The following are closing paragraphs of a Christmas sermon by Charles Spurgeon on December 23rd, 1855. Prior to this, he argues that we should celebrate the incarnation of Christ (Christmas) 10-12 times per year, that more rest is good for us, would schedule for us more time with family and friends, and most exceptionally more time to reflect that Christ comes to rescue the sinner (and still does):
Sweet
Lord Jesus! thou whose goings forth were of old, even from everlasting, thou
hast not left thy goings forth yet. Oh! that thou wouldst go forth this day, to
cheer the faint, to help the weary, to bind up our wounds, to comfort our
distresses! Go forth, we beseech thee, to conquer sinners, to subdue hard
hearts-to break the iron gates of sinners’ lusts, and cut the iron bars of
their sirs in pieces! O Jesus! go forth; and when thou goest forth, come thou
to me! Am I a hardened sinner? Come thou to me; I want thee:
“Oh! let thy grace my heart subdue;
I would be led in triumph too;
A willing captive to my Lord,
To sing the honours of thyword.”
Poor
sinner! Christ has not left going forth yet. And when he goes forth, recollect,
he goes to Bethlehem. Have you a Bethlehem in your heart? Are you little? will
go forth to you yet. Go home and seek him by earnest prayer. If you have been
made to weep on account of sin, and think yourself too little to be noticed, go
home, little one! Jesus comes to little ones; his goings forth were of old, and
he is going forth now. He will come to your poor old house; he will come to
your poor wretched heart; he will come, though you are in poverty, and clothed
in rags, though you are destitute, tormented, and afflicted; he will come, for
his goings forth have been of old from everlasting. Trust him, trust him, trust
him; and he will go forth to abide in your heart forever.