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in the galleries of Dresden. No 
other mother can ever be the object 
of such wonder and worship as 
Mary, but every other mother shares 
in her glory. Not Venus, not Min- 
erva, not Vesta, not any other vir- 
gin of classic worship, or any other 
woman in mythology was ever so 
exalted as Mary the mother of our 
Lord. 
But the Christ child has the 
highest halo of divine wonder and 
worship. Today we are again face 
to face with the most profound 
question in theology: ‘‘Whenee did 
he come?’’ It is the supreme ques- 
tion of all human life. And the 
question is more seriously asked 
and we look for the answer further 
back and it goes deeper down into 
the profound constitution of things 
than ever before. This world hope 
in Jesus Christ, as in nothing and 
in no one else, is the mysterious 
moral motor of mankind today. If 
we study past ages we shall find 
none as good as this Christian era. 
When we are shocked and disheart- 
ened at the evils of today, all we 
have to do is to look at the greater 
evils we have passed through yes- 
terday. We are appalled at the 
world’s sin today, not because that 
sin is so great, but because our 
moral sense is developed and we 
care more than we did before. And 
the wisdom and goodness of man, 
inspired by Christ, shall in time find 
a way to conquer crime and vice 
and misery and all forms of inhu- 
manity and demonstrate this won- 
derful proposition of the great 
Teacher that good can overcome 
evil. 
‘© Glory to God in the highest ’” 
that put into a human soul, into the 
mind and heart of Jesus Christ, the 
power to produce the blessings of 
our day, even if it has taken twenty 
centuries to produce and takes 
twenty centuries more to complete! 
What gift shall we bring to the 
Christ today? This is not a festival 
to us, it is the Christ festival. It is 
his birthday we celebrate, and it is 
meet that we present Him a gift. Is 
it not still a new thought that Jesus 
actually wants a present from us? 
He has all the riches of heaven at 
his disposal but there is one thing 
he cannot have until we give it to 
Him. I can imagine a wealthy man 
surrounded by innumerable gifts 
still eraving one. And then I ean 
imagine his child coming to him 
with, let us say, a crude, homely 
little pen-wiper she herself has made 
for his polished mahogany desk. AS 
that father holds that child to his 
heart his measure is complete. The 
rich man could command many 
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The Cuming of Christ 
SUBJECT of REV. ALBERT G. WARNER’S CHRISTMAS 
SERMON at the BAPTIST CHURCH : 
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Rev. Albert Gardner Warner 
preached two eloquent Christmas 
sermons at the Baptist church last 
Sunday. The services in the morn- 
ing were marked by special music 
and in the evening the cantata, 
“The Birth of Christ,’’ was ren- 
dered under the direction of Organ~- 
ist Brown. The church auditorium 
was beautifully decorated appropri- 
ate to the season. 
Rev. Mr. Warner’s evening ser- 
mon: was’ ob °‘* The. Coming of 
Christ,’? his text being selected 
from 1 Timothy 1:15 —‘‘ This is a 
faithful saying and worthy of all 
acceptation, that Jesus Christ came 
into the world to save sinners; of 
whom I am chief.’’ He said in part: 
“The Christmas festival is at 
hand. We celebrate the birth of 
Jesus Christ. The history of more 
than nineteen centuries is insepara- 
bly associated with the name of 
Jesus. ‘His ‘name is : indelibly 
stamped upon our civilization and 
woven into our literature. It is be- 
cause our welfare is inseparably 
joined with the name, the life, the 
teachings, the deeds, and the per- 
sonality of Jesus, it is because in 
Jesus as in no other one, we find a 
revelation of God and a promise of 
salvation; because we discover 
Jesus to be not merely a Jew or a 
gvenius, nor a philanthropist, but a 
son of man who is also the Son of 
God in whom God shows Himself 
for our enlightenment, for our com- 
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fort and our emancipation, that His 
birthday has become the great glad 
day of all Christendom. | 
“Our deepest needs are spiritual. 
Love and, truth and righteousness 
have a value greater than any ma- 
terial possessions and until these 
are found an unrest possesses our 
soul. : 
“Jesus Christ meets the deepest 
needs of our spirit. In Him, our ery 
for God, our longing for peace, our 
capacity for hope find a response 
and supply not found in anyone 
else. ; 
“Jesus Christ is related to ‘all the 
various phases of our life. He is in 
touch with childhood and age, with 
manhood and womanhood, with the 
rich and the poor, with the ignorant 
and the wise, with the good and the 
bad. It was said of Him ‘His 
name shall be called Jesus for He 
shall save His people from their 
sins.’ His supreme relation to men 
is that of Saviour. ‘Faithful is the 
saying and worthy of all accepta- 
tion that Christ Jesus came into th 
world to save sinners.’ m3 
‘Men have speculated about Him 
and debated about Him, but they 
have not known Him until they 
have known Him as a Saviour from 
sin and unrest and despair. He 
showed truth in a character ‘of per- 
fect sweetness and symmetry and 
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costly gifts, but he could not com- 
mand his child’s unselfish love, this 
she alone could give. 
Jesus wants the gift of our hearts. 
Let us picture to ourselves one 
ereat Christmas tree extending 
from earth to heaven, and on it all 
the unselfish gifts we have be- 
stowed this day to one another. A 
Christmas tree indeed for the 
‘hrist child, but not complete, until 
it is illuminated by hearts aflame 
with sincerest love for Him. 
‘<Q blessed babe of Mary, 
We worship thee, our King, 
O deity incarnate 
To thee our praise we sing. 
Aecept our heart’s devotion, 
Receive our homage due, — 
Bestow on us thy blessing 
Create our hearts anew.’’ 
— 
The Vesper service at 5 o’clock 
proved a distinct feature of the 
Christmas services at the Congrega- 
tional church. This was held under 
the auspices of the Harmony Guild, 
and served to take the place of ‘the 
regular Sunday school concert. In 
fact, several numbers on the pro- 
gram were taken by the children of 
the Primary Sunday school. The 
chureh was very attractively deco- 
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