| Show NERRY CHRISTMAS wo we bid our numerous namo roua anil and rat readers idere a morry marry Christ mail this happy holiday oliday li on should bo be cm in joyed with christian and enlarge Dl arged by allf 11 tas anti id indeed ced tho el lii airty bys a largo number dumber of our oar citizens the ladies to sec uro the enjoy meet of the ho hundreds of children over whom they y hay datoc cac bouc we d luring th 0 joir 7 kh a ath tho alz spirit I 1 t of this blessed day is is still aolino lo 10 our midst ahti a lines is in ilia reason of good cheer and DI a generous in antor teg change of hospitality the enjoys enjoy ments meats with 0 tha o almighty ALmish ty lits h anNd life aril re alwaes a pr pre 0 Bont o of a and ind our cause shoal should ev CUT or lio be uppermost amid all tho the ve it R lions wo we create creale loda io Ju our minds ure and health with loving to io partake par talio of our joys and in an honark llo blo ambition to stir our conr faculties to ars are surely enough to coastal tate t iho mt abat to ko t this his end man inn waa croaa cro aki but bat christmas alst alio tho 4 cloo cloie of the year after the earth has ha yielded of hor her fruitfulness and material abunda noe lias has crowned croinea our labors to remind us nil ot of those holy half uror gitlic zeros walked those III feet which fourteen handron years ago goar go were wr nailed ar advantage on the bitor cross today to day wo we celebrate the lie barill hiir U a ot our savior a being whose pure and stainless etain loss whose who i were with the highest morality and whose cruel death sot bet the sea seal of sincerity to biti lifes labori shah on n 00 occa CASion aion liringis beloro before the mind a anse of tho the duties dutie swe we owe lit in return for the lavish blessings bless ingi vouch afe us lie among those are arc obedience uce to tj gods law an abid abiding iciL love for or ous oui I 1 neighbor and it joe due regard to tb tha I 1 glare world toward which we aro are all all ton tOD ding dinK this day comas gitil elili I 1 I 1 ian I 1 1 hoppy happy ti siva give us a b brio r to rest at tho the cares of life hie ana to open out ou hearts in kundl kindly sympathy sym path y t ta all abos be with arh rhonl 0 ni we 11 tro are our eur rounded rouix leJ lt it fai ue enjoy thod cyl but deltas ink ing tho the enjoyment via wo diorite brive from kindly I 1 relations with our fellow beides be inea the well laden table thi festive par party ty abo of cheerful friends a care for or tho the needs of the poor an aa d the noimy caloust ca roust aro are all incidents inci denti of the day and all indulged by bariou 8 tastes as aa a means ol of procuring enjoyment to all I 1 but it is alvs y well in boari of festivity fostiy ity as in seasons tons of trial to remember that thit life lifo u eiten ni for other purposes thain present enjoyment that duty daty unlue junful filled brings a lature of repentance tiace tince an aal I 1 that the needs of the soul mus mm t bo be atten attended dod to as ai well u the chii desires ot of the body the prayer of 0 the at r all others should lid be borne in mind so teach ma mo to number my days that I 1 may apply my cheari to wisdom I 1 |