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Show THE INTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC 27 Christmas Thoughts Themnual celebration of the greatest event in the annals of history, both as to its What Kind of Goal cir- cumstances and the long space of time it covers, will soon take place. The idea of Christmas takes the mind back in spirit to Bethlehem over a space of twenty centuries and, whilst one stands by the candle of the new-bor- n Babe, the question suggests itself, What is there in such an event to attract ones attention? In the circumstances and surroundings one sees nothing remarkable, nothing to arouse curiosity. The simple narrative of the Gospel could be applied to a thousand such births that occur every day. And she brought forth her first-borSon, and wrapped Him up in swaddling clothes, and daid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. Confined to the narrative and to the fact itself, one standing in spirit at Christs birth-plac- e sees Him only in His humanity, shorn of all pomp, display and grandeur; one sees only a little helpless Infant, Whose entire surroundings indicate poverty, a stable His palace, a manger His cradle, Marys arms His pillow, and Himself dressed in swaddling clothes. The artless account of the Evangelist does not add to the event an importance that would make it in any way remarkable. In fact, it conceals anything surrounding it that might be remarkable. Yet it has become remarkable; so much so, that in all the events of history it is the great central fact around which all others revolve. Like the sun shedding its light and luster on all creation, the nativity of a poor and almost deserted Babe, of Whom the Evangelist gives a simple and artless narrative, is the beacon light of all historical facts. It is the winding up of the history of four thousand years that preceded it, and the beginning of history which commenced more than nineteen hundred years ago; and as Renan, one of the bitterest enemies of Christianity expresses it, Without Him, the whole history is incomprehensible. It is, in fine, the historical bridge over which we pass from the old to the new world; and neither the distance of time or of place has lessened the ardor and fervor of the hundreds Do You Use ? UTAH-GRAN- coal? Coal is clinkerless, harder and makes no stringy soot. It burns like anthracite coal, therefore, lasts longer. . UTAH-GRAN- D UTAH-GRAN- D is different from all other coals. n k or just D Phone your orders to Was. 6451. . Mined by CHESTERFIELD COAL COMPANY Let a Gift of Good Music Brighten Up Your Home Select your Victor Orthophonic Victrola or New Brunswick now Join our Xmas Club A small deposit holds any phonograph for Xmas eve delivery Glen Music Bros.-Rober- ts Company 161 So. Main, Salt Lake City Pocatello, Idaho Ogden, Utah m 'll' ill I nii 1 ill I II lm |