Show christmas CHRISTMAS the happiest bri 0 h test and luani est cst ami lilt wi wil hall thill the day of g good cheer of all the year i upon us the anxious strain which lias has been upon tipon tile alic minds of lu millions illions of father mothers bisters brothers cousins uncles and aunts lias has bro broken ken into inlo exhilarating excitement anil and joyous pleasure in homes where destitution want tile land hand of charity las has left its mark and life hie clearts hearts of little children laid anil half starved parents parent arc being 0 made r glad it if at any season of the year the bright 0 I 1 side of humanity 9 itself this is it and well it is that it is so 60 that hie I 1 cares of the poor crowd themi down donn during durina the year nod anti in winter tile they II 11 become almost ilni ot unbearable A little A charity at Christi christinas clas time ligh lightens tells lifes burd burdens epis said and sheds rays of hope comfort and faith to bear fruit for many days let thus those a surrounded with of the good things 0 of life remember this and t they lacy will be led to perform acts that will increase their own joy an all hundred fold there is something a 1 so appropriate in the elie bes bestowing owing of 0 gifts on oil ibis do day a a day held in honor of the great baior lie ile maniff manifested ested the deepest and broadest love for humanity huat and was filled with the lie grea graat at at chat ity it is fittin filling a rr that mankind mana maila should show something of the same feeling se the jouna JOL igi trusts that it will enter the homes of all findan 0 tile the tokens of a sufficiency of the ece ties bics of life and of some of the ea extras to make inake the lie arts glad ind anti and the countenances glow rith tile the warmth of loc and acid friendship so requisite to lo true pleasure anti and a merry Christi christmas uns |