Show cifa ION R 01 ail ani I 1 ik al M HERE is more wealth in the world thin than ever before and con FAA VY editions for most of us are arc easier there are large numbers of fr D rf 5 men and women living in this greatly blessed land who can well remember christmas times when there ws devout thank thanksgiving s for enough to keep the wolf from the door Is the world growing better the answer is to be dowid in our own hearts and in the manner in which we have treated our fellow men 1 we have no claim on happiness on prosperity on comfort except as we earn it by well doing however proud we may feel of if our achievements it is for us iii to reflect that au all blessings are merely granted to us and rot not cre tt cd by us possibly they are only loaned to us our reward here or hr reaker er depending upon the way we have used them the daylight the sunshine the rne beauties of nature the pleasures of tile the seasons the colfo comforting aing 0 rains the dic crops and practically everything 0 else that contributes to our welfare come as gifts from Z nature under the dt dispensation i of an authority we may not question ard U I 1 1 can but imperfectly conceive there W was u one however I 1 however ow ever who greatly cleared that conception concepti oi and held up a light to guide us on the die way vay under the constantly extending influence of I 1 vis lis f example and teaching it is b not possible an e christmas delightfully excites ones imagination b and films ones kenderest ten derest I 1 4 em emotions otias on this day we seem to see ke father time with a face less pim p im and leaning less icsis heavily on his scythe the merry laughter laught cr of children extends out our faith and recreates our spirit love peace good will crowd out hate su suspicion sni cion strife A and gloom so bring forth the yule log or whatever serves as asa a substitute for it hang die holly and the evergreen and lest romance suffer from want of fostering liang hang also the mistletoe that sprig which ames times innumerable 4 has worked magic in m backward affairs of the heart our wish is that the die day may be a completely happy one for all THE publishers cortright elk H MP aca Y foar 1 ea fc A aft |