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THE FIRST CHRISTMAS I
Ami there were in the sa no country shepherds alpding
in the field, keeping watch over their Lock by nightl
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon then! and
ihe elorv e Lord shot >und about them: amlthey
were sore afraid. I
And the angi > them, fear not; bewld, Ij
bring vou good tidings ol at joy, which shall belo all
people. I .
For unt s day in the city of Dadd a
Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. I
And his shall be a sigi unto you. Vo shall fill I the
babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a man®r.
And suddenly there was with the angel a mulitudo
of heavenly host praising God, and saying, I
Glory to God in the hig est, and on earth peace! good
will toward men. I
And it ngels v :r ■ gon«awa\
from the pherds said one to anther
Let us n »v o nto B . and see thiathinc
which is come to pass, v the Lo 1 hath made mown
unto us. I
And they came wit h haste, and found Mary, anl Jose
ph. and the babe lying in a manger. I
Ami when they h. < • it. they made known Abroad
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the saying which was told theta concerning the child.
And all they that heard it wondered at thoselhings
which were told them by the shepherds. f
But Mary kept ail these things,.and ponderel the'
in her heart. I
And the shepherds • « t noth glorifying and liaisin'
God for all the things that r ey had heard and setl, as it
was told unto them. I
St. Luke ii: 8-20J
CHRISTMAS IS < HILDREN’S DAY I
The message of Ch is love. Its emblemls rad:
ant, thankful . contented c ildhoodi Without lole and
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without children there could be no real Christmas. The
form might survive but the substance would be lacking.
Unhappy must be the adult who cannot make himseu
a child again m spirit at the Yuletide. For Christmas is tin
universal children’s day. Men and women are superfluou.
except as they make tnemselves partners with those whom
the dav glorifies.
Let us, then, lay aside the affection and arrogant**
of manhood and womanhood and he children again. Let u->
adopt their point of view and put ourselves in their place.
in me places of these sons and daughters of our neighbors.
It was only a year or two ago, as it seems, when we hung
our well-worn stockings in a row along the.mantel shell,
while our fathers and mothers looked on with unfeigne*
pleasure at the innocent confidence we showed in what the
morrow would bring forth.
Even as you and 1. It all comes back in a flood of mem
ories. Life was simpler then. Our desires were less preten
tious than those our children voice now. Modest remem
brances they were that bulged toe and heel of the socking
mother knit.
Life and its circumstances change, but the essenc*
of Christmas never. The same happy childhood, the sank
restlessness, the same snail-like creeping of time as tin.
loliday approaches. The same parenthood, too— the sanu
loving consideration of what this or that child most desire,
aid how far the family purse can properly he stretched t*
lermit some further purchase.
Every home is assured a Christmas if it lias a great
warm heart pulsating in tune with the hopes and joys o!
•hildhood.— Exchange.
FIRST CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCE
The first Christmas celebrated inside a house on the
American continent was on December 25, 1618. Our Puri
tan ancestors finished their first house at Plymouth, Mass.
,laving spent more than a month in wandering about in
.earch of a place of settlement. The company was divided
into 19 families, and to each person was assigned a lot foi
house and garden. It was not a very cheerful Christmas
for the Puritans. All of them could not be accommodated
inside the house, so that some of them were left out in the
coid, but the religious features of the day were not forgot
ten, and it may be said that the Babe of Bethlehem was
prayed to and sung to in a most fervent manner.
TRUTHFUL, BUT UNPOPULAR
A truthful man is one who savs on Christmas morn
ing as he views his gifts: “Just what 1 didn’t want,” but
he”ll never be popular.
GIVE— SERVICE
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Throughout this Christmastide and Coming Year
may we constantly give that greatest gift of love— Service
— to the cause of right and justice, to our fellow man and
to our Country. Thus giving we shall merit that joy which
comes only to those of whom Christ said: “Well done.”
HIS GUESS.
' Who was it said ‘to him that hath shall be given?”
“ I don’t remember, but I presume it was some fellow
who had eight or nine necktie holders and had just receiv
ed four more for Christmas.”
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“ Good will among men is a prime necessity of reason
a’.'? living.” —Arnold Bennett.
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