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> 0 m.mmMm* THE BROOfcliYN DIVINE'S SMJN- DAV SERMON, Subjeot of Discourse: '\A December TKXT: \When they had heard the King they 4epartecl:,anddo, theslar, which they saw, in the'east,ivetU before them, ti'.l it xload'averwhere the young child was.'—St MUthew, ii, 9.\ ' • ''< At this season all Christendom celebrates, the incarnation;;. Stop down out of the com- fortable surroundings iu whicliybuaro into-' a chill December night in liothluUom. Two plain people hbtolod in a village bSrn,after a walk of ./eighty mi^les, too long for 0119 .iu ppor'health.,' \Nojlcirafebf statp'witineiiu»n ante 1 huniber as at tli'o birtli'.of otherItiiigs, no messenger mounted at the doorway roady tohoraldtUfl advent from city to city, no \kindly 'medical attendance, no satin linod cradle to receive the infantilo guest, but a monarch born in a ho telry < ailed the' Ubiise of , tbej iiig{uy withvcliairiondod finger pointing to the place,' tli'eDobr of Heaven swung wide-open to look out, from-orchestral batob dripping overtures of the Messiah, minstrelsof God sLandihg on the lowest door- step of Heaven to announce glory and good will. Soon after the white boardedastrplogers of myrrh. The loosened •'star, the escaped 1 doxology of celestials. Our world, a lost, star, and another star rushing down the sky tlwt night to beckon it home again. All , that s:eue',will Jyet'irmlfe. all, nation* keep*, Christmas,? tNow, .'are tlierejiaiot sbmp 'new lessons coming frpuithis old storyf .I^ssohsi not hackneyed by oft r'opeatedf Oh, yes. ' Notice, lirst of dll; it was a sidereal appear- ance. Lo, the star went before them. 3Vhy not a black cloud in tie shape of a Hand or a finger pointing down to the saiired birth- plaie? Oh, a cloud means trouble. The world had had trouble enough. Why hot a •shaft of lightning quivering in the sky aiid •striking down to the sacred birthplace? Lightning means destruction—writhing, sll- -consuming destruction, and tho world had had destruction enough. It was a star, \lbat means joy, that means good cheer, that -means hope, that mean's ascendancy. A star! That means creative power, for did •not the mornins stars sing together when > the.portf olio of worlds was opened! A star I That means defence, fordid not the store in •their course fight against Sisera and for the Lord's people? A star!. That moahsbrilliant continuance, Tor are not the righteous to shine .as thestars forever and ever* Day-star oil .high. Morning star of the Redeemer. That _3ihusnal appeai'ahce in the sliv that night jimVyhaye been a Btrauge\ conjunction 01 •worlds.\' You know astronomers 'calculated long years hefore it Occurred' ftie traiisitof; Venus, and thev can see a tubhsands .years ahead and can toll you what wiil.ba the cbn- junctiph Of worlds in tho year 1986, and so they can calculate backward,, and Christian •astronomers-go Into a calculatipn and they find that in what we call the year one there was a stranfge appearance in the Heavens; and the infidel, rejecting*: the Bible and de^ spising Christianity, he goes into the same calculation; and he is compelled to declare 4ihat in the year pne there was a strange ap- pearance in the Heavens. The Chinese recerd, wade up, pf course, entirely independent of the Word of God, declares that in what we •call the year one, there was astrange appear- ance in the Heavens. That, after All, it may have been a, meteofib appearance, such as you and I have sometimes witnessed, I stood on the plain and I saw in tho western heavens, some years ago, a meteor flash with such brillian- cy and precision that 1 thought then that if I had been on a hill as high as that of Bethle- hem I could have calculated within a few yards the place where it alighted. Iu the University of Iowa and in the British M11- .soum there are fragments .of rock that have been hurled oil- from metebi's as they went -trailiug their glory eh the sky. So it does notseem to me at all improbable, this sidereal, •or, if you will, this meteoric appearance on that Christmas,night. Uli I nm so glad that it whs not a cloud of throat but a star of hope that shone' that night. I do not wonder that I ho dyiug college student whan he caught a glimpse of that star, took his pen, .and the light seemed flasuingfrbm'his iin- f ;ers and thestar seemed pouring its lustre rom his lips whi(e Kirk White wrote those immortal words: When marshaled pn the nightly plain, . The glittering host beslud the sky;' One star alone pf all the train Ceuld fix the sinher's-wandering eye. Hark, hark, to God,.the chorus breaks From-every host, from every gem; But one alon.0 the Saviour speaks. It isthe.slar of Btthloheni. •Once on the raging sea I rode, The storm was loud, the night was dark, And rudely\ blow the wiiid that tossed \ My foundering bark. Deep low within my vital* froze Death strttcK I ee«sed the tide ioVstem, •When suddenly a star arose, . . tt was the stair of Bethlehem. „ '.. >; \People are sorry that Kirk White died at ter writing that. It was enough for a .lifer time to have written it, and no wonder when he completed it the glories of Heaven swal- lbwed'himup. I notice also in that scene that other worlds teemed to adoro our Lord andMaster. Bright ;star pf night, wheel bn in thine orbit. \No says the star, \I must come nearer, I innst bend, Imust watch to see what they will do with Jesus.\ Another world in worship; That star bowed in obedience. I sometimes hear people talk as though the few thousand miles of this wor.'d of ours were\ all of the .Savior's dominion; but I suppose allthe mil- lions and \billions and quadrillions of world* are inhabited—perhaps not by such crea- tures, (is we are, but by suols creatures as God designed, -and all those worlds are the Saviour's, realm. Only one disloyal world in the universe. You know ,$hat •the great organ of the universe with its stops, its keys, its. pedals, its pipes, had a complete harmony save one injured peo'al, save one broken-key, the vox liumana of tUe human race. This disloyaf worlds You\ know that howovor grand an instrument; if there is one broken key it spoils the harmony. And Christ is to mend this broken koy,and re- store this injured podaVund thb'worjd \f ill be «_, j -..j _.. ..... ...... ..-., j n j^jjoyj; a with the , compared with Christ's doiniulpn. That Christmas night astronomy; surrendered; to Christ. Our planet • for- ' Christ :Tbo solar/ system for Christ. Worlds nbla>.e and ^worlds burned out —all worlds tor Christ; Minutest 1 and lieohest. microscope cannot see thooiioside of .Ghrju't's dbiiiiniohi; aud lai'thest-reaching telescope cannot see tho other side of Christ's dominion. Bui! will toll you bow the universe, 43 bouricjej!. > It is bounded on tho noilh nud south, and' east aridnvost-by God, hnfl God isiQIiri&t, and ChriHt Is God, and that God is oiii-s. Ob; my friends, cloos it not enlarge your ideas of a Haviour's dominion to realize that all the worlds.are only so many sparks struck from 'His'auvilC That the worlds aro«o-jnany lleo y Hocks following tho one shepherd? •That all the islands of light in immensity are a gi'cut archipelago of Christ's dominion? But I notice also iu this science that I have Bpblcon bjtithe fiuut thaf! ife^vas the profound andSthe ioaftied mon of tho world wli'Oioame tb'Christ. ,Thb Bible'sa'ys the wlse^mon of tUe.Kast, Wo call them the magi, tho as- trologers, tho alchemists, aud wo pronounce thoir names with a depreciating accentua- tion Dp you know who tuey\wer^'? ^Phiey i were the most splendid andimagniliceut men of the century.' They know .nll^ihai ;; wa v s known. Do you not recognize'tho fact that astrology is tho mother of astrbhpmyf EP yqu Upt reepguize the fact that alchemy is the-niothef of- chemistry? And you do not despise the mother because you admire-the child. Why these, astrolbgbrs spent, their lives in studying the stars; 2;350 years Be- fore Christ was borntheseastrologerastudied ' tho processiou of the oquinor and calculated thoonbitandreturnef the comets. Profes- sor Smith says -he ihinks they understood the distance between the sun aud the earth. y.ou find not only that in J'pb; biit ydii have sug- gested to you that uther meii in his day knew fruit the world was not Hat, but globular- Isaiah knew it; as though it w^re a modern dis- covery, or within a few centuries, (hat the world is round. Isaiah knew it.. He says of Hail : \Ho sittetli on the circle of the earth.\ After the world hasiprbgi'eskd.iu study hUu- diods of,years ,it may gej;untotuepoinfc : wheie the : ahcien(S begah to fbrgeft Iliiiiiey6;' that tho lost arts may be as great as the Uv- •Why.th^spetttSKnrli/^rpSuel^^^r^ metals and gases and solids' and liquids, and they filled whole libraries; witnitheir discov- i erieSi Theyuuderstobdejimalmment as ho mou iu our time understand embalmment. And they were very wise men.. They were not only among wise men, but they were the three wisest men. Caspar, a young man; Balthazar, a man of middle age, and Molchior, an octogenarian. The three wisest men . of all the century at the feet cf Christ, So it is now. The brainiest men of this century are Christians, Who was the greatest metaphysician of America? Jonathan Edwards, the Christian. : Who was the greatest astrchomer of the ; world? Herschb), the;Christian. Who was the greatest poet the world has ever seen? John Milton, the Christian.. Who wrote the mightiest' treatises on lav.\ that have ever been written? IJlackstone, the Christian. Why is it that in every college and university they have a chapel! It is the place where the wise men bow at tho inangor.- Come* now,, let us have, it settled in ounces and in inches. People say that tlib nien whobelievp in Christianity are small-brained men. tetus .find the largest brain ever Known in America. Byjostmbr- tem examination distinguished men have been measured an*, their intellectual capacity hits been calculated, and the size of the brain ; bus been found out. Let us find, tho'largest brain evbir known in America, aiid : find but then what that brain thought of Christ. We have found it, At is the brain weighing some- sixty- three ounces. What did that man in -his lifetime think of Christ? In bis dyingmb- ment hesaid: \&rd Ibelieve; help Thou mine unbelief. Almighty God; whatever I do, accept me at the last for Christ's sake. This night I shall be iu joy unutterable.\ So Daniel Webster bowed at the manger. So the •mighty men of the East are followed by' tho mighty men of the Wjest. ™* My subject also impresses me with the fact that it was the winter season that God as- signed for the nativity of His Son. Had it' been the month of May, that is the season of blossoms; had it bean the month of June,' that is the season of roses; hod it been the month of. Julyjthatiiis-thb season of great harvests; had it been the month of Septem- ber, that is the seasoned of ripened orchards;; had it been the month of October, that is the season of upholstered fprestsi;, but it was December, whehall'.ttib.fldwers-dutilborsore dead and all the crops\ that have not been gathered are perished; and there are no ripening fruits oh the- hill, -and the leaves are driven oyer the bare earth. In the closing days of December, to show that this , Christ is lor people in sharp' blasts, forpeo- : pie of frosted; hopes,; for people; under dark . skies r ibr .people with the thermometer; be- lcw aero, rbf people snowed uhder. Christ heard.in His- memory tbb%ihd vfhiitliflg ; afoiind the Bethlehem earayansary, \and He isinsympathywith.tljbse'Whb in their jov- ; ertyAeartheishutterscTattiefpnacbld mght. That was the \Christ Washingtbh and his ai'iny wofsfiipped-wfien they iay^bwh without- blankefaiintheDeffembersnbw. Thatwasthe Christ that the Piierhu Fathers appealed to when the Mayflower ^yharfed at Plymouth Rock, aud. ior yonrs aftor that December lauding the graves; digged were more iu num- ber than the' houses built. Not a fair weather Christ, tut a Decenibor Christ. •\.•Oh; the , world wanti to be. solaced and sootUed-nncl lullabled.ih; the arms of sympa'hotio bihnip-'; oteuce and -ho mother ever with- hiore ten- dorness piit her fobtontheroakerof a pradle to hush a sick, ohild than the toncierness .of this Christ coihos to bur invalid woi'lai and He rooks ib.iutopladditynnd.,qaiet.withitb9 wpiW: \My peace I give unto \ybtt; not as the world gfveth, give I unto you,'» Oh, ye burdJU bearere,oh,.,ye i persiquted »nd tired and heartbroken: I declare- to ybii o Decom- hor-eurist. ?;.- .. . .-..' • - But here is a faetfwh'ich many seem t o for- K.*!- 6 .Wl'naP 3 ,,,?!!.,forget—my subject im- .pressesmeiwitR the ; Faot thatr>Ohrist.wa3/i boru amid the shpep, 'and the cattle, ohdithe;' horses, and the camels that He niight bo the ' alleviation of the whole brute creation. Meroy for pverdriy^n M undetfed^pporly sliel- terediqutrngodib^ut^iBreatiqnXilSyon think that thVChrist wW compared^Hlmsell '*M a dove has no indignation at the cruelties of ftSJWOMbW&ugt. Dp.vou think that the Christ who eonipajfed Himsolf to a Iamb has no indignatibh.at ^he rbugh iyiiig and thei: contortloh of tho sheep anil the housiiur 6?'' their neckbver.thesharpedgebf thebutchor's, cart, and the cattle train from Omaha to New York, with no water in summer time, —1,500 miles of agony? Do-you think that the.Christ who-soid: \Go to the,ant,\ dbes not notice the transfixed insects? Do you think that the^Christ whose-tax was ( paid by the tisli does not notice the tossing of a flu in the fish market? Do you'think that the Christ who said: \Behold tue lewis pf the :air,\ hath no.sympathy with tho brute crea- tibn tliai'cSnnotavticuliiito Its grief J Christ; born in a stable that He might be the Sa- viour, not.only of .th9 human race but the alleviation;\ of all' 'the pangs and hardships of the-brqte. creation. In the niillenial t'me a child is to lead a lion'and to play with a: cocatrice only be- cause brute and reptile will have no more outrages to avenge. The Lamb of God gave its first bleat nmid the itired flocks of IJoth- lehem.. The: white, horse pf eternal victory, stabled in a barn; Whoh yeii tread on the brute creatien you tread on God. Christ boru amid tho beasts that He might sympa- thize with the beasti, andhelptho Iwasts, and thunder His. indignation and His wruth against men who abuse the beasts. Tt notice also, in this wenderful story of the text three Christinas presents brought to Christ. Just three. Cfolll, myrrh, frankin- cense. Gold brought to. Christ. What does that mean? It nieans th^. affiuance of the world is going to bo Burrehdbred to Jesus, 3?br lack of money hb.mbre'asylums^iiiiping on thejr way like the invalids they support, orfeelingtheirslbw way like the blind wh»in they^shelters MilliOBfi of- dollars for Christ; there arbshow thbiisandsof dbllaia. Bail^ road companies owned by Christian-stoajci; •holders •ind.-.wntrpH^ ^rf,Rhri«ff«m. dlfe<y-. 1»r|'anUtfiS^^hg\''fr^igh^ma^a^pttge'rS!a^ CKris'tiaiiprices; Bahkdf Englana,J8b'(irse-, , oCFmufce.^'haiU'. S. TreasuryyalbtKe wbrjd's^ niotteye.d.ipstitutions ifbr Christ, fhe -&Pld; for ChrisK No other meahiiig„to; it. The: gold rid, more paid the way for. Mary and\ Joseph and the diyiue refugee in Egypt than the gold shall pay the way fot Christ all 'round theworld. The gold for Christ, the silver for Christy the jewels for Christ. Our great round, 'beau, tiful world like a soltaire sob on the bosom of Christ. All His, and He is worthy. But the second Christmas present was the myrrh. Why the myrrh? The cattle snuffed it, but did not eat it It was tpp bitter. Why the myrrh! Why this pungent gum resin ef Abysinnia brought for Christ? It meant bitterness, Bitterness of betrayal, bitterness of persecution, bitterness pf days of suffering and nights of anguish. Myrrh. That is what theynut-into His cup when He was dying. Myrrk That is what the women wraoped-in the shroud of the cru- cified Christ. Myrrh. Aye, says the psolmist, \all thy garments smell of myrrh.\ Oh the , heighth, the depth, the length, the breadth of a Saviour's sorrow. No wonder the wise men brought iriyrrh. Bat there vvas ene; other thing they brought. They shook but from thessck the frankincense. Clear up to the rafters ef the barn the perfume'rose and it floated out to the furthest room, where the hostler and: the camel drivers were placed, and it floated out into the open air, aiid people passing by that night won- dered and said, who couldbave brbkeira Box ef'alabaster at that place by accident?\Frahk- incense. That was what they put en the cen- sers in the ancient temple and burned it. Frankincense. That.meahs worship. Prank- cense. That is what we shake put from' bur souls this day. until the nostrils pf Christ once crimsoned with the -hemorrhage of the cross are filled with the perfume of a world's adoration. Frankincense. That is to .fill all the homes and all the churches .and all the nations and all the worlds; Prpm deepest cellar -of'stalactite cave_Clear tip tb the .silver rafters of the sunlit dbine. Frankincense,; Put it in the song, and ttie:sermeh,-and the prayer. Frankincense. . Kb wphder they brought it. Kb Wpuder they piit it dewii at the feet pf' Christ. Biit db ypu khpw how these censers were empleyedj and . hew the frankincense. . was burned? Here isa metatpan,iahd.hereisthe handle by which it is held. This metal pan is filled with\ living coals. Oh the top pf it is put aperforated cbvqr. The .friihRiiicense is broiighttb tHeftiiip.le in a square.hox. The frauldnconse is taken out and sprinkled oyer thecbals,;and then ' the:perfbiate.d' ; i coyer.isV put on, and they wait Jbjvtne, beginning of the: service. When they^areinir raSidy all the covers areiliftbd from,alf-.the v censers : and the ancient temple was filled; ^jtS the perfume. It floated up amid' the arfches, it •\ --—edamid thealiars. Oh thB'top\bf:|he. temple it arose in a column to the throne of God. And' sb- it is to-day. • I ..haybi -two; censers, -Hers is the censer of earhtlyfrahfc incense and. here is the censer of heavenly frankincense. Firstof all, the censer of earth- ly frankincense. Come, people of Clod, end put on it your thanks—tlmnks for thomer- cles of the part year, thanks for' the mercies of all tho years—individual mercies, family -mercies, national mercies;. Bring on-more censers. Then lot the perfume, float U3 to tho throne o,'Go-1. Alleluia, alleluia, Araon! Biit here is the other, cenger—the: cesser of Heavenly fraukincouse. Lot all tho re- deemed bring thoir-thauks and put-them oh this ccusqr..^ Lot the' choriiblnu bring theirs, lot the seraphim .hring.-theirs, lot the - one hundred and forty' and four thousand, bring theira,let'«ill tho eternities bring thoiri, and then I take'theso two censers and Iswing them; befdfce the thJpno .bf^Gtod ••fld tt»v:\ iEAmb, ana th^pf d*£ifemlt|jietherIjhoBii .M, .gwatjiwuh^iate^ m m-cS^.m^>m-;i, men of the East.'-brottght'Ifttfr - £bl& -••tta»'-* myrrh and fttinkihbenie when the star that thoy.stw in,^;^t^nt before the^,j ; ? '^ THISBE is a EusBian'wiio keeps i mfom Is W^afwijsJ^l^ki-^ the oaviare Bold there could tot com- pare with what could be had in Bos- , %$ heffiMliy wrote over to Kussis and asked his'friends to send hiin a can of the caviare that was most popular at, that, time in .^t, Petersburg; Aftep a \ long interval ihe, .qayiare 4 nrriyed,' bn taking off the wrappings h e saw on the label 6f the oannh^^E^^ut ! 1i^fiy a cannuig cprapauy in Detroit and wag warranted to fca xbacie'\'or the best roa \\ of E'uke Sfc'Gla'ir sturgeon; ,li. A EEATHE&>flrjn : i.ii New^Jersej, whioh manufaot'urel patent l§4t1u S pri:inf-' ; ! ports'its hides froihiParis. ^The' hides from the West are doubly injured by the branding iron and the sharp prongs of the wire fences.. They have neither branding irons, .nor. .irire prohgs^.'ii Fi'ance. Not long ago the London, authorities paid £3.00 for vizors for tho . caps of the London police;\'Those vizors were, in^de by the> if em Jersey house out of the' hides imported from France; . . ..,.'. • .... -_--.iirTiv->- CJXraiiS-lMci&BK&ib'i.'fcof ;\the- English iteamer Albanp, reports tjiat-;Jie,uded .oil 'oh a recent .passage'f roiii Baltimore *-- ---\\-- Expjotii '\\ •\\-'\'\'' ,b^-,aSJ»rhi,-:jail'ed ^im'Mi^i$^i^i : '- •• \~ o^um. Breviiaus/tp .plijpin'^.$heVh»gi',,);;. ; ;•• oter the steyn, had tist'liieli•'• :hea^y:-i' se*as','\. : :• »bbard, flooding the depks\^b0^ftpfc towing the bags no more water came iboard. The gale lasted Ihree days, with very heavy seas, but, owing to the oil, ran quite easily, and took no water. Used about seven gallons of oil alto- gether. THE MAKKEXS. NEW YORK. 51 Beof cattle; good to prime... 6 ® 1)4 Calves,, com'n to prime veals &. @ VH Sheep iii® 6 Lambs . H%® 7 Hogs—Live. — @ r- Dressed 5%@ 6 Flour-^Ex. St., good to fancy 8 60 ® 4 00 West, good to choice 8 40 ® 5 15 Wheats-No. 2,HedC... 88 @ .89 Rye-State. '.. bl%® 69 Barley^-rState Corh-^trhgva'd. Mixed;.~.. 4(5 ® Oats— White (State.. t ..',....... S^@ Mixed.Western........ 84 @ Hay^r-Med; to prime..., 85. ®. Siraw-^-Nb; li.atre-..»..;«.^- . C5 Lard-City Steam........... 0 25 Butter—State Creameiw.... 28 Dauy....... ..--... 28 West. Iin. Creamery 22 Factor* 1 ...,......... 18 Cheese—State Factory...... 8 Skimsi 10- Western. 11 Eggs—State and Penn . 27 . #=' BUFFALO. ' Shcep^-GoodtoChoiee....... 8 75 Lainbs-TWestern 4 SO -Steers—Western. .-ft Oil 70 •&• 86. ®: 90 @ 70 ® 6 75 ' @ '2S @ 23 @ -25 @ 16 ® .'1* -@.»ai- ®., 12 . Hogs—Good to Choice Tories 4 15 4 75 @.4 23 @ 5 50,- #4 0D ©4 20 ® 5 15 63 ® 44 S5K 05 7 ® M ._ 7^. ,@1100,' @5 25 Flour.. Wheafc-No. 1...,., .. . Cornr-rNb; 2, Mixed ; Oats—No. 2, Mixed .. Barley—State; , '. BOSTON: Beef^Gbojl to choice Hpgs-r-lii ye.,,,,..,».,........ Northern Dressed.. Fork^E* Primo,per bbl,..10 50'' Flbiir-^Sprihg, Wheat iiat's.. 5 03. Cbrh—High Mixed. — Oats-r-Bxtra White..:...... 41 Bye-^Stdte.,..-.;*. .> .60; _ WA*Ehio\yif 1 (iiAss'.),-cAWLR'MABKi(tT.; -• Beet?Dressed'weight 4 00 @.7,50 Sheep^Iiive weight. — < @ &% Iaamtl „:.......; 4$4® 6 - BibgsJ-Northerh ...... ~- j® i.ljjf PHDCADBtPHIA, Fleiir^-I>enn.extra family:.. 8 751 ®-8$l% Wheatr-Nb; ^Kea..,.;..,. 87^®', .80 ' Bye-vrState..,...,:..,..:....* -r ®, '58>tf ' Gorn>-4Statb;Tell6w : ..:.:;.;» '•\— •&,. 47 OatsMiie'du...;..:.;...:.,.;,' 80 ®: '88 Butter^-Greamery Extra; i. 80! @ 81 . Cheeser-If. T/Full Cream;. ..•&•, m 18^. :W.
