Show THE GREAT CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL Another anniversary of the birth of the Savior of Man han rolled around Once more the season of thanksgiving of Joy and of good will Is upon us And never before has there been bettor reason rea-son for the heartfelt celebration of this glorious Christian festival than there Is the present year Everywhere In the world the sentiments of Christianity are more prevalent than ever before the rule of Christian peoples more extended and oC greater hell and mercy to humanity hu-manity The clouds of darkness are rolled back from mens minds more completely com-pletely than ever before and the blessed light of Christian teaching and hope takes the place of misery and dark despair de-spair In our own land the hearts of the people peo-ple are touched with the love of benevolence benevo-lence and philanthropy to the extent that the gift for religion charity education edu-cation science and general relief to the needy are exceeding all prior aggregates aggre-gates and while the rich have reaped returns beyond all precedent the masses have also thrived and the poor are not neglected We as a people have enough and to spare and to a greater extent by far than Egypt was to the ancient our country Is the granary of the modern world And there have been no wasting pestilences or famines this year in any part of the world In our own State we have had a season sea-son of unparalleled prosperity The farmers have had a yield that is far above the average the mines have poured Into the channels of commerce unprecedented wealth the returns of the Investor the manager and the laborer have been good each In Its degree So that the joyous season comes to us freighted not only with its rich 1 treasures treas-ures of sentiment of good will and of charity but It finds us able in unusual I and most gratifying degree to respond to the impulses of the heart Giftgiv ing is plenteous and happy in its offerings offer-ings and more prevalent than ever not only between friends and relatives among us but In the remembrances sent away to loved ones In other States and lands The blessed ministry of helpfulness is abroad in the hearts of all and happiness happi-ness in every breast that all is FO wen with us and that we approach another Christmas under such favorable auspices aus-pices with such general ability to do the deeds approprite to the day and In a time of such general health and good feeling among the people and such disposition I dis-position to take advantage of the time to share somewhat of the comfort and cheer we have with those who may in some degree lack That the spirit of the day may enter into and possess every heart and so insure the fullest realization realiza-tion of the blessedness that there Is in both l giving and receiving is our fervent trust |