Newspaper Page Text
HAVE TO HURRY NOW 1 You can't delay longer the matter of joining the Schuneman & Evans Encyclopedia Club, if you hope to obtain a set of the New National Encyclopedia at just one-half ihe publishers' prices — thqjreby saving from $16 to $24 per set Our famous club plan enables you to have the entire set delivered at once on payment of the membership fee, $1— the remainder can be paid in payments £0 trifling that you will not miss the outlay. Call at our Book Department, inspect the various bindings — you will be pleased with our offer. But remember you have no time to lose. You will have to hurry now if you would not be disappointed. If you can't come, send attached coupon with a dollar. SCHUNEMAN & EVANS. | St. Paul, Minn. \ I Enclosed find $1.00 for mem- < < bership in your Encyclopedia ! ( Club. Send a set of the works ! Jto address below. I agree to ] 5 l>ay the balance in twelve < \ monthly installments. 5 Name > Address J GREETED A PREItfITE IMMENSE CONGREGATION WAS PRESENT AT CHRISTMAS MASS AT THE CATHEDRAL. MGR. MARTINELLI'S OFFICE WAS THAT OF THE CELEBRANT OF THE PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS. LESSER DIGNITARIES SHONE In the Minor Office* of the Stellar Service t»f the Clinrclt Year. Deeply impressive was the pontifical mass celebrated at St. Patrick's ca thedral yesterday forenoon. The knowledge that Mgr. Martinelli, the apostolic delegate, would participate in the celebration sufficed to crowd the church. The edifice was thronged with a representative audience, including Catholics not or.ly from all parts of the city, but from Minneapolis as well. The celebration was as beautiful as it was impressive. The regular quar tette choir of the cathedral and the Danz orchestra, under the personal di rection of Mr. Danz, interpreted Niede meyer's Mass, a sacred composition of pronounced merit. The quartette com prised Mrs. S. V. Harris, Miss Millie Pottgieser, A. P. Quesnel and J. F. Gehan. Mrs. F. L. Hoffman presided at the organ. The altar was a bank of evergreens, flowers and light. The sanctuary con tained two thrones. Opposite that on the left side, usually occupied by Arch bishop Ireland, was erected another throne and canopy. Mgr. Martinelli ascended the throne at the left and Aichbishop Ireland that at the right. Ihe apostolic delegate wore a magnifi cent robe of ermine, and the arch bishop his purple vestment. Seated in the sanctuary beside Archbishop Ire land were Mgr. Ravoux and Rev. Dr. Pace, from the Catholic university at Washington, D. C. Mgr. Martinelli celebrated the mass, with Rev. J. J. Lawler as the assist ing priest. Rev. William Colbert and | Rev. J. H. Brannon officiated as the deacons of honor. Other ministers of the mass were chosen from the semi narians at St. Paul's. Bishop Thomas O'Gorman, of Sioux Fails, preached an eloquent sermon. He said: Christmas is a feast that Is kept not only by this nation but by every Christian nation in the world, by four hundred millions of men the most clzillzed, learned and advanced of the human race. The fact commemorated is the birth of a child, and for this reason it is considered to be the special feast of the Christian fireside. Not only the infant step ping from the cradle and unconsciously smil ing in the face of a stern world finds joy in (Christmas, the old man, too, stepping into the grave and wistfully looking back to the hard realities he has gone through, finds in the feast gladness and consolation. What is there in this Babe of Bethlehem, what is there in His birth that so affects mankind? Who is He that can draw to His cradle old and young and can christen the spring and winter of life? Christmas is the emphatic affirmation of the supernatural, that is to say. of the direct and personal intervention of God in the scries of events, of causes and effects that make up what we call the world. The entrance of this babe into the world is unusual. He is coDceiyed of the Holy Ghost, is born of a mother virgin before and after His birth, and angels from heaven proclaim His coming with song. The narrative of Christ's concep tion and birth is not allegory, the statement of symbol or myth, but sober history. The things told us about this child and commem orated on this day are facts. The character of the records forbids any other view. But more than the manner of His coming, the character and nature of the Babe of Bethle hem are an affirmation of the supernatural. He is mere than man. He is Gcd. In and through Him God has personally and directly entered into the world He created, and has become part of its history. The epistle and. especially, the gospel Ihave just read to you clearly indicate this. "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. The same was in the be ginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was mnde nothing that was made. And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us." That almost nineteen hundred years ago in Judea there was born, lived and died one who was known then and has been known since as Jesus Christ cannot be denied, un less we make a bonfire of history and assert that there never was anything or anybody in this worM before we came into it. When we take up the life of Jesus as recorded in the gospels and read it attentively, we must come to the conclusion that, while being man, he was more than human. The human race furnishes no standard by which to meas ure Him. Before Him there has been no one like Him, and after Him no one lias equaled Him, though He has had numberless imi- | tatc-rs. When we would reach the beautiful 1 ami the sublime, we tr/Ti from the real and j look to the Ideal. In Jesus the real is great- ! er than any ideal. Art has even despaired ! of reproducing Him In marble or canvas, in j poetry or melody. In hißtory or eloquence I Great men am of their time; indeed. It Is ' being of their time makes them great. This I statement is true not only of the men of ac- I tlon, but also uf the men of thought. Through their song or speech you detect the voice of ! their age and nation. Homer is an incarnation i of Greece, Job of Arabia, Isalas' of Judea Virgril of Rome, Dante of the middle a-res! Shakespeare of Anglo-Saxon civilization. The ' personality of Christ has no limits of time i or p-lace. He stands for no epoch, for no j nationality. • All classes of men find in Him i their model, as If he had come purposely for | each one. He has ar answer to the ques tion of every a-ge, every ration, every child of Ada.ni: and as time goes on there are ever welling un to sight out of the depth of His words and actions things old and new. The moro man rises on the accumulated tradi tions and inheritance of preceding centuries the more looms up over against him the evergrowing figure of Christ. As we fix our glance on His mind and teaching we are blinded, not by the absence, but by the Intensity of the !i:rht that comes from Him and plays about Him. He soars to heights whither we cannot follow; He descends to depths over which the asres have leaned, peering intently and discovering: continually new treasures and truths, and they have confessed that He is Inexhaustible, and by that confession have acknowledged that His mind is more than human. He had superhuman power, as His miracles prove. It is oniy to the unbeliever and scep tic that He held up Ills miracles as evidences of his veracity and mission, to all others they were evidences of lovp. Through physical evil He saw moral evil and mental sorrow; while healing the body He healed the foul and soothed the heart. It was not so much the miracle as the manner of performing it, as the love, the discretion, the tenderness that accompanied the miracles; it was not so much the miracle, I say, as the manner of it that won Him the hearts of men and drew after Him. the crowds thirsting for physical and spiritual relief. His fellow men came to un derstand that He was not to be feared for all His superhuman .powers, that He should be discussed, contradicted, reviled, even be done to death: they believed Him disarme.l by His own will, and that love had bound His might. H:s disciples saw Him thirst and hunger, yet they knew he cou'.d turn stones into bread; saw Him suffer and die, yet they knew He could call legions to His protection and that His lite was in His own power. In deed, He had predicted that He would be most powerful when weakest, that the cross was the lever with which He would move the world. Love, not might, is the keynote of His life. Living In the m!dst of a world of sin, clothed with this human nature, which in every child of Adam is deeply ta'nted with evil, Jesus is stainless and holy. His holiness has one thing which is not human. I do not find in Christ's holiness the sense of personal sin. The summit of holiness is there, the foundation seems to be wanting. St. John declares that he who thinks he Is without sin is under the greatest illusion. Imagine any man saying, I am without sin. He at o«ee ceases to be holy, humanity turns on him, tears him from h'.s pedestal, strips him of his crown and trample 3 him in the dust. Yet Jesus Christ says, "who of you will con vince me of sin," ar.d retains His throne amid the best nations of mankind. He is for ever forgiving sin, drawing others into re pentance and confession of sin; but He ia un- THE SAINT PAUI, GI,OBE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1897. are any needs of His own. The salvation of the world, not His own salvation, Is His con cern. His enemies, who are ever watching Him, find in Him no weakness, and because they cannot convict him of sin they end with falsehood and violence. Even His enemie3 to day, though they deny Him to be God, ad mit Him to be the best and holiest man the world has seen, forgetting that, as He claimed to be God, if He was not what He claimed to be, He could not be holy and good. Sinlessness is His moral character istic. Such -was Christ mentally and morally. When I try to go deeper in His character I touch on something still more mysterious and superhuman than anything I have noticed so far. He tells us that within the center of His being there was an abiding guest, who somehow was Himself, yet distinct from Him self, to whom He ever had recourse, with ■whom He communed, who prompted Him in all things, was the responsible agent of His acts, in a word, was His own personality. Who is this guest in Christ's humanity? What is this In-dwelling within Him of some one who is intimately His very self and yet can be spoken of as distinct from Himself? There is here some deep mysterious secret, and who can tell us about it but He who is the home bearer of the secret Well, He has plainly told us about it; He has told us that His hu man nature was the bearer of the Divine na ture. Boldly does He let out the word, again and again He repeats it; He stakes His fame and His life on it; He is God as well as man. Son of Man is one of His titles. Son of God is another. There can be no mistake about the claim. Son of God! It is the name that every one about Him whispers without drawing from His lips a single protest, the least sign of dissent. Peter kneels to Him and says: "Thou are Christ, the Son of the living God." Thomas, after feeling his wounds, cries out: 'My 1..0 rd and my God." All the apostles ex claim, after He had laid the storm; "Truly, Thou art the Son of God." Martha says, "Yes. indeed, oh Lord, I believe that Thou art Christ, Son of the living God, who are come into the world." Not only does He tolerate and accept the appellation, but He congratulates those who give it to Him, as having learned the secret from His father. Nay, He Himself assumes the title and ex plains it. He is the Son of God, not as other raen are calkd the sons of God; He is the Son of God by nature, they are the sons of God try adoption. "God so loved the world," say&'He to Niccdemus, "that He sent His only begotten Son that every one who be- Jieveth in Him may have life everlasting." In the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. John, which is a luminous exposition of His relations with the other two Divine per sons of the most blessed Trinity, there are expressions which, If not true, should have shrivelled His tongue. Not only secretly and to the few, but openly and to the multitude, He makes the assertion of his God-head, of Hl3 unity of being and nature with that of the Father; so openly and emphatically that the Jews hearing Him quake with rage, stop their ears and take up stones to assault Him. And when Jesus calmly asks why they threaten Him thus, they answer, "We stone Thee not because of Thy works, bue because of Thy blasphemy; that, being a man, Thou makest Thyself God." When He stands before the tribunal of His nation; inthat solemn moment with the pros pect of death before Him, when the question. Art Thou the Son of God?" is put to Him clearly, positively and directly in the name of country and of God, by the high priest of the religion revealed to Moses; in that sol emn moment, in spite of threats, of the ap prehensions of troubled souls. He does not waver or flinch, but gives back answer as clear, positive and direct as the question ask ed, that He 1b the Son of God and shall come to judge mankind. It is because of this mon strous claim that the highest tribunal of His country's judges that Jesus, the reputed Son of a carpenter, born at Bethlehem, a simple Jewish citiren, has usurped to Himself the name and honor of God, and condemns ' Him, as guilty of blasphemy, to die on the cross. The death of Christ proves that He made the claim for which He was condemned. Now, to the man who will not believe in Christ's claim of divinity, there are two es capes open; the first is to attack the testi mony of Christ Himself; the second is to at cack the testimony of His apostles, and es peclaUy the evangelists. In the ar«t case you must suppose either that Christ inno cently fell Into a mistake concerning IHmaelf, or that He designedly deceived the world as to His nature and being; in other words, that He was a fool or a knave. A fool or a knave! Then away with Him! Why give Him a thouglht, why celebrate this Christmas day. why call yourself a Christian people? Better Mahomet, better Buddha, better the fetiehism of the Fiji is ander. the voododstn of the African. In the second case the ac cusation is taken from Christ and put on the apostles and evangelists. They have invented Christ, you say, and have palmed Him off on us. Clever men, indeed, who could deceive for nineteen hundred years the cleverest na tions in the world. What benefit, pray, could they get from such a deceit? They must have expected the benefit either here or here after. Here in this life what did they get? Labor, privations, sufferings, persecution and finally violent death. Men do not uphold a lie at such a cost. Heherafter, what could they expect from the just God of heaven whom they preached, if they were !iars to the world about Him, and substituted a man in His place? Brethren, there are no ra tional motives to assign for a deception prac ticed by the disciples of Christ, and we must conclude that the knowledge and portrait of their Master which they pave to the world are the knowledge and portrait of Himself which He gave them. Thc-y could not have imag ined and invented Him, for the character of Jesus surpasses man's ideals and man's pow er of thought. The apostles might have im agined and portrayed a human character, Jewish rabbi or prophet, but they could not, especially four different writers working in dependently, have created the superhuman, the divine Christ. The inventor of Jesus, said the infidel Rousseau, would be more wonderful than the invented Jesus. Measure Him by His shadow: I mean by the work left after Him. That work Is under your eyes. Before Him what was the world; after Him what is it? At Bethlehem the old and the new, the pagan and Christian worlds meet, and there in that crib, in that ba.be, you must look for the cause of the change that has come between the old and the new, the pagan and the Christian worlds. From the birth of this babe dates the Christian era. If Christ is God. I understand the change that has taken place. If He is not God, as He J claimed to be. if He has lied or has been duped, if His lie or illusion have regenerated the world, then I am dazed, and must con- j elude that there is no certitude, truth justice, j order, no cause and effect, no reality what ever, but that all is a vain dream and black est darkness. "There is no God," said Na poleon in the calm moments of his exile at St. Helena, if a man has been able to conceive and to execute with complete success the gi gantic scheme that Christianity is: that Is to say. of substituting himself In God's place, as well as In assuming His name. The true ex planation is given by St. John: "In the be ginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. and the Word was God; and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." The ; Word made flesh is the Babe of Bethlehem. ! The birth of that babe is the coming of God ! in human form into his own world. I have said that when God came in human . form into the world He made. But He was ! in the world before that in another form, j for St. Paul speaks of Jesus Christ In the epistle I have read to you as "the first born • of every creature, In whom dwells the full- | ness of all things, by whom all things are 1 reconciled, the appointed heir of ages." Be fore Christ was born He was in the world, as the central figure, the motive power, the historical key of all the centuries before His birth. He was in paradise with Adam. He was the promise made by God to our repent ant first parents: He was the expected hope of fallen humanity. He was the victim of j sacrifice prefigured by Abel's lambs and Cain's fruits. He was the most precious freight that the ark bore through the waters of the flood. He was the one great tradition that the sons of Noah carried with them in their dispersion throughout the earth. He was symbolized by the bread and wine offering of Melehtsedeeh. He was with the patriarchs in their expecta tions, their wanderings and their sacrifices He was in the prophesies, the laws, the re ligion, the ceremonies, the whole chequered existence of the Hebrew people which have no nifaning without Him, who was destined and called into being to preserve through the ages and carry to all peoples through war and captivity and commerce the news of His com ing, to the fulfillment of that great event that nation is a portentous witness these nineteen hundred years. Alas, when in the fullness of time, the promised Redeemer, the desired of nations, came in human form into His own world. His own received Him not; that is to say, many refused to see In Him the Word that was God. And now, nineteen hundred years after the event. His own receive Him not, that is to say, many refuse to Bee In Him, as Babe of Bethlehem, as Man of Calvary, refuse to see in Him the word that was God. Many, but not all. Unbelief cannot drive Him out of His world. Civilization is Christian . still, Christ lives in this nineteenth century. He towers above all other concerns that busy the mind of man. The sciences, at first untamed and rebellious, are yoking to His triumphal car. Literature still finds in Him its chief topic, art its noblest figure and poetry the true light of the world. He is gone from the world nineteen hundred years, but His cradle and grave are sentineled by undying love. He is the dream of Infancy, the force o! youth, the stay of manhood, the comfort of old age. His image, as babe and crucified, ia ever before the eyes of His worshippers, displayed in the streets of the city, on the top of the best monuments of human genius, in the byways nf the land; it is worn next the heart in life, held before the fading eyes, pressed to the quivering lips in death. He Is no vague abstraction, no speculative theory; He is the living Christ, dwelling among us, who firee the soul, nerves the will and captivates the heart of poor struggling humanity. The earth has been swept since the birth of the Babe of Bethlehem by many revolu tions, social and religious, but the love of Him survives. PhoUus could seduce the Greeli world from the one true fold, but he has not driven Christ from the hearts and homes of the people of the East. Henry VIII. has torn from Rome the great English nation, but In the traditions, the literature and the life o! England the love of Christ holds sway. Luther has poisoned the Teutonic races with false teachings, but the Babe of Bethlehem still finds a cradle in the heart of Germany. There is error, there is division; but error of the head not of the heart,', division in creeds not in love. Jesua reigns the beloved of the civilized world, and this is our hope of Its return to Catholic tr.uth, and this is the germ of Its eternal salvation. The services were iri charge of Rev. Dr. Schaeffer, who was the master of ceremonies. At the conclusion of mass, Arch bishop Ireland spoke a few words of welcome to Mgr. Martfnelli. k : ~ MASONS' SOCIAIi SESSION. Damascns and Paladin Command erles Join in Exercise*. Damascus Commandery No. 1 and Paladin Commandery* No. 21, of the Knights Templars, held their annual Christmas exercises yesterday morning in Masonic Temple. A similar service was held by the order all over the world at the same hour. The occasion is of a purely social one, in keeping with the cheer of Christmas time. The meeting was presided over by Com mander William H. Crary, and the sub ject of the first toast was "To our eminent grand master, W. La Rue Thomas; a faithful leader may his days be long, and may the blessings of our Lord and Master follow him all the days of his life,'" which was happily responded to by Commander E. P. Sanborn. Judge O. M. Metcalf re sponded to the next toast, "The Grand Commander of the State of Minnesota and the National Encampment in the United States." The toast "The Grand Encampment of the State of Minnesota and its Grand Officers," was given by Sir Knight C. H. Whipple. The next toast was responded to by Chas. J. Berryhill on "The Stars and Stripes." Sir " Knight S. G. Iverson, of Damascus commandery, gave the next toast to the "Damascus Commandery." Sir Knight A. Allen responded to the closing toast, "Pioneer Days cf Mason ery in Minnesota." Commander Crary then read a number of congratulatory telegrams from different parts of the state. One from Past Eminent Com mander M. N. Glasser, of Duluth Com mandery No. 16, and another from the present commander of the Duluth lodge, W. E. Richardson. The tele grams were responded to. After the formal toasts the members enjoyed a social session and adjourned to their homes. NOT VERY OFTEN. That Christmas Spoils the Saturday Half-Holiday. When Christmas comes on Saturday it makes a great many people feel as though It was depriving them of a holiday, as they | would have Sunday anyway for a rest after pay day. But there Is one thing that is con solatory to the complainants, and that is, that the recurrence of Saturday Christmases Is infrequent, the last having been Dec. 25, 1886, to wit, eleven years ago. Some Idea of the transition which St. Paul and the world have gone through In that period may be obtained by casual reference to the current news topics of that last Sat urday Christmas. ABROAD. Lord Randolph Churchill had Just resigned Great Britain's chancellorship. Germany waß suffering from a snow block side. NATIONALLY. Senator John A. Logan was dying at Wash ington. Pinkerton's men were rejoicing over the capture of Jim Cummlngs for the big express robbery on the St. Louis & San Francisco rop.d. Southern railroad employes were on a big strike. South Dakotans were trying to remove the capital from Bismarck. MORE OR LESS LOCALLY. Knute Nelson was looming up as a possi ble candidate for Senator Davis' shoes. In Minneapolis Albert Schock broke the world's six-day bicycle record, making 1,40.i miles In 142 hours on ibe old high wheel. The Christmas celebrant at the cathedral was plain Father Shanley, now bishop of North Dakota. The Olympic was running full blast and Ed Hilton was the manager. Minneapolis people were mourning the fail ure of Valentine G. Hush's bank. Doc Ames was mayor there. Gov. -elect McGill was standing off appli cants for state plums. The Globe had a pink Christmas number, an interesting feature was St. Paul as it would look in 1919.- A social squib said: "Edward Darragh. student of Notre Dame, Ind., will spend Christmas at home " THESE ADVERTISERS HAVE GONE. Bushnell & Bushnell, real estate, Fifth and Robert. Monfort & Co., grocers, 5 East Third street. Sackett & Wiggins, dime museum. Gettysburg panorama. Dickinson's Glass block. C. Jevne & Co., grocers. 95 East Third. Joseph McKey & Co., Third and Robert. Egbert G. Handyv Hotel' Ryan. BicJtel & Hughson, Germania bank. Oliver Baker, carpets, 417 Wabasha. To a casual observer, it might appear that with the elimination of 1900 from the leap year list, another Saturday Christ mas might be expected within the cycle of seven years, but singularly enough, the sev enth year is Just remote enough to throw out the Saturday Christmas of 1904 and bring that on Sunday, so that the next time Christ mas will be on Saturday will be in 1909. > . - IN THE FIRE STATIONS. Christina* Wiu a Day Without Vex iitlous Incidents. Yesterday was a quiet day for the members of the fire department, and each was permitted the pleasure of an undisturbed Christmas dinner at home. There were but three alarms during the day and these caused but slight blazes, so that when the time arrived for the members of the different companies to go home for a short period of holiday enjoyment with their families there were no impediments in the way. Chief Jackson had arranged so that all of the boys could have an additional hour's time at meals yesterday, and in this way the fire laddies tasted a little more of the genuine Christmas enjoyment. Of course all were on duty, but the quiet nature of the day and the extra time allowed at home served to pro duce a general feeling of satisfaction throughout the department, and all of the boys reported a merry Christmas indeed. As most of the firemen are men of family, there were no festivities at the different engine houses, though some of the members were recipients of presents and remembrances at their headquarters. AHERN IS ARRESTED. Ex-Pollccmnn Is Chanted With Stealing; Aronin's Globe. John M. Ahem, the policeman who was discharged by 'Mayor Doran a week ago for appropriating copies of tho Gl o b c containing coupons for the school girls' voting contest, was ar rested yesterday up<>n the charge of larceny preferred by the Globe man agement. The charge grows out of Ahern's course; in securing the voting coupons, and he , is charged with steal ing a paper belonging to O. H. Arosin Dec. 11. Ahern,.wa3 .arraigned in the municipal court' and the case set for a hearing Monday, In cold weather : fekWe need heat. *r- The blood must be Warm, ri£h and pure. Hood's Sarsaparilla Keeps the blood t In perfect order, Sending it, in a Nourishing stream, To every organ. T{IATOItD,OLD STORY ARCHDEACON APPLEBY REPEATS IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH WHAT WAS FIRST HEARD ON PLAINS OF BETHLEHEM, WHEN THE HEAVENLY HOSTS AN NOUNCED THE BIRTH OF THE SAVIOR. I DAY'S SERMON APPROPRIATE. An Occasion Dear to All Professing to Be Christians, Irrespective of Creeds. The Christmas services at St. Paul's Episcopal church yesterday were beau tiful and appropriate. The boys's vest ed choir gave an excellent programme, and there was a large audience present. The following was the order of the Christmas services: Processional Hymn 51— "Hark! the Her ald Angels Sing" Mendelssohn Anthem— "And He Shall Reign" Simper Kyrie fn C P. lliif Gloria in C F. Iliflf Credo In C K. lliff Hymn 56— "Christians AwaJce" Wainwright Address by the rector. Gloria In G Smart Solo Selected Anthem— "Thus Sreaketh the Lord of Hosts" Staincr Doxology— "Old Hundred." . _ Sursum Corda in C P. Iliff Sanctus in C F. lliff Benedictus in C F. Ilift Agnes Dei in C F. lliff Gloria in Excelsis in C V. Ilift Xunc Dimlttis 102 In E flat Grrgorian Recessional Hymn 60 — "Angels From the Realm of Glory" Smart Yen. T. H. M. Villiers Appelby, arch deacon of Mineapolis, delivered the sermon, takink his text from Luke Hi., 10, 11, 13 and 14. He said in part: The great and glorious news of the angel and the exquisitely beautiful and inspiring song of the heavenly,* hos:s was first an nounced and sung upon the plains of Bethle hem to the lonely shepherds on Christmas morning nearly 1.9C0 years ago. The same story is repeated and the same song sung year after year, and is handed down from generation to generation, transmitted from continent to continent, and from island to island, and from sea to sea, till now on this hallowed day the good news thrills in num berless hearts in every land. The whole earth is fast hearing the glad tidings of the bir;b of the Savior. The Christian traveler who finds himstlf on this day of days in the midst of idolatry in heathen lands recalls with joy that it Is Christmas day; he pictures himself at the home of his childhood, a father's, a mother's love, the happy family gathering the hearty greeting, "A Merry Christmas tr you and many of them:" the gathering in the house of God to offer their tributes of pratee and thanksgiving to the new-born Savior, and to kneel together at HI altar and partake and make their own the reality of their union with H'm, and to commemorate His marvel ous love In coating and taking upon Him our nature in order to sanctify and save us. Whatever else the Christian may forger which pertains to his faith, he cannot the day on which to him was born a Savior. It is connected In his mind with too many de lightful and tender associations. From his very infancy this great event has been Im printed upon his heart by gentle words, by picture, by carols and by Inspiring services and anthems of the holy church. I am sure I wish you all a happy and merry Christmas in the holiest and highest sense of the Ealu tation, for we are all one household and the household of faith. May Christmas day be rich to you and may the voice of joy" and gladness be in all your homes for His dear Son's sake, who was on this day born for us in our nature, that we might become partakers of that divine nature. Our dear Lqrd's birthday 1900 years ago, how obscure, and now how world-wide. The lesson of the day, remember, is one of love, of glory and of peace. On that day of days, that one day In the Christian year, the blessed influence of the mother church who always kept the feast of the nativity before the eyes of the peo ple. All who profess and call themselves Christians, whatsoever differences of creed they may have, rejoice and all are willing 1o accept as true the good news declared by the angel, "Behold. I bring you good tidings of glad joy." The incarnation, means the veil ing of the Deity in human flesh, the joining together in one person of Jesus the Divine and human nature never more to be divided, and therefore the songs of the angels in heaven always bring glad joy on this Christ mas day. This wonderful being, this God man, this Savior, Is Christ the Lord, be longs to afl mankind. He is the great gift of God to the whole human family. "Unto us mankind, a Child is born, unto us a Son Is given," so that there is not an individual of the race of Adam who has ever lived or shall live who may not say with perfect truth, tlje Savior, Christ the Lord, was born, lived and died for me. Every prophecy, every type, every prediction was fulnllid In Him, and in no other before or since, and angels, archan gels and the Holy Father in Heaven testify to His divinity. Jesus, whose nativity we celebrate on this Christinas day, was the first pure babe born into this world. Wlku Adam came forth from the hand of the Creator he was perfectly pure, holy, harmless and undeflled. But he was created a full-grown man. and, more over, he was the head and root of all man kind. The whole human race existed in Adajn; the responsibility of the whole human race rested upon him. When he fell by dis obedience all fell with him. and the conse quences wore that death physical and posi tive must pa&s upon all because of the physi cal deterioration of our bodies, as well ai death spiritual and eternal. As by man came death both physical and spiritual, so by man must come the resurrection. As by man mts guidtd In his judgment, led astray by his affections, disobedient to the will of his God, came the fall, so also by man the rendering perfect obedience to the law which he had violated, and bearing the penalty of Its vio lation, must come man's recovery and re union with God. But observe, when we say that all must come by man, we do not mean by any individual man of the eons of Adam, that Christ was merply the best and holiest of men apart from His divinity, as the Uni tarians assert. We never read In sacred Scriptures that Christ was only a man. Wherever His human nature is alluded to it i 6 Epoken of as the Man or the Son of Man, as if the title belonged to Him, as In truth it does, by eminence and a sense in which it belongs to no ofher. The simple truth Is that the Son of Gcd. the second person in the mysterious Trinity, one equal with the Kath pr, who was in the beginning before all things with God, and yet this very God took upon Him, or unto Him, the human nature, and was therefore made man. but He did not for one moment lay aside His dlrine personality, for had He chose this He would have erased to have been God, but He was God even as He lay on Christmas day In the manger of Bethlehem. He is, therefore, the new head of our nature and race, and was born to be the Savior of all men, If they would but come unto Him that they might have life. Our new birth in the Holy Baptism Is by the Holy Spirit, and nothing less than our Savior coming to dwell In each of us. He took upon Himself cur humanity when He humbled Himself to be born of the pure Vir gin Mary. He also communicates to all who come In faith and penitence to the holy f-ucharlst, that the supernatural grace Him self, that divine feed which Is needed for the maintenance of your union with Him and for building up and perfecting us in Hla divine linage and likeness. Thus it Is by faith bringing us to the, divinely appointed means of grace that God is bern In us. while by repeated acts of faith on our part He con tinues to dwell in us and we in Him. Draw near Him at all times in that holy teast. and you shall receive health, strength and re freshment for your never-dying souls, and the seeds of eternal life shall be imparted to your body, so it will be raised in the resur rection to eternal life, and even now as we stand for a few minutes by the manger of Bethlehem behold the divine infant just like any other child to all human appearance. He has veiled His glorious God-head for our poor humanity, yet in that child is the wisest teacher the world has ever seen. Its Bene factor, Creator, Redeemer, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. These little bariaa shall one day touch the loathsome leper, and he shall be immediately cleansed, healed; the blind shall see. and His feet shall walk on troubled waters and they will bet-aim. His voice, then so feeble, shall command the mighty winds and the roaring waves, and they shall obey Him. He shall summon the very dead to life, and His voice at last shall be as the sound of many watere, and on His head shall be placed many crowns, as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Remember Christ's poor. His hospitals, His Institutions, and those who have borne the burden in the heat cf the day, the aged and infirm clergy of this diocese, who in their day have borne themselves nobly in His cause In the battle against sin, the world, the flesh and the devil. Finally let us, my dear brethren, Join the heavenly choir, and with angels and arch angels, and with all the company of heaven, laud and magnify Jesus' glorious name, ever more praising and saying. Holy, Holy, Holy. Lord God »t Hosts— Heaven and earth are full FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS R (Christmas Greeting To all our many friends and patrons. E. ALBREGHT & SOfSI, 20 East Seventh Street. FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS FURS of Thy Glory, and glory be to Thee God Most High. Amen. DR. 11l ill) MARRIES. Was I'nited iii .Wisconsin to Miss Lizzie OsiTeld. A private telegram from Doseobell. Wis., yesterday contained the information that Dr. W. J. Hurd and .Miss Lizzie Osweld were married at that place yesterday by the Rev. Mr. Mutchman. 810 STATE CONVENTION When Farmers' Alliance Delejiafes 3leet Here Jan. <;. The second state convention of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union of Minnesota will convene Jan. 6 and T in th^ hall of the house of repies^ntativt s. Hon. L. C. Long, of Magnolia. Minn., the president of the organization, will preside. This organiza tion is a purely agricultural society, and none but those who are farmers or engaged in agri cultural pursuits are eligible to membership. It is perhaps the largest soclt ty of this char acter !n the world. Its mtinbership in the ! United States amounts to about three and I one-half million. In Minnesota there are about 1,500 sub alliances with a membership of abcut 49,000. , A very large and representative delegation v.'ill be present. Reduced rates of one and one-third for round trip t'ekets have be^n secured from the ra'lroads. and reduced hotel rates will be a further Inducement to attracc large crowds to this midwinter gathering. Among the prominent m< n who will speak or read papers are. the following: President L. C. Long, of Magnolia; State Lecturer H. V. Poore. Eird Island: State Secretary J. C. I Haniey. St. Paul; State Treasurer H. H. ! Swain, North.'ield; Bishop M. N. Gilbert, St. 1 Paul; Gov. D. M. Hough. St. Paul; Mayor j F. B. Doran, St Paul; Hon Ignatius Don i nelly. Nininger; Hon. W. W. Erwin. St. Paul; i Hen. J. I. Vermilyea. Dover; Hon. Mann I Page or Brandon. Va... the national presi- I dent of the F. A. md I. I.; Cot. W. P. i Bricker, Cogan Station, Pa., national ccc i rKary of the F. A. and I. V.; Hon. P. H. ! Rahllly, Lake City; Hon. H. L. Loueks, Al- I truria S. I)., ex-president National F. A. and I I. U. of America; Hon. C. H. Hopkins, Falr | fax, Minn; Louis Nash and J. R. Stelncr. of I St. ' Paul, and Prof. Thomas Shaw and Prof. j T. H. Haecker, of the Minnesota Agricul i tural college. The Commercial club has taken up the mat ter of entertaining the delegates, and haa ar ranged to tender an informal reception on the evening of Jan. 6, when an interesting mu sical and literary programme will be fur nished. J. C. Hanley. the state secretary, • has the detail of ' the convention, and has practically even-thing complete to render this a most Interesting convention. WENT TO COLLEGE TOGETHER. Dr. Rooker and Conde llatnlln Grnd u:--»«->« of I'nlon. Dr. Rooker, the secretary of Mgr. Marti nelli, now visiting Archbishop Ireland, is a Union college man of the class of 'M. Conde Hamlin graduated from the same Institution in '83 It was a little bit of unexpected pleas ure for Dr. Rooker to receive a call shortly after his arrival in St. Paul from a man who, though not a classmate, was still a friend of his while attending college. Dr. Rooker and Mr Hamlin had not met since their college days. The doctor is the son of Myron Rooker. I the editor of one of the New York state pa pers. POPLLIST CONFERENCE. A Large Attendance Expected at the Meeting. The committee which has charge of the state Populist conference, which takes place Jan. 4 and 5, at Market hail, exptctß that the gathering will be very large and the meeting sine. Bsful. Already responses are pouring In from those who express their determination to attend. All letters, with few excep tions, are In favor of an antt-fiyion Btate organization being effected. Ar rangements have been made to provld the seating of the country delegates first, and after that the delegates from the Twin Cities will be admitted. DR. SMITH'S SERMON. Discussed "Are We Ready for an Advent {" People's church was w^ll filled yesterday morning to participate in the ChristmßS ser vicr-s. Tte decorations of palms and ever greens were effective. The choir rendered a number of Christmas nnthemf of a high standard. Rev. S. G. Smith delivered a Christmas sermon upon the theme, "Arc Wo Ready for an Advent? " Santa Claim at* the Grand. Manager Thco L. Hays, of the Grand, was the recipient last night of a handsome pa, rcf diamond sleeve buttons presented to him Dy the employes of the theater and his business associates "as a token of esteem and a dem onstration of his popularity. Treasurer Frank Rutledge waa presentoi with a solitaire diamond stud, anl Junes Stroud, the chief usher, received a cano and silk umbrella set. Manager Hays remembered the boys each with a handsome Bilk neckscarf. Blfhon O'Gorman Will Treacli. Rt. Rev. Thomas O'Gorrr>un, the bifhop of Sioux Falls, will preach tho nf-rmon in St. Mary's at the high mas 3 this morning. Sister a-nd Brother Skated. An Interesting feature of the Christmas celebration at Como was an exhibition of trick ard fancy skating by Fanny David son of this city, and her brother. John I- . the Canadian champion. A large company of , spectators looked on. Burglar* Raided It. W A Lyon, of 590 Olive street, reported to the polico yesterday that his residence had been entered by burglars during the absence of the family. A small ram of money was taken, but valuable silverware was left unmolested. LOCAL NEWS NOTES. The Sacred Thirst Total Abstinence so ciety will meet this afternoon at Cretin hall at 9 30 o'cloc-k. Nomination of officers for the "ensuing year will take place at this mooting. The Sons of Veterans will give a military ball Thursday evening. * STILLWATER NEWS. William Stack, a son of Michael Stack, one of Stillwater's well-known lumbermen, du-d early yesterday morning at the family resi dence. He was twenty-two years of age and was a popular young man. He had been 111 for some time, but no one anticipated a fatal termination of his illness until a few days prior to his death. The funeral will proba bly be held from St. Michaels church to morrow mornine. The Stlllwater Gun club held a tournament on Lake St. Croix yesterday, and the beau tiful weather attracted a large number of sportsmen and others anxious to witness the fun. A number of excellent scores were made. , Mrs John G. Nelson expects to visit her daughter, Mrs. Schuyler Colfax, In South Bend Ind., after the holidays. Miss Olivia Nelson has returned from the East where she is attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Connors, of Chlppewa. Falls, Wis., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. David Con nors. The ladies of the Eastern Star will give their second dancing party of the season ! n Masonic hall next Friday evening. Harry Wolfer was pleasantly surprised by a number of his friends at tho 'liome of bis parents Tuesday evening. Dancing and cards furnished *ccellent enjoyment for all. Frank Bancroft, of Chicago, is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Bancroft Mr. and Mrs. George Prince, of St. Paul, spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Rob ertson. D. J. Sullivan, who has spent several months in Indiana, Is at home for the holi days. Al Lamers has returned from a trip to the northern part of Uie state. PERTINENT OR THE OTHER. There was a vision of twinkling feet, neat ly encasol In trim-fitting No. 43. a generous display of dell. :;te hued hosiery and dainty lingerie, n. subdued feminine shriek— and a Oemore young maiden waa stated en the trtccnerous sidewalk in a posture which out d Arvilled Lucy d'Arvtlle. It happened kite yesterday afternoon in front of the postofflce, ar.d the young lady'a mishap was witnessed by the usuil gather ing which loiters In that vicinity, Some of the rude men laughed and there was even a smile on the face of the one who hastened to her resistance, but his help was not desired for lightly springing to her feet, she cast an in dignant glance at the unsympathetic specta tors—a glance so warm that »; melted the snow for half a block around— and in uo un certain tones demanded: "What are you d fools laughing at?" The shuck sustained by her was nothing in comparison i>> the earthquake caused by that little adjective coming from one appar ently so modes! and refined. The deep sileneo tl;at followed could almost be felt Then *'•■•• ers. The cement and stone v.-alks yesterday were HUe glassy ice. as many an unwary person discovered. The wicked may stand on hi>;h and slippery placM, but the rest of mankind didn't; they fell. A portly business man was walking along un hcedingly and without warning, his 240 pouuds of adtpose ti«su<- came in sudden contact with the earth with a shock which jarred the sur rounding buildings, A dappt r young man, whose thoughts were probably' upon tho pleasing fact that another week was drawing to a clcse and aimthrr pay day was at hand, assumed a recumbent posture" with startling agility, if not grace. An elderly lady re tnrnlng home from an afternoon's shopping came to grief, while htr bundles scattered all over the walk. The only ones who positively enjoyed tho glary walks were the small boys; to" Young America they were just so many skating rinks or "slides." One of the fort most members of SUUwater lodge of Elks is Deputy Warden Lemon, of the state prison. Recently the ledge "brought off" a minstrel show In the opera house, and one of the "gags" went like this: bones— Do you cv. r read the St. Paul Globe, Mr. ? Interlocutor— Yes. sir. I read It every morn ing. It Is a good newspaper, and 1 find much In it that intfrests me. Bones— Did >ou know they waa goln' to change the name of I hat paper? Interlocutor— No, I had not. Bones— M—m (with an affirmative shake of the head). Interlocutor— lndeed. What will they call ht then? Bones— The Lemon-Squeezer. It was the hit of the show. SOUTHERN~WRECK. Veatlbulc Limited nnd a Freight Trnin In i olllftlon. CHATTAXOOOA, Term.. Dec. 25.— Vestibule Passenger Train No. 6, on the Norfolk & Western railroad, which left Bristol, Term., last night at 9M, came In collision with a freight at Clark's Summit at 1:30. The engines of both trains were badly wrecked, an were a number of freight cars and the baggage and postal cars of the pas senger train. It. H. Ashmore, express messenger, waa badly injured about the head and chest, and it is thought he will die. Postal Clerk Hoffman was instantly killed, his body being ground to pieces and thrown under the second-class coach. V.< mai 11s had both his legs cut off and otherwise horribly cut and bru I. and was thought to be dying from trie effects of his Injuries. Knxineer M, - Carty was severely cut about tht- bead and neck, and suffered a numli contusions on bis body, and i.s thought to be internally Injured. He \\iil di>\ The wreck was occasioned by the en gineer of the fri 'f.ht train mistaking his orders. None "f th p .--■ ngera were hurt, all escaping with a s shock. TWO ENVOYS^ HANGED. Rebels] (arrilnu Out tin- Order of (.< ii. Gomes. HAVANA, Ufo. 25.— La Lucha prints a document claimed to havt- been ;iu | tborlzed by United States Consul Gen- J era] Lee saying that Col. Ruiz was [ executed because he proposed peace In contravention to ;i decree Issued by Gen. Gomez. Reports from Pin ir (M Rio to the authorities here say th i commissioners who were sent t" post- i><-;u i autonomy to th^ ti gents in that province ha\ ■•• been hanged In conformity with th>- d of Gen. Gomiz. o FATAL FBSTTVITIBS. Numerous Deaths Reported About New York <.'lirlntmn« Tr»-«-w. NEW YOU I-, Dec. 26.— Deaths around I the Christmas tree have been a feature of the day. Three have been n ported. | William Gottzyer nnd Mrs. John Rice, : both of this city, dropped dead la.st i night while trimming Christinas treea i foi the children. The six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Field, of Xi y- I port, N. J., pulltd a lighted tr» vet ] on himself tonight and was bun • •! to | death. LEO'S i:\<Y( i.i( Al,. Toronto Globe Su.vm It Does y-.-J A2~ ter the Situation. TORONTO, Dec. 26. — R< ferring <-<!! torially, the pope's encyclical on :ho Manitoba school question, made public :in Rome yesterday, the Globe i ■ "Them is no room for the supposition that tho paper is issued without full knowledge of th" f;u.-ts. So far as fed eral action Is concerned, th>: niat^m i.s settled and cannot be unsettled 1-i- »#»y ecclesiastical decree- The situatWfl is \ not in the slightest degree altered by the encyclical, and the pi I fed eral legislation is as remote as cv I.:irn<- Display of Present*. Pee Adam Fetsch's large stock of smokers' present?. The germs of consump tion are everywhere. There is no way but lo fight them. If there is a history of weak lungs in the family, this fight must be constant and vigorous. You must strike the dis ease, or it will strike you. At the very first sign of ; failing health take Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites. It gives the body power to I resist the germs of consump tion. 50c. and $!.00, »n druggist*. SCOTT & BOVNt, Chemists. iNew York. 3 FURS FURS FURS