| Show CHRISTMAS comes this thia time with breath of frost and robes of snow enow and the merry j ingie jingle of ot the sleigh bells answering as a substitute for the ahe chimes familiar to eastern and european ears makes seasonable music and harmon harmonizes izea with the cheerful chi berial laughter and happy greetings of df tho the bed bew best and most sacred holiday y in the year war we ej oice olce ia in the knowledg knowledge e that bris calap ap snow and piercing air are laden iadell with sorrow borrow to 6 but few hearts in utah the biting blasts of extreme poverty are sd rare in that ahey they are within the power of sweet charity to chate away with the warmth of benevolence and there are BO so many full coffers to one empty bin that none need new ba bs left in actual want at this beason season ot general festivity the spirit of christmas ia 19 redolent of peace union and brotherhood brotherwood wood hood it brings thoughts 1 that soften the hard bard heart and chr ston the soul it encircle encircles the tua tun sundered in dered adored fragments of families parted by strife and bitterness and presses them thiem together at the fireside of home alil aill 0 ro kindlIn the flame of natural affection fec tion welds heart to heart so closely that no ilo loom room la Is left for an angen anger it breaks down the iines jines of party melts the icy barriers of 0 caste throws down the walls wails between sects and races and tends to make mahe tue the whole world kin eori fori eor for the birth buth so song jahe sung bung by the an gel geli i when HB appeared natal day we celeb celebrate rate tate voiced to 0 mortal ears the heaven born senti peace peace on earth good will to al all mem mea and the gt eat centra irain iruin altu lao jio lla roa i this the most high god is the father of rhan man and therefore all mankind bre are jb thren christmas should be a tinne time efrer 0 rejoicing jo icing for it b a Jr idya ldla redemption no matter it if the t time ime is wr wrongly angly chosen through an lucor incorrect chronology the event la Is i more Im important t than the day A u ld whether christ came into the world in the early spring when the shepherds could watch their flocks hv at night ail ali alls all sleeping leel leei ng on the ground pc pr in the ebil chill kil kii time of winter when eved eveh even in pleasant palestine a man ger would be too cold a cradle for a newborn new born babe baba the savior was brought forth forth unto ns us ia a child jis 34 kiven given and the laet tho influence with which his divine paren parent nige age endowed him film has been bia bea b fair towe ed dupon upon hla hia brethren and pis bis is tori intha in the tha flesh and ho has been mea jelt felt through all the ages that ned since bince hia hla own kin rejected him and aud hung their redeemer upon the malefactors tree tro 1 f c t he lived he abedi died he rose agrin agala and in that life and death anu and xea ces ur tion ia Is comprehended a world final deliverance from sin ein sorrow and endless woe oe ho he ia Is the focus to which aalthe all ail the rays of humanity will yet converge to which all hearts wilt will be drawn and from whence will flow salvation and ight light and joy for evermore tn him this planet with ali ail all ull its inhabitant has a linh link which holds it ft ib the wor worlds ldson idson on high and andee andes keeps keens ps it 16 from sinking to the light leeb lees abyss aby abs sV it ia la his given to hio him of the father faer alid arid not one belonging t ta it wail be Jost that mercy morey can possibly rench reach or his magnanimous hand can justly grasp from destruction he Is our brother Hs his father fa is father his go god d is our glod god I 1 ia thero Theio fore I 1 will c I 1 an mako make merry in wisdom ovien the anniversary of his first advent we AVA will drink in ih of the ho atilt of for foi j 4 loyo and alid ba beuoy und hm jmes charity which reline w within it hin hip lais bis breast and vla we kia sail wilt look with j oy fil I 1 in lidl for the day dayi of f his hid second coming when h he will 71 gather in one all ali that are in him and while wb featt and jubilate and mako make our own homes resonant with bong and mirth let us not for get the needy and the feeble whom he has left us as a heritage the poor yo ye have always with yarn your 1 a 5 with sentiments of good will ili to all mankind and a asuro usurp and certain hope of the speedy triumph of right and reign of truth on this now fallen earth through the power of the risen jesus the glorified christ of bod god the DESERET news extends kindly greetings and wishes for its patrons and frlan friends ds in particular ti andall andali and all ail the hafdan family in gene generala general rala raia a happy christmas Christma Ef in ju the year of our lord eighteen hundred and seventy nine |
