Show CIillISTMAS This is the month and this tho happy morn Wherein the Son of Heavens eternal King Or wedded maid and virgin mother born Our great redemption from above did bring For so the holy sages once did sing That he our deadly forfeit should release And with his Father work us a perpetual peace Thero is a charm about the Christmas period which is felt at no other time It asserts itself as the December days begin to run and grows warmer and more intense until dawn of the glad morn which marks the anniversary of Him who brought to earth a grander thought and nobler ambition ambi-tion than man had possessed Just what that charm is language may not describe but we know that it spreads everywhere that the name of CHRIST and his glorious mission have been told we also know that it inspires to joyous association to good humor to friendliness to love and to the recognition of the joys of others And this year more than others and in Utah more than elsnwhere does the Christmas Christ-mas charm fill tho hearts of the people For 1S90 has been one of gladness of prosperity pros-perity of present blessings and future promise It has been a time of plenty and the poor and the lonely have been ministered minis-tered to if not by Him who dwelt among them while He sojourned on earth at least with that generosity and thoughtfulness which prove the spirit of the Savior is yet with men Love seems to fill the air at this joyous season the harsh voice of passion is dumb for at least twentyfour hours and strife has been silenced There are heard songs of praise and thanksgiving mounting heavenwards heav-enwards and whatever may have been true last month today the conviction come home to many a troubled and anxious heart that after all happiness consists in what the blessed JESUS taughtPeace on earth good will to men It will be an ideal Christmas which will come to many a home and many a hearth of Utah for it will find peace and plenty families gatherd round the groaning board parents happy in the love and respect of dutiful offspring and children merry with life and in sceming thoughtlessness still considerate of those proud fathers and mothers who hare ever taught that of all the anniversaries which the Christian world observes the sweetest the most peacegiving the one which has sunk deepest into the heart of man and done most for the race the altogether best is Christmas day for it symbolizes ali that is pure and noble and good in mortal and as I symbolizes the starting point on the Toad to immortality Then pealed the bells more deep and loud God is not dead nor doth He sleep The wrong shall fail The right prevail With peace on earth good will to men |