Show I 1 A L BY st t ja t kattrine KATt PINE EUE ahe HE peace of christmas time is is all over the land the blessed holy v peace that the th angels first sang san 9 over the far off hills of judea and which has echoed and echoed reechoed re with added streng h through each succeeding year on earth to men of good will this thi is is the secret of the a peace that at christmas time for comes true and abiding peace can come only to men of good will it can dwell ih the heart only when all thatis that is opposed to it has been driven out and so it is that at this season when man is at hi his s very best when his heart is filled deep with the spirit of love and service of giving and doing when everything of doubt and fear of hatred and mistrust of envy and malice is cast out of his heart this blessed and holy peace enters in and he knows a happiness so deep and si acre that it floods all his being like sunshine flooding a darkened lan ian mccape ceacer the word itself has a beautiful sound a sweet cadence that delights the ear it was a vord word that the christ child used often when he grew tj t mans estate once he fold told his disciples into whatsoever house you enter say peace be to thi this 1 s house what a wonderful salutation and how sweet it must have sounded falling from his lips j ET us away with strife at this season now is the time to speak kindly 0 words let us not not carry into the new year the enmities of the old let not the harsh notes of contention come into the heavenly song of peace christ came to g give ive peace and from heavens throne today he bends to give peace to all who trusi trust him 70 0 have peace within the heart and home is to enjoy sincere and genuine happiness without if it no joy can be really satisfying no pleasure or gain worth while with peace lacking there is always unrest t in the soul always an unsatisfied yearning no matter what else one may possess T ODAY when the earth is is wrapped in this beautiful mantle of peace ewhen when it is enfolding the world and binding men and women more closely in a brotherhood of love and service when its influence is filling all hearts and leading them to ways of happiness let each one of us pray and hope that t tills ais beautiful spirit of peace shall en endure dure long after the christmas time is and past gone a nepal Ne pap uin |