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Show THE UINTAH BASIN RECORD DECEMBER 22, 1950 r ! ie!'6!?1!!!e'!!!ttt,,,I!,,,,fl Charles Dickens' .4 5 Life of Our Lord' fs a Moving Story . YEAR, the heretofore unpublished Dickens manuscript The Life of Our Lord" was presented to the world. Written 100 years earlier for the exclusive audience of the authors own children, it is a childs life of Christ a simple, moving narraeven to a tive, understandable child and yet touched by that Incomparable Dickens genius which Insures its place by the side of the famous Christmas Carol among the great masterpieces of Christmas literature. Because he felt such deep veneration for the life and lessons of our Saviour, he left instructions I AST t'' . 5 .'"V- 3 Y.v, - f , ... ..,, ,k . vv. The Christmas season ! f brings to mind the Many happy friendships. that we have - had the pleasure of enjoying during the past twelve months We trust that we i continue to meri Your trust ond confidence and that the season will be one of ! ijtnny blessings Duchesne Ward Bishopric this particular manuscript should not be commercialized. Thus, the manuscript was a precious family secret for 85 years. But when Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, the authors youngest child, died in 1933, it was finally brought forth and sold for the staggering or, $15 per amount of $210,000 word. Purchased by the London Daily Mail, the manuscript became a literary event of the first magnitude, destined to be read and cherished forever wherever thoughtful parents, like Dickens himself, want their children to know something about the history of Jesus Christ. For, according to Dickens: 'Everybody ought to know about Him. No one ever lived who was so good, so kind, so gentle, and so sorry for people who did wrong, or were in any way ill or miserable, as He was. And as He is now in heaven, where we all hope to go, and all meet each other after we are dead, and there be happy always together, you can never think what a good place heaven is, without knowing who He was and what He that S S der your tree on Christmas morn. un- May it convey our sincere thanks to you for all you've done for us. did." M.I.A. SUNDAY SCHOOL RELIEF SOCIETY PRIMARY Here's a little Christmas Greeting to place The Civil War developed an appetite for news among the people. FREIGHT HUES W3 CHRISTMAS 1950 As we go into the New Year to- gether, the officers, directors, and employees wish to thank you for your cooperation and for the privilege of serving you. . We wish you and yours a most prosperous New Year and all the happiness possible. & i w U1 ROOSEVELT STATE BANK |