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Show Rev. ROBERT H. HARPER SYMBOLISM SYMBOLISM plays a larger part in human life than may be casually realized. The foregoing sentence could not have been written writ-ten without using the symbols of speech. And it would tax the imagination im-agination to estimate the number of such symbols in the languages of mankind. Words are signs or symbols of thought and by them a vast multitude multi-tude of acts can be planned or consummated. The commonplace acts of the every -day may be described de-scribed or the sublime longings of the soul may be expressed. JUST A THOUGHT: If we can "keep the Christmas" Christ-mas" for one day, Is there any logical reason why the spirit of this great holiday should not remain within our hearts the other 364 days of the year? And it is by symbols that the records of the ages are preserved, and the world's inspiring music is secured in the queer notes that straggle up and down the lines of the staff. And those queer symbols form a universal language of music known to all cultured man who speak a varied speech. And in our land, for a strip of bunt ing radiant with stripes and be spangled with half a hundred stars men will even dare to die, be cause it is the flag, the symbol of the United States of America. At this time of the year, a group of riders on camel and a brilliant star shining on their way symbolize sym-bolize Christmas and we remember remem-ber that the greatest symbol of all ages is the Cross of Calvary. |