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Show CHRISTMAS AMD THE SPIRIT Necessary to Manifest Unfelfiihnesa and the Love Christ Brought to the World. Tim artists were asked to make a copy of a famous painting. The one made mat hetnat ieal calcinations, and produced a technically correct copy. Tin other studied Ihe painting, entered into the spirit of the artist, and produced pro-duced not merely an imitation, but a picture which glow-'d with warmth and life. We are nnl, as Christians, simply lo copy Christ, but rather lo become possessed of his spirit and so reproduce hi1: lite in our lives. At Ibis I 'hi ll mas season let us aim to become posse sod oT the spirit of Christ, and so ronroiineo Ills life. In "Lit lie V.'oiu 'ii" there m a story told by Louisa Alcott out of Ihe ev-perlenoo ev-perlenoo of hor own carlv days. The four chlidi who are her heroines, knowing of n t.elgbbor In need, go In a little procession and (any her I hid r breakfast. Another Incident may he recalled. It may not have been precisely pre-cisely Cl.rlstuiasiide, but It was winter, win-ter, and the weather was bltlerly cold. The stock of wood was low, and night had fallen, when there came a knock al the door. A shivering child stood there, saying Hint her mother had no wood, that the baby was sick and the fill her gone on a r.pree. She begged for a little wood. "llvide our slock with her," said Mr. Alcott, "and we will Irusl In Providence. The weather w ill moderate, or wood will come." No wonder lhat Ihe children (rained In Ihe Alcoll household grew up hoed-les'.s hoed-les'.s of ir I vo I i i ii i and generous lo lliosn whoso need wuc local. This Is the true Christinas spirit. If our Ciirlst-maslide Ciirlst-maslide Is pervaded by real unselllsh-no'.s, unselllsh-no'.s, we idinll maiiifosl to every one the love thai ChrlaL brought to (lie world. |