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Show Tuesday, December 20, 1955 - Page Seven THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE ir t It was all different in the How the First " (Continued from Page One) Christ is bom; tis Christmas ' day. O my soul, be bushed, and won-- , " ' -der, In a manger come to die, Mid the cattle, and the plunder, Christ the Christmas child, . doth lie. Centuries have passed, fast fly- - bom; What now mean the shouts, the crying, Heralding the Christmas mom? How the world; with, joy bells ringing, Praise the Babe of long ago; Christmas revelry and singing Fill the air dispelling woe. ing, Do within their hearts believe; Yet, the world is homage bring- ing To the Christ, this Christmas Eve. ? is liv- Not a Christmas Babe is He : To the Son of God, we're giving Honour, Praise, and Majesty. He, who came as a babe, is dwelling Now above all power and might; While the world His praise is swelling On this happy Christmas night. self-center- I. Bethlehem (Lukem2:3-4- ) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into the city of Judea, unto the dty of David, which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and lineage of David. We shall see how Christ was received by this little town where he was bom on that first Christmas Day. In our country on this Chris tmastide, the almost two thousandth anniversary of Christs birth, we see towns. and cities all lighted up with colored lights all glowing with anticipation- of Christmas - Day. SERVICE CHARGES on fare and school supplies. Out of the allowance the youngster should be taught to save something regularly for the things he or she wants. a checking account can be avoided. Our bank makes such charges only when a depositor's loanable balance Is not large enough to cover the cost of service to his account. We will gladly tell you what bal- ance you should maintain DID YOU KNOW that you can bank with us at any hour . . . wherever you may be? You can paying by check. if you use our helpful banking-by-ma- il service. We supply free on remailing form Ask for details. quest. (based on the number of checks youd usually draw) to enjoy without charge the benefits of , -- Not that all who join the sing- that Christ In Everyday Living re-ect- ed ing, All men know ing, MONEY AND BANKING . Since the infant Christ was , town-o- f Our text says, He came .unto His Bethlehem. There were no own, and His own received Him beautiful streets; there were.no not. It was a sad day when temples ablaze with light; there Christ Christ was bom. Sad bewere no decorations to honour the cause the chosen people, upon birth of the Babe. In the house whom Gad had poured forth His of bread,", the House of God," ove, refused to receive, to welHOW THE FIRST .... galley TWO come, the incarnate God. there was no room in the Inn. Thosb who studied the Prophets, People were altogether oblivious and who proclaimed the Prophets of the fact that there was bom Sabbath after Sabbath, utterly that day a Saviour, who was the One of whom the ProChrist the Lord. had said, Behold a Virgin phets II. The World in General shall conceive and bear a Son, and ( John 1:10) He was in the shall call His name Immanuel. world, and the world was made by It was a sad day because those Him, and the world knew Him who professed to love God rejected not. His Son. The Lord plainly said, He that hateth Me hateth My To look at the worlds preparation for Christmas, one would at Tather also. Therefore, when the first imagine that it really had re- Jews refused the child, that was ceived a change of heart since the bom, and the Sorfthat was given, day long ago when Christ was hey also refused the God who bom. Of that day ,we read, He gave the Son. was in the world, and the world IV. The Shepherds (Luke 2:15 was made by iHm, and the world 8) And it came to pass, "as the knew Him not. Not only did he angels were gone away from them come into the world which He into heaven, the shepherds said had made, but He came into the one to another, Let us now go even world which He loved. God so unto Bethlehem, and see this thing loved the world, that He gave His which is come to pass, which the The world, Lord hath made known unto us. only begotten Son. however, at that day utterly re- And they came with haste, ajid pudiated .Christ Jesus. During His ound Mary, and Joseph, and the early life the Lord said, The 3abe lying in a manger. And when world hateth me. It hated Him hey had seen it, they made known because He testified that its works abroad the saying which was told were evil. It hated Him because them concerning this child. And men loved darkness rather than all .they that heard it wondered at hose things which were .told them light. Does the glitter and the glare, y the shepherds. the joy and the song of our ChristWe now come to a more pleasmas mean that the world of our ant consideration. 8he town of day has received Christ? It cer- Bethlehem had no room for Jesus tainly does not. The joy of the The world knew Him not. The yuletide is the joy of gift giving, Jews received Him not, but the and gift getting. It is the joy of (Continued on Page Eight) mei and' women, boys and girls. The world does not love and does not receive Christ today any more than it did on that first Christmastide. It was written of Michael Angelo that when he came down from the scaffolding from which he had for some weeks been painting the frescoes of a high ceiling, he had become so accustomed to looking upward that it was with real pain he forced himself to turn his eyes to the ground. Oh, blessed engagement possible to these spiritual eyes of ours! Would that they )?' r ?f might evermore be so arrested, habituated, held by the counte nance of Gods love, that we could never be satisfied. to turn them from His face! E o aanHthtolsual ETINN NU III. The Jews (John 1:11) When should a child have his or her own allowance? It is well to teach a child how to handle money at an early age. m bank instalment credit enables many people to have the benefit of goods and services while paying for them in convenient monthly instalments. We extend such credit for most worthwhile purposes very likely including the one you have in mind. Come in!. Low-co- Small allowances should begin as soon as the child recognizes small coins, can count money and make change. 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