the sincerity and
earnestness of our heart, we wish you all
A Holy and Happy Christmas!
W
HEN the angel and the heavenly host flashed
upon the world their Christmas message- "Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good
will toward men" -it not . only revealed God's heart to
man, but that whiGh was to become the . attitude of man.
toward man. The message becomes realized when the
heart of man is cleansed from sin and the Holy Ghost fills
the temple. The world is really at its best on this the
Saviour's natal day, for the joy of is con-
tagious. Every face seems brighter, every home happier,
every heart gladder; billows of joy roll over the world;.
of love fly through the air; the reserve of other
times is broken through, and young and old unbend as
with hearts overflowing they cheerily greet each other Thank .God For Christmas.
with "A Merry. Christmas!" "Good will toward men," Before there is a man, there must be a babe, and the
seems to be the prevaiJing babe is born only that
spirit, and there looms up there may be a man. And
the possibility of every- so at this Christmas time
bodymakingothershappy we rejoice because' it is
-and the happiest man r. h So the anniversary of the
is the man that makes the AND She shall bring tOri a n, birth of a babe, a divine,
mostpeoplehappy. There and thou shGlt call His name holy Babe-the forerun-
is no other part of the ner of the divine, holy
year when the spirit of rrtsrrs r. 'IJ h ll 'U" man Christ Jesus. We
Christ is more manifest JD u, , tOT s a save peo- thank God for Christmas
than at this for ,_ S!.. h especially this year
pu: ,com t er.r SI118.-Matt. 1:21. b
it is filled with . thought ecause of the widespread
and deeds of kindness teach i n;g denying the
for others. Men and divinity of our Christ,
women 1 o o k away out and the aggressiveness of
from themselves to make those who want to bring
brighter and happier the lives of those less favored. in a "new religion" stript of the supernatural; for this
While it may not be possible for many to bestow gifts of . precious time, with the Christ so much in mind and His
material things, yet there remains a wide field for those : spirit so much in evidence, is a strong blow to these false
who have not "silver or gold." A loving act, an expres- teachers. Oh, if we were to believe their theories, the
sion of sympathy, a cheery word, and even an inspiring joyous Christmas would go, as well as the inspiring, life-
shake of the hand, will bring comfort and help to many a giving Easter Day. While all other originators of the
weary heart, where a material gift would not. Jesus wasl world's religions are dead' and our precious Lord
poor, yet made many rich; His look, His touch, His word, . liveth forever - yea, liveth in the hea,'rts and lives of His
His sympathy, brought joy to multitudes. people. Again we say, Thank God for Christmas, which
Oh Jet us swing .open our whole being and let this gives the lie to all the new-fangled ideas which are trying
glad message come in and take possession of us! Let it . to uncrown our Lord of His Divine 'glory.
be a fact in your life this Christmas time, so that bright- X
ness and joy may come to other hearts. "If there is : The angelic song waa sung at night, but it brought
hand you have pushed aside this past year, out the light of eternal day to earth. Oh for the time when
clasp it now. If "any dear tie has been loosened, knit this glorious song shall become the world's chorQs!
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''And , lo, the Star, wltich they saw in the East, io.;at before them, till it came. and stood over where the
young child was. When they saw the they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. "
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ContribUted Messat/es of ChristUuJB Chee1' .
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THE CHRIST-CHILD BORN.
F. M;d .. ehman.
Nineteen hundred years .. ago
A little Child was born.
In the manger on the hay
Was where the little Stranger .lay,
Because there was no room for Him
In the crowded wayside inn.
Angels swung with snowy wing
L.Ow o'er Judea's hllls.
. Simr; the story of His birth-
''G<>od-wlll to men,'' and. "peaqe on earth."
Shepherds on the Infant gazed,
. Lost in wonder, love and praise.
....
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Came the "wise men" from the East
With gifts of costly worth.
Worshipped they the Christ-Child therf>
With rapt adoring, praise and prayer.
Gleams of fadeless glory bright,
Bathed the sacred sceen in lfght.-Witness.
THAT CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
CHARLES V. LA FONTAINE.
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tQ you nor'to me was It per-
, .
. mas meanS' freedom from the bondage .unto' Moses . This is mystery . . 'It is in.
of" hell . . The . devil . would never have comprehensible. 'But, .. thank God, it is
given us a .ChristDlas and he would take made .known to us. Howf . By revels-
it away now if could, but he can't, tion . . It is inexplainable, but somehow
.. thank God; .and are going to the time come if we yield to God
tinue . to say)' ' Glory to . The . that there will burst on our mind and
world never did know peace until Jesus 'heart the _fact that Jesus in the Christ
... _came, and now:'we may havejt througJl . the. Son .of . (}9d . . And y;hen
faith in Him and be justified freely such revelation comes to us .there are
from all sin. Friend, .have you joined . not devils enough in hell, nor skeptics
the chorus and can you say "Glory to . on to make us believe ariything
God." Oh, not with the lips merely, else. One may backslide,- the death
but from a heart filled to the full of real . of a backsliJer, and go to a . black-
glad, happy Christmas joy, not because slider's hell, but lie will never believe
somebody put-a .stick of candy in your anything contrary to this, viz: ''God
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stocking, but you have full and free was manifest -in the flesh.'' Such a
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salvation from all the inward and out- revelation will forever spoil a man for
ward sins of your former life, and have Unitarianism, Christian Science, or any
the joy bells ringing in your . heart. other ism denying the Deity of Jesus
Well, say it . again, . ''Glory to God in Christ. J estis is the Christ? I know
the highest.'' Hallelujah I Him as the Christ. The Holy Ghost has
revealed Him to me. Hallelujah! .
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mitted to be present on the h1lls
of old Indea when the angels
Christmas is not real without the Di- ,
broke their stillness, and shouted forth THE INCARNATION.
vine Christ in your heart.
their gladness with the happy Christ- P. G. LINAWEA\'ER.
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mas strains of everlasting joy. We is no theme of greater im-
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were. not with the shepherds, . nor let lrti!J portance than that of the in car- "THE UNSPEAKABLE G1Ji1. "- 2 Cor. 9:15 .
with the wise me:J! when the star ap- nation. In this age of infidelity ALPIN M. BOWES.
peared. But what of it? We have in the church, when the pulpit is all l!iDJHE obscure birth of the bahe
heard the glad refrain, and He, of but unitarianized, the holy people must lrti!J "Christ" was the fulfillment of
whom they sang, has appeared, not as ''contend for the faith once delivered many prophesies and the begin-
. a Babe in swaddling clothes, and lying to the saints." The fight today is on ning of great events. Wrapped in
in a manger; but the Christ of Bethle- the deity of Jesus Christ. Men ridicule swaddling clothes and laid in a manger,
hem is to us the Christ of the everlast- the idea of the incarnation. But if the beautiful babe was the admiration
ing throne on high. Glad we are that there was no incarnation there is no of the poor who gathered at the news
He came as a little child, teaching us . salvation from sin. Paul says, ''With- of so strange an occurrence. Born in
that we too, must be as little children out controversy great is the mystery of the stable, because "there was no room
in order to enter into the kingdom of 'Godliness: God was manifest in the for Him in the inn," He was of little
heaven. more than ever that He I flesh.'' . Marvel of marvels! Wonder of attraction to the multitudes who crowd-
has entered mto our hearts and taken ! wonders! God, the uncreated Spirit
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ed the better dwellings. Said to be
_ them as His. own chosen home.. Glad i the Eternal Spirit. God who cannot Israel's promised king, He was sought
, that the stram of heave?lY. were be found out by searching; who cannot for destruction by the cruel and jealous
sounded forth on the midnight air, but be known by the wisdom of men. God Herod. Born of the Virgin Mary, He
we have them also and reecho 'Yho formed the earth, who weighs the was ever a "stumbling block" to the
them to earth's remotest bounds. mountains in scales. and the hills in bal- unbelieving critics, His
The could not understand as ances; who measures the seas in the claim to sonship "with God as. blas-
. well as we today hollow of His hand, the Goq made phemy. But,;o the .. humble shepherds,
The reason why the holy child had come us, whose we are, who holds our life in who believed, there was no announce-
on earth that way,
But to our heart it is revealed, what hand, the God who mafes the earth ment so joyous as that of the angel's,
was not seen by them, to tremble and stagger like a drunken ''Behold, I bring you good tidings of
God sent His own begotten Son to save man. That is the "God manifest in the great joy, which shall be to all people.
wd res,cue men. flesh.'' Prophecy so declares it For unto.. you is born this day in the
We have caught the anthem of the 3:15; Deut. 18:15-18; Isa. 7:14, 9:6.) city of David a Savior, which is Christ
skies, and have joined in the chorus, "It was wrought b the.Holy Ghost. (Lu. the. no music SQ as
and say with the ''Glory to God 1 :26-56. . the chorus, ''Glory to God in the high-
in the highest.'' It is revealed that it Jesus Christ w. s made a little lower est, and on earth peace, good will to-
is God's will to save men, not to con- than the angels . . He was of the tribe of ward men.'' Eagerly the
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Y. said, ''Let
demn them.; to sanctify them .. . and Judah, the and lineage of David, us go and see."
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cleanse them from all sin that they the seed of . the woman; the son of The wise men had scanned the hori-
might live worthy: of Him, and not be Mary. He took upon llim the nature zon for the star that should announce
" all the time subjects oft devil. Christ- of man. He called a prophet like the promised Savior. Ah, it bad arisen
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and the eyes that were watching saw
it. Imagine, then, 'if you can,\ what Mary
thought of the chlld whoni she held so
fondly, when the shepherds rushed into :
the stable and bowed in reverent wor-
ship to their Lord, and when the wise
inen laid tpeir gift of love at His feet,
knowing Him to be God's
gift . .
The formalists cast a glance
at the babe whom the mother brought
to t he temple when she came for purifi-
cation; The priest knew him not, and
he was an unknown child to the crowd,
but the momeni Simeon, ''just and de-
. vout, waiting for the 7'consolation of
Israel," saw Him, he "took Him up in
his and blessed God, .and said,
"Mine eyes have seen thy salvation."
Anna, who "served God' night and
day," came in that and " .gave
thanks likewise i.mto the Lot d, and
spake of Him to all them that looked
for redemption in Jerusalem. "
Isaiah prophesied of Him : " Unto us
a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon His
shoulder and His name sl1all be called'
Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty
God, The Everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace" (Isa. 9 :6). Angels
sang of Him, prophets told of Him, the
Father approved Him saying, "Thou
art my beloved son; in thee I a m well
pleased,'' t he blind, the deaf, the pal-
sied, the leprous, the lame, t estified He
had healed them, the dead came back
to give undeniable evidence to Hitn;
still Pilate said, "Art thou the King
of the Jews 1 ;, Poor unbelieving Pilate.
Listen, "Peter, whom sayest thou that
I am f'' '' 'fhou art the Christ the Son
of the living God." How do you know,
:Peter Y "Bl essed art thou. Simon-for
flesh and blood hath not revealed it
unto thee, but my Father which is in
heaven." Then, as now, the higher
critics said, ''Who is this, that spcaketh
blasphemies? Who can forgive sins,
but God only?" "That ye may know
that the Son of Man hath power on
earth to forgive sins (he said unto the
sick of the palsy), arise','' etc. Luke 5:
'24. But how is it possible that He can
forgive sins 1 He is the carpenter's son.
Can you tell us . the mysteries of the
Bible ? They are unspeakable. "One
_thing I know, that; whereas I was blind,
'now I see.''
Confucius, Buddha, Mahomet, Joseph
Smith and othe.rs have come and gone,
but is "the way, the truth and
the life." Neither is there salvation in
any other, for "there is none other
Nazarene Meaaeniier
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U81_DC under given among PtCn,
whereby we mlll!t be saved" Acts 4:12.
"'Jesus the Name high over all,
In hell, or earth, or sky;
Angels and men before it fall,
And devils fear and fty.
"Jesus the Name to sinners de.ar..:....
The to sinners given;
It scatters all .their guilty fear;
It their hell to heaven."
. I can't tell you the wonders of a per-
sonal Savior. He is the "unspeakable
gift." Theologians may describe, elo-
cutionists may picture, admirers may
wonder, .skeptics may doubt, infidels
may deny, but I stand on the "Rock
of Ages," , and looking into His dear
face, hearing His matchless voice, and
feeling a heart beat with eternal life,
exclaim, "Precious Jesus! Precious
Jesus!'' God's ''unspeakable gift.''
JII.:Jj.:Jj
THE PRINCE OF PEACE.
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<>'f flia qivinity. .a:e' startled the
of the wise while in His year,
with !tis marvelous searching questions
and answers. In the days of Hfs min-
istry He spake as never' man s,pake. He
the raging waves as easily as
the land. He rebuked the wind and it
obeyed His voice and at once fell asleep
at His feet . . The demQns jielde4 to llis
word, obeyed His command, and leav-
ing the man poasessed sought in
the swine. He called back from the
dead one whose body was rapidly .de-
caying. By these and many other .
works that God really could do did He
demonstrate His divinity. We will
praise-:-God for His only Son who was
a gift to -gs.
His death was the world's greatest
tragedy. Betrayed by a friend, falsely
accusP.d, shamefully abused, spat upon,
crowned with thorn, whipped, ridiculed.
naile.d to the cross, mocked by a 'Wicked
mob, yet, while dying, He lifted His
W. C. WILSON. f
tender, compassionate voice o love and
HRISTMAS reminds us as a na-
said, "Father, forgive them, they know
tion that Christ has been born. not what they do." This was not nat-
We recognize this fact-and a ural but divine. At last He cried aloud
glorious fact it is to the fallen race of and gave up the ghost, and the vail
man.
The birth of Christ was the fulfill- was rent in twain from top to bottom
and earth did quake and rocks were
ment of prophecy. Truly did Isaiah rent. He moved in the invisible but
prophesy, Isaiah 9:6: "For unto us a marked the visible to prove His divin-
child is born, nnto us a son' is given: .. ity. His death opened a way into the
and the government shall be upon his holiest of all, as we learn in Heb. 10:
shoulder: and his name shall be called
19, 20. "Having therefor e; brethren,
Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty boldness to enter into the holiest by the
God, T4e Everlasting Father, The blood of Jesus, by a new and living way,
P.rince of Peace." And thank God,
which He hath consecrated for us,
"Of the increase of his government and through tpe .vail, that is to say, His
P
eace there shall be no end.,' So, here
flesh.'' The cost was great, but. the
is one thing which haR no end to it. grace and glory are equally so. So we
In Luke 2:11 we have this statement:
will praise l;lim:
'' For unto you is born this day in the His r esurrection was as glorious as
citx of David a Savior, which is Christ mysterious. He conquered death,
t he Lord." It clear that the "city of bursting her bands, giving her such a
David" and "Bethlehem" are the same.
shaking' up that many of t he saints
Micah 5 :2: ''But thou, Bethlehem. walked out of the.ir gr&ves on that
Ephratah, though thou be little among
t he thousands of Judah, yet out of thee morning and entered the city, appear-
shall he come forth unto me . that is. to ing to many.
He tarried. on earth for awhile, but
be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth
have been from of old, from everlast- one day He rode away, out and up and
on, until a silver lined cloud received
ing." Now turn to 1 Samuel 16:1, and
ypu will see that Jesse, Dav'id 's father, Him out of the sight of a multitude of
was called t he Bethlehemite. Hence, he upturned faces.
Yes, we shall rise. Glory.
must have lived at Bethlehem, and
David lived with his father. Jll "'! Jll
Try remembering some lonely, perhaps ob-
And Christ, .according to prophecy, scure person, apt to be overlooked at Christ-
was to be born in Bethlehem, the' city mas time, wltb some trifle Uke a dainty
of David. . The prophecies were ful- Christmas postcard. It will bring a glow or
filled when Christ was born in Bethle- plea-'sure to the recipient to feel that he bas
hem, which we see was the city of beeb remembered, and will give you even
.. more pleasure than you would have be-
D!lvid. Praise God for His gift. ueved possible to come from such a simple,
His life was its own kindly act.
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Nazarfinc: .. Metisenger

Selected Christmas . Articles

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-THE PRINCE OF PEACE.
Bright and joyful ls the morn,
For to us a Child Is born;
From the highest realms of heaven,
Unto us a :;;on Is given.
On His shoulder He shall bear
Power and majesty, and wear
On His vesture and His thigh,
Names most awful, names most high.
Wonderful ln counsel He,
Christ, the Incarnate Deity;
Sire of ages, ne'er to cease;
King of Kings and Prince of Peace.
Come and worship at His feet;
Yield to Him the homage meet;
From the manger to the throne,
Homage due to God afone.
-James Montgomery.
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THE TRUE CHRISTMAS.
D'jUT if we have the true Christmas
spirit, then will our influence
count as strongly for Christ--
and true joy. Our prepara-
tions and observances will be done with
loving thoughts of Him; and with kind
thoughts- and consideration for those
about us. This consideration will not
only manifest itself mentally and mor-
ally, but in material ways as well. We
shall take pains to see t hat our plans
and pleasures "!ill not interfere with
the enjoyment of anyone else. We shall
scrupulously avoid making extra labor
the ' love and peace. of the Christmas
message is spread abroad, and cold, dis-
couraged, and world-weary hearts are
brought very near to the Master. Those
that have been in shadow and darkness
are brought into the light, and feet that
have been straying in paths of sin and
doubt are gently guided back to the
paths of joy and peace.
Have we the true Christmas spirit '1
Let.us ask God to take from our hearts
anything which may hinder its pro-
gress, and to bestow it upon us in all
its fullness. And may we give, not only
at Christmas, but all through the year,
tenderness, consideration, love, self, to
the needy ones about us, as did He W.ho
was born in the lowly manger so many
centuries ago, the gift of God's match-
less love, for ''God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son
that whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish,. but have life .. "
Edith M. Ericson.
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GOD INCARNATE.
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l!iVi1 HE doctrine of the Virgin Birth
liD of our Lord has of late occupied
much attention in the r eligious
world, and one of the most scholarly
volumes of our time has j ust been pub-
lished by Dr. Orr, of Scotland, and
widely circulated. In this volume he
shows the great importance of the doc-
trine as essential to all the fundamen-
tal truths of redemption and estab-
lished by the strongest evidences its
solid scriptural foundations. We can-
not entertain loose views concerning
the I ncarnation without .throwing seri-
ous doubts upon the efficacy of the cross
of Calvary and the great Atonement.
Th.e. Incarnation \vas necessary for the
complete identification of Christ with
humanity and at the same time to give
value and authority to His t eachings,
His righteousness, His atoning blood.
As God He comes from heaven to earth
bring (}od down to men, and as man He
goes back from earth to heaven recon-
ciling man to God. Thus the great
Daysman js able to ''lay. His hand upon
us both, !' and bridge the chasm be-
tween the sinner and a holy God. Let
us, . first of all, therefore, bless and
thank our God for this ''great mystery
of godliness, God manifest in the
for anyone, no matter how bumble, so
far as is possible. Our gift-making and
feasting will be quiet and unostenta-
tious, everything we do having the un-
derlying priQ.ciple of love. We shall re-
member that Jesus said: "It is more
blessed to give than to receive, " and
then, also r emembering that He was t h e
first Christmas gift, and that He gave
Himself, give accordingly, unin'fluenced
by any sordid motives. If we have
money, well and good-we shall use it
to His glory ana seek especially to cheer
and comfort some of our less fortunate
brothers and sisters. And a little money
go a long way, sometimes, for it is
not the price of a gift tha t gives it its
value, but th.e love that prompts it.
And if we have but little money, we
shall not grieve, for the best' gifts are
not obtained by money. Christ had no
gave self. So we may do.
There are many different ways in which
we may do all have opportuni-
ties-let us pray that we pass none of .
flesh.''
The incarnation of Jesus Christ car-
.them by. A cheery letter to a lonely
invalid, a loving message to an absent
friend, a visit to a shut-in, or to one
kept closely at home by multitudinous
cares and duties; a sunny smile, . and
kindly words to the little child, to the
aged person, or to anyone with whom
we come in contact. Who cannot give
Buch gifts -as these7 And who would
attempt to their worth 1 Truly,
t hey are invaluable, for throl;lgh them
ries wi th it the whole scheme of our
supernatural redemption. Henceforth
\ve may expeet God to interpose super-
naturally to the end of the chapter.
The cross, the resurrection, the descent
of the Holy Ghost, the new birth of the
believer, and the incoming and indwell-
ing of the living Christ in the conse-
crated heart, are but the inevitable se-
quel of the Virgin Birth and the Holy
Babe. Still for each of us there must

repeated the story, of Bethlehem, for,
Though. Chrlst a thousand. times
In Bethlehem were bor.n,
If He is not born in thee,
Thy soul is still foi-lorn.
A: B. Simpson.
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CHRISTMAS WORSHIP.
appropriate that the

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of G9d shou,ld meet at some hour
on Christmas Day in the house
of the Lord,_ and there thanksgiv-
ing and praise to the King of kings and
Lord lords for His infinite mercy and
His saving grace.
It is too bad that the whole day
should be up to social festivitie!l
and pleasures, an9 not a single
hour devote.d to doing special homage
unto Him to whom we owe nll we have
that is good, and in wl\Om our hopes for
the future are centered.
When we were a boy the people gath
ered at the church out in the country
and held service of some character at 5
o'clock in the morning, r egardless of
the state of the weather. When a
preacher could not be secured, some
layman led the meeting, and the Lord
was present in blessing a nd power. The
large church would be half full , many
of Whom did not profess to be follow-
ers of the lowly Nazarene.
Later the hour was changed to 6 a.
rn. , and in a few years the services were
omitted altogether . Gladly would we
see the .custom revived and the early
morning meeting once more held. we
would rejoice to act as a committee to
awake the slumberers of our neighbor-
. hood that they mightrepair to the place
of worship at this early hour.
It seems to us that this anniversary
should be so spent as to bring to all our
hearts a strong determination to be
holy and an inspiration to pursue our
onward \vay with patiepce and delight.
- Free 1\Iethodist.
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SELECTED CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS.
The Lord has given His best to us. We
should give our best to Him.

The Son of God became the son of man,
that the sons Of men might become the sons
of God.

The human life of God upon the earth
calls angels to wonder, devlls to fear, and
men to love and worship.

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If we enter the real spirit of the Christ-
mastide we shall make somebody happy by
our ministrations of love.

Shall we not fall prostrate In gratitude
that we are accounted worthy to receive Him
as t he wonderful Gift of God? . When pyra
mids crumble and stars fall, Christ will still
be ours.

It does ncit simply .
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say, Christ Is born,
but to you He ts born\ neither does lt say,
I bring -glad tidings, but w you I bring
glad tldtngs of great joy. Furthermore, this
joy was not to remain lri Christ, but lt shall
be to all the people.
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December 23, 1909 J .Nazor-erl;e Me&seng_er
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. CorrespoiUJ,ence
coming from ent 'Yith the glowing_ report from. the
the other . churches to our to niissiori field of the Pentecostal Chnrch
get blessed . . Our dear Bro: Wallace was of "the Nazarene .at large. The minis-
NORTHWEST DISTRICT. with Sabbath and prea.ched us terial brethren, J ... M. Hartzel, J. T.
the rush of cares th!lt press three good 'sermons. Our Pastor; Bro. Maybury, J. Buckal-ew and Evangelist
on e'.'ery hand, we have victory. Folks Mayfield, is pushing the battle and the Bessie B. Larkin, all of our denomina-
at Spokane are moving on, and we still land is beginning to tremble: We are tion; were present and took part in the
love to mingle with them. Was at their . lo,oking forward to f!lee great things services. . . James D. Acker, Pastor.
IIoliness Convention held in our church come to pass here in Walla, as ...
there, over Sunday, December 5th, tar- the earnest, fervent prayers of the WARREN, PA.
rying_ until -Wednesday. evening, that righteous availeth much, and I' know Our work in Warren is p'rogressing
we might do our utmost to minister to that God is going to answer our rapidly. Just closed a ten-day cam-
. ?ur friends; Bro. and Sister. Solberg prayers. l,J_,. 'Balt'ezore. paign in the Salvation Army Citadei
m their bereavement, the death and / . with between ninety and a hundred
burial of their thirteen-months-old SPOKANE, WASH. seekers. Our membership ha8 doubled
babe. ' last writing you, we have in the last nine months, numbering 'one I'
Fro D) Spokane we went to Garfield, busy. Helped Bro. Henricks and his hundred and fifteen at present, with
where Bro. Wisler was,assisting the pas- people for two weeks. Last week. we more to come. next_' Sunday.
Bro. StanfoJ::d, .in revival meeting. held a union holi.ness convention, the Carradine is to be with us in March, . .
While they had been battling against Methodist, Rev. W. H. Moody pas- and the District Assembly in May. We .,.,
"the elements" (material as well .as tor, and our church taking the lead. It are having good times here and church
devilish) there was manifest the tread was a blessed meeting and souis and pastor are pressing on the upward
of the "Conqueror from Bozrah." saved and sanctified. Rev. David Me- way. Edw. B. Fish, Pastor.
Then we had privilege of spend- Leod was the special helper. Now we
ing Sunday the 15th with tlie household are planning and getting ready for a
of faith and the sect called .Nazarenes meeting with Rev. C. W. Ruth, to begin
at WaH a Walla. Different .cities in this 31st with. a watch night
northwest invite one to keep their eye v_ICe. Pray f?r Our. mis-
on them, and we hope vou will " keep --- swnary offermg_ IS keepmg up to the
your eye on. Walla Walia." They had $40. mark, and we the Lord. Cur-
three services on Sunday, with the hall rent expenses are m good. shape,. we are
fairly well filled at each. While it is and _the Lord IS _hearmg and
the youngest, it is by no means our answermg pyayer. The maJor!ty of our
weakest class, and they are headed for church are m the battle to wm. . Bless
the hill country, where . are "sons of the T.Jord. The Blood
Anak. '' C. Howard Davis, Pastor.
It was great joy to me then to get
home (Seattle) for the close of the
of the King County Holiness
Association in our church,. in which
Brothers I. G. Martin and L. Milton
Williams had been\ laboring since No- .
vember 26th. It was the greatest holi-
ness meeting ever held in Seattle, for
results. Our building was not nearly
large enough to hold the' crowds, there
heing about 200 people turned away
the last three nights. Not only was the
altar full, but the platform and three
front rows of seats were used for altar
nearly every evening the last
week of the meeting.
We expect to spend the holidays at
home, then, assisted by Mrs. Wallace
{perhaps vice versa). will be in evan-
gelistic meeting with our church in
Ashland, Oregon, January 6th to 16th.
In our district, Ashland is the south-
land, but they have Achsah 's dowry, "
the upper and nether springs.
With prayer that this way be the hap-
piest Christmas and most eventful New
Year of all :our lives, we are, your
brother in Christ.
Our address is 3415 Woodland Park
avenue, Station F , Seattle, Wash.
. De Lance Wall ace ..
WALLA WALLA. WASH.
The Lord js doing great t hi ngs for us
here in Walla Walla since we organized
our class. Our attendance is increasing
right along, and we have one of the
best Wednesday night prayer meetings
in ' the town, and :three services on the
Sabbath, a'nd the Holy Spirit is present
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ASHLAND, QRE.
A few words from the church at Ash-
land might not be amiss. We are still
pushing the battle against sin and striv-
ing to hold on high the banner of holi-
ness. You can imagine our delight when
BrO'. and Sister Boon returned from
Texas and located among us again. We
have recently painted the church inside
and out and are just finishing up a neat
five-room parsonage at a cost of $1250.
We have a firm, settled conviction. that
the Lord has a work for us to do in .. this
city. and in spite of all the-devil can do.
we are pushing on, believing the a.rin of
the Lord is mightier than all else com-
bined, and "the God that lived in
Daniel's time is just the same today."
C. F. Mills.
PHILADELPHIA, .P A.
In the First Pentecostal Church of the
Nazarene in Philadelp'!tia, Pa., we had
very interesting farewell services, to
Rev. J. Eaton Wallace and Mrs. Wal-
lace, out-goin'g missionaries to the Re-
public of Mexico, to wltich mission field
they were. appointed QY the Board of
Missions of the Pentecostal Church of
the Nazarene. Both Rev. Wallace and
Mrs. Wallace made.:very interesti.Qg. and
glo\virig addresses relative to their ex-
pected work in their new mission field,
and with such zeal and enthusiasm as
they we believe that, by th,e
help of God, they will win both by
preaching and teaching. General Su-
perintendent Rev. H. F. Reynolds. was
present and htspired all that were pres-
HUTCBINSQ'JI;i. KANSAS.
We have here in Hutchinson a good
illustration of what prayer coupled with
devotion and loyalty to God's cause
will do.
Not m!lny years ago a .holiness band
was organized consisting of a few
''elect ladies'' who stayed true to their
conv4ctions, prayed and labored. Now
we ,have .a full-fledged Pentecostal
Church of t he . Nazarene with about
eighty-five members, property worth at
least $20,000 con!Jisting of a fine large
and church building. A parso.n-
age, modern and roomy, and a large
refuge home for erring girls. Every
department of the .work is progressing
finely under the signal blessing of .God.
Here is a fine. place for young men
and women to get training for the min-
istry or for the mission field. Our Holi-
ness Bible School is doing good work
and has a. fine of students in at-
tendarice.
Dr. W. B. Godbey is to be with us
for a few days from December 16th.
Then our Holiday Holiness Convention
will be held from December 23d to Jan-
uary 2d. Superintendent C. B.
J ernigan .
H. )f. Chambers, Pastor.
The shepherds, when they had found
.Jesus, made known aloud the . things
had been told them concerning Hfm. Have
we told others what we know about Jesus
and what He has done for us?

The wise men went a long. long way out
of their ordinary paths that they might wor-
ship and honor Christ. How far out of our
way have we gone that we might worship
Hfm; how many hardships have we faced'
and overcome that we might honor Him?
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The shepherds were . obscure men; the
wise men Important personages; yet both
shepherd and wise men were humble.- The
humble may not all be wise. but the truly
wise are always humble. '
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C. J. Kimle, - Au t. and au.. Mgt.
and rehoarses in o.f love
a .history which precedes all. time and will
endure throughout eternity. If asked to ex-
plain the . rapturous influences which control
us, we have no other 'Words than. the evangel
of.joy which the angel gave earth; 'For
this day is born unto . you. a Saviour who is
Christ the. Lord."
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Shepherds and magi, alike received
the tidings, though it came by different
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CHRISTMAS TRUTHS.
"joy to the world, the Lord has come!
Let earth receive her King!''

"He caTTle not with His. heavenly crown, His
dad with power;. .
His coming was in feebleness, the infant of
an hour;
An humble manger cradled, first, the Vir-
gin's holy kirth,
And loiving herds companioned there the
Lord of heaven and earth."
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"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a
Son is given, and . the government shall be
upon his shoulders; and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty
God, everlasting Father; the Pri"nce of
Peace.
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with' God and the Word was
God."
"And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory,
the glory of the only begotten of the Father),
full of grace and truth."
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"/ .heard the bells. of Christmas
Their .old. familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words
Of peace on earth, good-will io men."
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"He is in our midst to flood the world
.. with the light of God
1
s truth; to restore to us
our- lost. birthright of to set the discord-
ant wail of humanity to ne:w harmonies; to
attune to the music of hope hearts
which for ages had been swept by the wild
notes of despair." .
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"T;,_aay the wh9le. Christian world pros-
trates . itself in the crib. of
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"Like Him be true, like Him be pure,
be full of love;
Seek not t hine own,. and so secure
Thine own that is above,
And still as Christmas-tide draws nigh,
Sing then of jesus' birth;
Glory be to God on high,
And peaceto men on earth."
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"Are you seeking the Follow your
star. Hearken when God speaks. 'There
are so many voices, and none of them is with-
out significance .. ' It is easy to quench all
lights; to hush all . voices; but hearken and
give heed; 'Press on I' as Cromwell, the
Lord Protector said to his daughter, 'Press
on, dear heart, a)'ld thou shalt find the sat-
isfying portion. Let nothing cool thy ardor
until thou find it.' " .
.JI .,. .JI
FINDING THE CHRIST.
Both shepherds and wise men found
the Christ. The shepherds saw the
glory which beamed from an angel 's
face over hill and vale, and in astonish-
ment awe, they were prepared to
hear the message whi ch He to
bring- good tidings of great joy, the
Christ . born in the city of David, a
Christ the Lord, a babe in swad- .
dling clothes lying in a manger: They
heard the mighty song of good-will, by
the angel 'choir, and.started at once and
searched through the little crowded
hamlet until they found the place, and
saw the Lord of glory, and went their
.way "glorifyin.g and praising God for
all-the thl ngs which they had heard and
seen." The magi reverently gazing
into the heavens and worshiping with
such light as come to them, saw
the strangermatvel?us star, and, at once
of the Chiist means peace and j oy. To
find our way to His feet means the joy
of worship, and the peace of God which
passeth understanding. reverent
shepherds said : ''Let us now go even
unto Bethlehem, and sec this thing
which is come. t o pass, which the Lord
hath made known unto us. And they
came with haste.'' There was fool -
ish questioning as to the facts. If .th,ey
had disbelieved they would never have
seen. J esus Himself once pressed home
on Martha that if she would believe she
should see the glory of God. Belief goes
before knowl.edge. They said, "Let us
now go.'' Now is the time to find the
Christ . They searched for Him. Those
1
who seek as men seek for silver and
for hid treasure, :find. The wise men
w.ent far, and went not handed,
bnt were prepar ed to pay the of
r eal worsh.ipers. They fell at His feet
in d evotion, and poured out their treas-
ures of gold and franki,n censc and
myrr.h. This is the attitude and
of all who find Him-heart devotion
<>
and service.
"Hasten mortals to adore Hiin;
Learn His name and taste His joy;
Till in heaven ye sing before Him,
'Glory be to God most high!' "
.JI .JI
JOY.
"Tidings of great joy." Tlie sun
rises upon our darkness. Peace and
good will have come. The advent o
the Christ, and now with His blood-
stai.ncd Cl;OSS, His r esurrection power
and ascending glory, with t he . . conse-
quent coming of the Holy Spirit, as the
abiding Divine Presence, to reveal to
us, and in us, our risen Lord, and trans-
form us . into His likeness, fulfilling in
December 23, 1909l
us His promise that "your. joy shall
. f\Jil j ''is. US with renewed
J{ction ti_de. . .
. There is much of d''f.lt;y upon us, much
. of service. has come to us, but supreme
love has come to fill us, and make every
dut.y gladness and an service joy, and
all our burdens wings to bear us on our
way. The one thing which stands out
wi th greatest prominence in the Word.
of Life iJ:l reference to Christmas expe-
rience, . is Joy. It shines in jeweled
beauty on illmost page. It . is
joy; abundant joy; exceeding joy; full-
ness of finishing the with
joy; it is momuing turned to joy; it is .
divine joy-the joy of the Lord, which
bas comc .. into t he soul; joy in the Holy
Ghost. Joy, the very foundation of
which ir; divine Personality, so that even
tribulation and persecution are sown
down with joy.
The Apostles seemed anxious to .min-
ister to the helping of the joy of
saints. A triumphant, conquering
church is a joyful church. The strong-
est element for victory is joy: ''The
joy of the Lord is your st.rength ; " and
the r edeemed march towards Zion with
everlasting 'joy.
'l'he gospel of good tidings leads di-
rectly to the joy-giving conditions of
the indwelling, empowering Christ.
Foundat;ions being well laid, it should
. be t he a im to secure in constant flow
the blessing that t here is not room
enough to receiye. The constant or fre-
quent attempt to lay again and again
the foundations is not good. while at
times there slit uldl be careful self-ex-
amination 'vith the sear chlight of truth,
to see that. we are in the faith, yet too-
constant self-etamination is not heal-
thy. It draws t oo inuch attention to
self, and takes attention imd time that
should be given to other things. Every
now and then as a train comes into the
. station a man goes along with a hammer
and strikes. each wheel; once in a while
a car is put out of service, run into the
shop for repairs; but the. main thing
with . a train is not hammering ihc
wheels-the main: thing is i o run and
get on.
The main thing in preachjng is not
' analysis effort' to find flhws in ex-
perience or condition; the main thing
is to get up-or get and
get on. , Occasionally the wheels may
be sounded . . If there are great flaws hi
the wheels-if the church bas fallen
. into great sins, there must be much
strength spent in. pounding wheels and
much time giv:en to. the repair shop;
but it is a happy day with- those on

board when: pounding can for
the "'time cease, arid the sieiun. iurned
on and the train move. Whiie there
mU&t be' care, that wrecks may be.
avoided, and repairs must be attended
to, it js that the. work may go on. The
main business is the moving of the
trains.
in motive and heart and
life all that Christ may abide in us
and fill our whole being . and life with
the riches of' His glory and iiopel and
bear us on; accomplishing through us
the of His divine love. That
the joy and p eace emblemized by the
Christmas time may prevail in the
earth.
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CHRISTMAS LOVEFEAST;
We again call special to
the Christmas Lovefeast, at the First
Church, at 9:30 a. m., Christmas Day.
For twenty-two years this has been
the standing order among us for this
blessed day. It is a day of joy and
gladness; and nothing can be so appro-
priate as a great LOVEFEAST. In the
past they have been crQwned .
great glor.y, and to many they have
been as mile-stones up the shining
way. May this be, at least, as great
as its predecessors.
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THE MESSENGER .
The one thing not to forgotten in
making Christmas gifts is the MEs-
SENGER. What more gracious gift
could you give to a friend whom you
desired to bless, than to send him or
her this paper, and let it not only tell
them for the whole year of your love,
but be a constant messenger to them
of the grace of Jesus Christ. Not
subscribe for it in their name, but
write them a letter, and tell them you
sent. it. Say a word of your own
appreciation of it, . and tell them of
the blessing it brings, and thus inter-
est them. It is the greatest kind of
opportunity;,_tQ . . , .
Do not forget to renew your own
subsc.ription 'in godd _time. "' ..
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Special Christll_las services will be
held at the First Pentecostal Church
of the Nazarene, corner Wall and
Sixth streets, next Sabbath, Decem-
ber . 26. Dr. Bresee will preach a
special Christmas sermon at 11 a. m.
Dr. Wal.ker will preach at night.

Joy to the world; the Lord bas come;
Let earth receive her King;
. Let everY. heart prepare Him. q?Om.
And beaven. nature sing:
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Notes and Per-lUllS
A'J oy:Jw; and Happy to all
' our readers. '
The birth of Cbrisi was the. doom of
sin, and His breaks its power:
It is not late to secure ybnr holi-
day gifts at Publishing House. . .
. .
Bro. writes from Portla:r,td,
Ore.: ' .'Had a fine day_ with
.five at the altar and several requests
for. prayers.'' ... -
Anyone needing a deaconess bonnet
or frame can obtain them from Mrs. N.
C. Rad9rd, 946 Maple Los An-
Cal. \ .
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A subscriber writes: "I love to read
your precious paper. I can hardly wait
a week for one to come. .J-- am hungry
for such wholesome food; it is inspiring
and so he1pful. ''
The Lord is graciously present at the
services at the Vern on Ch.urch. Bro.
Pier ce, the pastor, is preaching the
Word in power, which is made a great
blessing to the saints.
There are several new scetions in Los
Angele& that should .have a Nazarene
church; and as the city is stretching out,
it would be well to get in before others
occupy the ground.
A brother, who is not a member of
our church, writes: . "There are anum-
ber down this way that are casting
''sheep's eyes" at the Church of the
Nazarene, and you need not be sur-
prised to see them some near day under
;vour banner."
We r ead from EQglish exchanges
that God is graciously blessing the holi-
ness ranks in that country. Bro: Sharpe
in Glasgow, Scotland; and the Star
Hall, are foremost
''' orkers m the two countrie5:'-and are
pushing the battle with energy and vic-
tory.
Brother M. Parker of .
\Va.sh., an of great vigor
of mind and heart, deeply interested in
all work, writing us in
referen'ce to other matters . finds time
and space to say: ' I first saw .light
on the seventh day of March; i823, arid
from that time until this have been ac-
more or less with...all forms of
evangelism, and I ao not believe that' iil :
the last hundred years there has been a
religiOus sect of any name or order
which has done the sanie amount of
good as the Pentecostal Church of the
Nazarene has done in - the last fifteen
years. and I want all disaffected men-
. preachers especially-to keep . their
hands off
8
Los An:uek!s and Y:_reinity
AT THE TABERNACLE. . .
congr egations break up,
And Sabbaths have no end f .
That is not at First Church, Los An-
geles; though . we. could a lmost wish .it
'vere. Meetings are numerous through
the week, and t he . Sabbath day is .al-
most a continuous ser vice-no l ess than
ten of those hallowed hours occupied
with meetings, and sometimes sever al
going on at once. . Yet t he services seem
too few and the-hours too short for full
satisfaction-so blessed and sweet .are
t he Lord's entertainment s, and .feasts
of fat t hings. .
Last Sabbath Pastor walker occu-
pied the pulpit morning and night, and
conducted the. afternoon people's meet-

The morning theme was "The New
text, Jno. 13:34:
'A new commandment I give 1,mto you,
that ye love one another; as I have
.loved you, that ye also love one an-
'' : The preacher
between neighborly love, as enjoined
in t he second great commandment, and
brotherly love, as charged in the new
commandment. Love of the_ neighbor-
hood is grounded in natural relation-
ship- " of one blood," but love of the
is rooted in supernatural
r elationship- " of .one Spirit." The
commari<fment is called . n ew, not be-
cause it was never heard of before, but
mainly because of the new example and
standard of br otherly I have
loved you." The love that Jesus has
for "His own" is the love t hat " His
own " are to have f or each other. This
is:
1. Fondness. J esns has a peculiar
i.n t hem that are His. They are
His boon compani ons, His bosom
fri ends. And they who love as brethren
have t he same kind of. fondness. Th ere
is a holy affinity which makes t hem to
enjoy each other.
2. Affiliation. Jesus consorted with
His own. He communed with them. He
''belonged'' to them-the holy order of
Christ-ones. And the brotherhood en-
rolls all those . who are .like-minded:
The communion of saints in church fel-
lowship is t he supreme fraternity of
true Christians. . .
3. . . Jesus says to His own,
"I am among you as he that serveth."
Thongh our Master, He is our loving
Minister . Having His mind , we by love
serve one another. Love never lords
it over t he beloved; but ever delights
in mipistering.
4. Lowliness. J e
1
sus performed
menial ser vice for Hi_s disciples. He
gi rded Himself with a towel abd
washed their feet. And to them He
Raid, " If I your Lord and Mast er have
washed your feet, ye also ought to wash
one another's feet." A true lover will
not be content with such service as a .
ceremony. He wiiJ be more tha:p
willing-h e wilL h e glad to wash
. .
Nazarene Me.aae,.ger
'' dirt.y'' feet; is, will perform
vice that is naturally distasteful for the
beloved. .
5. Sacrifice. J eslis died for and
lives for His own. For their sakes He
suffered without the gate; and to them
He devotes His l ife. And this same
spirit of self-sacrifice. rules in all those
who keep the new .commandtpent.
We share each other''s wo.es,
Our n;iutual bU"rdens bear,
And often for each other flows
The sympa.thizing tear.
6. Sanctification. .Christ loves His
own and gives Himself for them, that
He might sanctify them. Nothing short
of perfect purity and perfect lo:ve in
Itis b el oved can satisfy the travailing
. Savior. and fond Lover. And this is
the great longing of those who have His
heart in .them. To the end of a. glor-
ious church. without spot or wrinkle,
the Christ-like lover devotes his life.
Such Christly love as this can b e r ea-
only the radical experi-
.ence for which -\ve stand and plead; the
experience t hat fill s and thrills ' vith
divine life and enables us to walk in
love as .God's dear children. ''Seeing_
ye have purified your souls in obeying
the truth the Spi,rit unto UJ?.-
feigned love of the brethren, love one
another with a pure fervently''
(1 Pet er 1 :22).
subject of t he evening's dis-
course was David's cry for purity-
Ps. 51.:10: "Create in me a clean heart,
0 God." was urged on the
congregation from three considera-
t ions :
1. Safety,
2. Sinlessness.
3. Satisfaction.
. And the preached showed that God
delights to answer such a prayer.
The following persons were received
into church membership: R. E . Jacobs,
448 N. Burlington; Mrs. N. E . Stevens,
2254 E . 16th ; A. R. Dorr and his wife
Mabel Dorr: 316 W. 44th ; A. H . Locke,
New York street; Mrs. IJida
815% E. 32d.
E . F.W.
The Young People's meeting on Sun-
day night was one of victory and glory.
Our hearts burned within us as Sister
Edith Benton brought us a message on
Psalm 37. A very p recious Reason of
testimony followed t he message. We
ver y cor dially invite all . to attend.
Come and we will help yon.
G. E. T.
GRAND A VENUE CHU.RCH.
We are moving on and up with rapid
strides t hough .we have l?een too busy
for two weeks to get our "copy" in on
time. The Lord is blessing in a .. gra-
cious manner, the congregations are the
largest. t hat have ever been present, and
each week new people are . coming in.
The pastor been preaching with
unction and victory, and with inspir a-
tion to. the hea.rerR. The week-night
(December 23, 1909
P!ayer services ... of spiritual
PC?Wer. W. are . ant1c1patmg entering .
a. .of and sav.
mg m the hoU.
da!s. Our ChriStmas exercises by the .
of t he school will be
on evening, _and will be a
credtt to the scliolars. Come and enjoy
thAm with us. . C. V. L.
0 A. BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.
A surprise was given . .
D. J. Lciom1s of Elysian Heights on Fri-
'day night last,, it. being the sixty-sev-
enth anniversary of his birth. About
forty-five of his friends gathered he
and his wife having be.en invited a'way
to sp end the day, and on their r eturn
at eight o'clock found the home had
.been taken possession of. A beautiful
birthday cake was made. by a friend
with sixty-seven candles surrounding it.
A handl;JOme Bible was presented him
by his many friends which he very
much appr eciated. The evening was
pleasantly refreshments were
served, several short addresses were
made, sweet memories of the past were
dwelt .upon," favorite songs of Zion were
sung, and our dear Bro. Loomis with
his precious family were committed to
God in prayer, the friends taking !('ave
after wishing hi m many happy r eturns
of t he day, all feeling they had had a
good time. A. J.
COMPTON AVENUE CHURCH.
Our r egular sA.cramental
service was observed Sabbath morning
at t he close of the message from J ohn
1:29, "Behold the lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of th.e world." In
connection with the message the fact
was brought out from Old Testament
scripture, that the first impress on eur-
reiicy was t he figure of a lamb, .beauti-
fully typifying the Sacrificial Lamb
who PU!Chased our ' redemption with
His o.wn blood.
In the evening our pastor brought a
message to four classes of sinners-
moral, self-righteous, hypocrite and
backslider. Two souls were san ctified
nnd one saved. C. D. C.
SPANiSH MISSION.
Last week was full of blessing and
"ictories. Two were reclaimed and
found pardon the Sunday ser-
vices. One of our precious ones passed
t riumphantly over to be forever with
our Lord. Bro. Peterson came down
from to enter our Mexiean
college. Bro. Athans is having victory
with Bro. Williams in our Mexican
work in Bakersfield. Encouraging news
from our Sister Santos. Also word
comes from one of our number of an in
terest 'manifested in Fresno among the
Mexicans, who wish a preacher to be
sent to t hem. Testaments and hymn
books have been sent. :
Now that Christmas is here again,
we shall .. be dependent upon our friends
December 23;19091 Nazarene. 1!feaaenge, 9
:.for what we may have both for the Twenty-five dollars .was for missions.
'-sion and for our Mexican Home. Bro. Ramsey and of his people
; While you are planning bountifull:y for . from Upland, and 'il innber of -the On-
your own home Christmas, please re- tario people were With us and rendered
onC'e more that we grown valuable service, espe_cially Sister
' this last year. We ex{iect to have a tree . Whipple, who was wit.h us through the
at Home'' on Friday night, a,nd .a meetings. May the dear Lord bless
turl{ey for Christmas dinner Saturday. them for their
after Christmas, December 28th,. Peace
and harmony seems to prevail and we
thank God . an.d give Him glory. .
Mrs. Epperson, PaStor.
SAN .JOSE. CAL.
Great times here. God 1s pouring out
His Spirit upon us in an nnnsnai inan-
rier; San Jose is r eceiving its portion in
On Monday, December 27th, we hope C. W. Griffin, Pastor.
to provide a. Cpristmas diDJ?.er at
for members and workers of the
sion, nearly one hundred in number :
The need mentioned by Bro. Athans in
)ast. week's Messenger still hofds good.
Our mission expenses for supplies, fuel
and light we hav.e always paid from our
Sunday school fund, and it takes all we
have. so t his is why we are depepdent
upon our friends for Christmas, and
"Christmas comes but once a ye_ar." A
large box of good warm clothing is on
the way to El Paso, made possible by
(ut.s of We thank aH wh.o
have so kmdly remembered our Mexi
cau work with such Christmas cheer .
Mrs. M. McReynolds.
WBITIIER. CAL.
'rhc revival meetings commenced at
this place on the fifteenth as announced,
with Bro. Elliott l eading us on, and are
incteasing the atten<lance, and power
mariilested. Several have been at the
altnr as definite seekers and have
prayed through. The Sabbath was a
blessed victor.ious day. Bro. Elijott is
doing .good cl ean work and we are ex-
pect ing things at Whittier. Pray
for us, and if the Lord says so, come
and help us. T. F.
ONTARIO. CAL.
'l'he work is moving on at Ontario.
God is with us. He has us a
goodly number of souls saved or sanc-
tified in the past six months. About
thirty additions. to our church member -
ship. About $1100 raised for all pur-
poses, some increase in t he Sunday
school, and a general spirit of unity
and love prevail among the member-
ship. Amen.
L. H. HuJnphrcy.
CUCAMONGA. CAL.
\Ve have just closed a most blessed
four . weeks' meeting. Bro. St. Clair,
the evangelist, was with us and God
truly made him a blessing to Cucamon-
ga and to people for thirty-five miles
awny. His Bible readings every morn-
ing were certainly wonder f ul. I wish
above all things that t he entire N aza-
renc church could have the privilege of
_hearing them. God wonderfully blessed
souls at every one of these readings;
in fact, almost every service there were
from one to ten at thg altar, in spite of
the rain for one whole week and no
meetings. We had more than forty
: souls saved or sanctified. During the
four weeks $277 Expenses
aU paid, evangelist well satisfied and
sent on his way rejoicing in the Lord.
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STREET- MEETING.
Jesus sweeter, more sacred,
and our hearts more hopeful each day.
Another opportunity was offered the
ones at the street meeting on
Sunday ev.ening. Bro. Ciprico brought
the message. His . earnestness held the-
people, who. seemed unusually_ int eres-
ed. The testimonies were all to the
point. One poor soul was so crushed
by the power of hell that he poured
out his heart as we pointed him to
Jesus. He said, "We put on a bold
f ront and try to appear indifferent, but
many of us are so ' hungry for this sal-
vation t bat you are telli ng about that
we can hardly ' listen to. your trium-
phant lives and glowjng testimonies."
Thank G(!d for .the encouragement.
May the Spirit, divinely Bro. Hunt
and his faithful band in this important
street work. L. E. R.
due season. Hallelujah I .
Rev. H. Orton Wiley is delivering
masterful and unctuous sermons under
the power of Almighty God, causing
people to-flee from the wrath to come.
Under the leadership o{. Wiley,
since March, the membership has in-
creased from nine to thirty. From a
weak and struggling church it. is now
nearly self-supporting.
A heavenly spirit of prayer is upon
the people for a sweeping revival to
gin here at the first of the year. The
Sunday school is soundly organized and
growing rapidly. Over fifty souls h'dve
been either saved or sancti fi ed since
March. Hallelujah. .
Harold E. Tracy.
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BROOKLYN. N. Y.
The Utica Ave. Pentecostal Church
of the Nazarene is on the viciory side.
The members are taking hold of God
FRESNO. CAL. in believing prayer for souls. We begin
\Ve _hav.e. been over two services with a watch night
weeks m rivtva1 with the Naza- . meeting, followed .with. an ail-day, Ne\v
rene class, as faithful and loyal people Year's Day, and continuing m:itil Janu-
as one every worked with under the ary 16th, 1910. Rev. Will J .. Harney,
leadership of Rev. Langstaff and his the noted evangelist of Kentucky, will
good wife. These folks are scattered be present and preach at every
all over the county, some living so far You mu.<>t plan to come and hear
away as to make it impossibl e to get mau. of God .is being used in win'-
out to . the meeting as the rain, mud ning souls to the kingdom of our Christ.
and fog has made it .hard for some liv- J . A. Ward, Pastor.
ing at such a distance. Nevertheless,
tl1e interest is coming up and each week
notes an increase in attendance. One
railroad man has been sanctified. one
brother reclaimed, and four persons
gave in their names to unite with the
class, and others are coming our way.
Amen. Pray for us; if we- ever get one
good week of fair weather. somethi ng
will surely come to pass, and something
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BERKELEY. CAL.
Tl1e work in our church here is Yery
encouraging. New faces. are seen in
t he congregation every service, with
good interest. Last Sunday WllS n day
of blessing ; good at.tendnnce both
morning and evening, and the Lord was.
with us in a gracious manner. One
young woman united wit}! the church
in the morning. We also r ead the rules
of the church as reminder ; also in-
struction: Finanees .are in good
We have every reason for pushing on
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M07To-"HOLINBS8 UNTO THE LORD."
Deets Pacific Bible College
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COLLEGE NOTES.
Our college family says ''Merry
Christmas" to alL tne Messenger read-
ers.
Rev. Guy Wilson, a graduate of our
Bible College, was here to see his sis-
ters Bertha and Halley, and with them
we all joined in pleasantlgtcctings.
Our academic department closed this
week for the holiday vacation. The
Bible department will close on Thurs-
day of this week. Both departments
will open again January 3, 1910.
Sc, eral of our students have gon e
home for a visit during t he holiday va-
cation.
Some of onr students who go out
M.Y LATEST TESTIMONY.
I feel like giving my testimony to
the Messenger family in honor of the
blood of Jesus. I have been tunneling
through some rubbish that the devil
got on my pathway. He has been
throwing sand in my eyes as well and
trying to make me do something meri-
torious in order to get t he blessing of
holiness down on my soul again in sat-
isfying power-and thus r ob Christ of
the glory of sanctifying me al one by
faith. I am glad I had the fight be-
. cause I have again learned t hat the
devil is a liar. Oh how he hates the
blood. If he can only get in t he thin
edge of thewedge of doubt, he will be-
gin to make us scr atch gravel to keep
up an endless chain of works until he
lands us .in the slough of despond all
<Ov<'r ed with mire and dir t. But we
have again had our eyes open.ed to his
devices. and we purpose making him
sick of his j ob. We intend to herald
t.hc proclamation Of emancipation of
onr Savior J esus in the fMc of ever y
foe. an<l get even with the devil for
keeping us marking ti me him and
moving ar ound in a circle like t he
Jsr Mlites of old. But God had some
hl't.t<'l t hing for us. Gloty be to His
nanH'. H. H. B. 0iprico.
JONESBORO, ARK.
Bro. J. E. Linza and I have j ust
closed a most excellent little meeting at
Sheridan, Ark. Someth ing like a dozen
were saved and sanctified and much
gener al good clone. The meeting was
. held in the Christian church and one of
their brightest young women was bless-
(>(lJy sanctified. The church was very
small and difficult to heat,
and a "'renter part of the time we had
t.he colrlest weather of t he season. Still
the people came and victory crowned
each Sunday to hold services at needy
points, report a wonderful ti)'De under
the blessing of God last Sunday.
Any one :who is in need of a copy of
" Field 's Theology," or of t he "Life of
Fletcher,'' will now find them at the
Nazarene P ublishing House, 730 San
Pedro str eet.
Vve some people say we have
been having some weather re-
cently-even a little bit of ice formed.
But some of ns from Iowa feel like get-
ting out and capering like colts in a
May pasture; while we en joy t he songs
of the birds and admire the beautiful
flowers blooming, and wonder how t he
Lord could make such weather as this
in Decembel' wit hout it freezing up be-
fore He gets it made.
our efforts. We expect to organize a
church there within t he next year. I
am arranging now to place one of our
men there for one Sunday a month. On
my return preached one night for our
church at Pine Bluff, . and two were
sanctified and one was received into the
church. Bro. Mullins, our pastor there,
is pmch loved and God is using his con-
seeiated efforts. But his people need
to stand by him better financially. A
holy, happy Christmas to all t he Naza-
rene fami ly. Jos. N. Speakes.
LOWELL, MASS.
l\Iy sonl says alll Cn t his morning and
also glor y to the !Jamb. Work is going
good . on the New England District in
many places. I am praying much and
also planning to have our churches to
become strong in numbers an d also holy
love, and God is sending a blessed r evi-
val in many of our churches. Hallelu-
jah! Sist ers' 0 rowe and Kell from Ken-
tucky are doi ng ver y successful work
. on this district at many points and we
expect they will stay with us through
t he wi nter a nd spring. And Bro. E. T.
0ampbell and wife are pushing the bat-
tle at many points. and also Bro. Dearn,
our Distriet Superi ntendent of the
Northeastern District, are helpi ng on
the fight with success. Glory to our
Triune God. \Vork at Lowell was never
better than at present. \Ve find our
. c:hnrch is too small for our work. Will
Harney from Kcntncky has been hel p-
ing us for two wc<l<s and God has given
blessed victory. a good number
have come into t.h(l ehurch and others
arc coming. God has all the glory. Bro.
IJanpher and wife, our assistant pastor/
are doing gtand work with us and t he
whole clmreh is united nnd pushing the
hattie for holiuess--or ganized holiness.
Thank Gocl for organized holiness.
A. B. Riggs.
[December 23, 1009
SYRACUSE, N. Y.
'fhe work of holiness is being blessed
of God in this city. The influence of
the P entecostal Nazarene Church ia
gradually spreading throughout the
other The bitter prejudice ia
rapidly dying out, and we find that
those wh9 were most bitterly opposed
to the church at first are among ita
strongest supporters now. Many mcni-
.bers from the other churches are at.
tending our services and whe.n they get
enough courage to attend once they are
sur e to come again. The congr egations
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are growing and .the interest which is
manifested in all our meetings assures
us of a strong church in the near future.
Last Sunday was a blessed day; God
was with us in mighty power in caeh
service. The class-room was filled with
folks nnd fire and the prayers and tes-
timonies were demonstrative of joyful
ti mes with -the Lord. At the close of
the pr eaching service, thr ee young men
knelt at t he altar and uni ted their
hearts and time and money with us in
holy war. Praise God for such young
men that dare come out and ''be sepa-
rate.'' More ar e coming.
B. W. Lewis, Pastot.
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Our Young Peop_le
CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS GREETING.-
Mre. G. A. McLaughlin:
Tis Christmas time! 'Tis Christmas tlmel
we children come with song. and rhyme .
. To our dear friends now gathered here .
' We wish you all good Chrlstinas cheer.
on this glad morn, our Lord was born,
His birth proclaimed by angel song.
"Glory to God!" the words rang clear
And fell on listening ear.
. "On earth peace, good-will to men,"
This chorus we repeat again,
Till round the earth this song shall ring,
And nations crown Him, Christ, our King.
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A CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE.
fOOl side entrance that . led to the .
Miss ' Martin passed in at the
choir loft, she overheard a mur-
mur from a 'group of people, ''That is ,
she-our first so.prano that I told you
about. I can hardly wait for you to
hear her voice."
A slight flush mounted to her fair
face and a that she deserved
the words of praise swelled in her
heart. Had she not struggled np
through many trials to her present high
place in the musical world? Now that
success was hers she would enjoy it to
the full. She unrolled her music and
softly triUed a bar or t wo-not because
she needed . further prepar ation, but
from very joy of being able to warble
like the birds. Just then Mr. Niles, the
pastor, came into the ante-room behind
the great organ.
"Miss Martii1, " he began, then hesi-
tated. " I want to ask a great favor of
you. A few of us are going this after-
noon to the woman's penitentiary to
hold a Christmas service with the in-
mates. Could you, would you go with
us and sing for them?"
Her smile faded. "Oh, Mr. Niles,
how dreadful!'' she exclaimed with a
shiver. .
. "What is dreadful?"
"The whole idea. The penitentiary
-ugh! and this day of all days, to visit
such a ghastly place, but I will consider
it."
The organ was pealing and its deep
tone.s wer e reverberated a mong the
huge pipes. The service moved on
. smoothly-the anthem, scripture lesson,
hymn and prayer; and then her solo-
the event of the morning to others than
the singer. The audience sat through
it as if spellbound and many were in
tears when the last. note died slowly
away. It was over at last and she
passed out, only pausing to say to Mr.
Niles, "I will go with you. You can
count on me for this afternoon.''
So it came about that she was one of
the little group who filed into the peni-
tentiary hall that afternoon, and stood
facing the rows of women sitting there
in prison garb.
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On all four sides wound iron stair-
ways leading to the grated cells four
tiers high. At the front of the hall
stood a white pulpit, a sinall organ arlCt
several chairs. Doors were locked and
windows barred, inside were misery
and wretchedness, outside the blessed
freedom of God's pure air and-Christ-
mas. ,
On the front row sat a woman not
more than thirty-five years old, but
with a seamed and ha'rdened face. She
. stared with sullen, glittering eyes at
Mr. Niles as he read and 'prayed. Many
heads bowed, and sounds of stifled sob-
bing came from different parts of the
room as the sweet story of the first
Christmas was read, but this woman
sat like a statue with compressed lips.
Presently Miss Martin sang. Those
walls had never echoed to sounds more
sweet, for her heart was in the message
as she l#iang of Jesus' birth, His love
and pity. The black eyes did not leave
her face, but gave no sign of feeling.
At the request that those who wished
to be prayed for should make it known,
many hands were raised and yearning
faces were\uplifted, as if pleading for
help. But the woman on the.front seat
did .not move nor take he.r steady gaze
from the beautiful girlish face by the
organ. She sang again-a message of
peace on earth, good will to men, and
as she finished the black eyes dimmed
suddenly and the set .lips whispered,
"Oh, sing again!" She began at once,
without an accompaniment. the gospel
hymn,
"Softly and tenderly Jesus is ,calling."
Every sentence thrilled with en-
treaty as she sang,
Come home, come home!
Yc who weary, come home !"
As she finished the hardened face
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sqddenly melted, and a Qroket(
sobbed. out, ' Help me, oh, ! I
do . want to be good;" On the stone
floor they knelt, and there, with deep
penitence and earnest prayer, at last
one sinful soul fQun.d forgiveness.
"It was the singing that did it," the
poor woman said, holding fast to the
firm white hand that did not shrink
from the contact. "I could have re-
sisted all the rest, but not ihatl::..to-day
-Christ's birthday-arid mine.'' The
voice sank to a whisper, but the hard
face glowed with the light of Christ-
mas. . .. .
Miss Martin and Mr. Niles. walked
through the heavy .. gate!J together, hear-
ing the clang that shut them .out and
those others. in. :
Then the pastor began, ''I want to
thank you- " But she interrupted
him.
''Let me thank you instead;'' she
said tremulously. "It has been an ex-
perience I Q.(>uld not afford to do with-
out. I am ready to say now with the
spirit and with the understanding also,
'With roy voice I '11 gladly sing,
For the glory of my King ! ' ''
Dumb Animals.
Southwestern Holiness
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, Christmas Gleanings.
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The happy Christmas comes once more,
The heavenly Guest Is at the door,
The blessed words the shepherds thrill,
The joyous tidlngs-:-peace, good-will!
The belfries of aU. Christendom
The unbroken song
Of peaceon goo'd-w111 to .men!
Now roll along
-Longfellow.
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CHRISTMAS IN OUR LIFE.
It was a glorious night when Christ
was born; it was a sad night at noon-
day when He was crucified: The song
of the night was changed to a cry '()f
despair-when night was at noondaj.
It is never the day nor the night that
makes either the song or the cry.
Prisons become palaces, darkness turns
to day-when the Christ is _born, and
enters in. But palaces are prisons, and
the light of noontide sinks into the
darkness of midnight, when He dies-
wh<'n He, "the Friend of sinners," dies.
It is always so, 0 heart of mine. It is
.. Christ living who makes the daydawn _.
rise in thee; it is the Christ departing
"ho leaves the darkness behind, even
though the world may say it is noon-
day; men often say they are in the
light, yet they do not know Him; and
what is worse, they do not care for
Him. '\Vhat can a blind soul know of
li ght ? Thou art living in the darkness
if Tic is awn). thotigh the clock strikes
hi gh noon. It is .only He who makes
t.he dial point t o th<' rising snn_. - Un-
i,l <' nt ificd . .
GOD'S CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Bethlehem's first Christmas Day
brought something more than a perfect
example do'wn t o ea!th. If Christ were
only our pattern, then He only in-
creased our hopelessness. He ca!ne to
do greater things than to show us His
p erfect life. God's gift of Christmas
Day to all His eager , expectant chil-
dren are t hese: the r emission of the
death of sin that is past, and
the power to overcome sin in the pres-
t' nt and in t he future. That is the
twofold Christmas salvation, the good
t idings of which the angels are still
singing.
And -\vhile these Christmas gifts can
come only from God, He let us have the
priceless joy and privilege of bearing
them to others. Shall we help to make
this season a true Christmastide to
some who lHtve never yet opened their
h earts to these God's gifts ?-Sunday
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CHRISTMAS AND MISSIONS.
Christmas brings us a message of
Vv orldwide Evangelization. The gos-
p el of the angels is'li gospel for all the
world. Listen, "Behold, I bring you
good tidings of great .joy which shall
he to all people." And again we hear
them singing. "Glory to God in the
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highest and on earth. peace, good-will
toward in en." Yet again we h.ear
Simeon say: "Mine eyes hav:e seen Thy_
sahration which. Thou hast prepared be-
fore the face of all people, a light to.
lighten the 'Ge:Qtiles, and the glor'y of
Thy people Isr11el." In Simeon s view
the light was coming first to the Gen-
tiles and afterwards to Israel. So the
Christmas gospel is the gospel for all
the world. ,::We have no right to keep
that light in our little and for
our selfish family circles. The saddest
thing about the eonvention'al Christmas
is its Would it not b:e
Christmas if we should mark it by our
missionary offerings and spend it in our
intercessions for earth's perishing mil-
lions to whom there come no Sabbath
chimes and no Christmas joy.-Se-
lected.
CHISDREN OF THE ROYAL
.At this glad Christmas season let us,
by a whole-hearted reception of the
Chrh;t into our lives, be inducted into
the ioyal iine . of the chil.Qren of the
house of David's greater Son. !Jet us.
so harmonize our wills with the divine,
that every elementof nature shall com-
bine with every purpose of grace to
n1ake our lives a symphony of peace
and joy. Let \ts rememper that the ex-
treme . force of hatred was loosed
against tlte Messiah, and the fiercest
assaults of our enemy are as harmless
as spent bullets to. him who trusts in
the Victor. Let us worship Him in the
beauty of reverent thoughts, humble
minds, and holy hearts, for the Redeem-
er still seeks their worship who worship
in spirit and in truth.-Selected.
THE ONLY SOURCE OF GOOD.
And yet us remember all that is good
comes from God. The benevolence
awakened in the heart of the child at
the mother's knee; or the grayhaired
man, waiting near the close of a well-
spent life; the aged mother, with scars
of heart as numerous as her years; or
the kind offi ce of strong to the weak;
the mite given to charity; the cup of
cold water; the tear springing unbid-
den for another's woes: all are but
foot prints of the Babe of Bethlehem in
the sands of time, 'r'who gave Himself
for us." They should direct the most
thoughtful attention, the strongest and
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most tcn!l<:r atrcctiont to His unspcak.
able gift of infinite worth, and greatest
saerifiec, awakening most glotions
memories. and bringing about rap.
turous r eunion of God with man.
"For snch love let rocks aud hills their
lasting silenec break,
And all harmonious human tougncs
their Savior's praises speak."
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