Show AUNT BETSY Dear Aunt Betsy who is about 76 years young still sUn brims with enthusiasm enthusiasm enthus enthus- and takes a girls girl's interest in life She is a good friend an Ideal neighbor and a loving companion whose gentle bentle and and unobtrusive counsel coun coun- sel el always comes at a time timo when it is acceptable The following poem reached us us us' toolate too late ate for publication in the Christmas issue but It has such a genuine ring of ot sincerity that we can cannot ot refrain from Cram complimenting Aunt Betsy by bythe bytho ho tho publication of at it A CHRIST CHRISTMAS tAS STORY Every Christian loves Christmas time Whether its it's stormy rain or shine The Tho spirit of Christmas has come again ln Peace on Earth Good Will t to Men len They say Its It's the day Christ came camo to 1 earth Pure and sweet of lowly birth He rose above tho the great and wise And hy hypocrite he did despise Jesus was born in m Bethlehem In the days of H Herod the King There came ame wise men from the EasTo East To ro worship at Jerusalem King Herod inquired At what wha time the new star appeared And AntI Said Go diligently search for him And where found bring me mo word again And Lo La the star did guide them there e Where i the young child lay by his other ether so fair They Ther presented their gifts gifta of at gold and myrrh And Aud frankincense according to their treasure An And when whon the they departed Lo o an and d r behold JoS Joseph p j ln in a d dream vi-f-v vi saw a i t the angelot of the Lord 4 Saying Arise and take tako the Ch chit and mother fairAnd fair fall MAnd M And flee 1 into I Ej pt and d. be be thou thou there Until I bring the word again King Herod seeks the child to slay alay him They arose and departed f for r Egypt b by night night night- Mother and son did take roke their flight And was there until the death of at Herad Herod Her ad od tho the King Fulfilling the prophecy then out of Egypt I brought my on S When the Icing king was baffled he flew new ina In Ina Ina a rage And killed all the tho children of that ap ap ac Lamentations and mourning all over the land For the tho children killed by the kings command When Herod was dead true to his word Once Onca more appeared the angel of the Lord Saying Saing Ariso and take the Child and mother And Anil go to the he land of oP Israel to dwell He was afraid to go though warned In a dream He dwelt in a city called Nazareth Nazereth hence a Nazarene Next he is la a man among men mon And requests to be baptised by John To To fulfill all rightness Tightness he suffered him To bo be Immersed in the river Jorden Joi The heavens opened from above And the spirit of God r in inthe inthe inthe the form of a dovo dove And a voice olce was heard saying This ThIB I is s my Beloved SonIn Son SOil Sonn In n whom I am nm well pleased Well doneHo done Ho He Is our pattern there thero Is lB no other The rhe and the life Uto our older Brother And to the Ule little children groat promise prom prom- Ise Iso Is given Suffer Little Children to come unto me for tor such Is tho the Kingdom of ot heaven And If you want to drink from the fount taunt Read Christs sermon on the mount Every Christian ChrIstinn be of good cheer and bless The poor and need needy In distress Tho The servants servant's not greater than the Master Taster our Lord Who Vho died on the cross for sins of the world Praise his name sing the glad refrain Peace on earth good will to menk men men k |