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Show The Joijof the True Spirit of Christmas I (ft Iti: you wllll"K t0 forgt whit ff yon have done for other people nnd ronM'inber what other people linve done for nr, to Ignore whut the unrlil owes you, and to think what ou uo tho world; to put your right In the background, nnd your duties In the middle distance, nnd jour chnnces to do a little more than your duty In thk foreground; to see thnt your fellow men nre Just ns real ns you nrc, mid try to look behind their faces to their hearts, hungry for Joy; to own thnt probably the only good reason for jour existence Is not what viiii nre h'olng to get out of life, but uhnt oti aie going to glw life; to 'loe your book of eomplulnts against the universe, and look around fur n place where you enn sow a few seeds of happiness nre you willing to do these things even for 11 duy? Then joii can keep Christmas. Are you willing to stoop down and consider the needs and tho desires of little children . to remember the weakness weak-ness nnd loneliness of peoplo who ure growing old; to stop nklng whether your friends love you, nnd ask yourself your-self whether you lovo them enough to bear In mind the things thnt other IK'oplc hne to bear on their hearts; to try to understand what those who live In the same hoiiho with you really want, without waiting for them to tell you: to trim your Inmp so thnt It will gle more light nnd less smoke, nnd to carry It In front mo that your shadow will fall behind jouj to make a grave for your ugly thoughts nnd n garden for otir kindly feelings, with the gate open are jou willing to do these things even for a day? Then you enn keep Christmas. Are ..ni hIMIi.v .. l.,jllv tliut love Is the 'strongest ihlng In the uorhl-SJ al stronger than hate, stronger than crtfljjugt stranger than death nnd tha, thB blessed life which begnn In IlothlolieiBj nineteen hundred ears ago In thBj Imnge and brightness of the eterniVfTE' love; Then you cun keep ChrlstmiBLti And If you enn keep It for n day, whbn not nlwnys? Rut you enn never kBL, 7 It alone. Dr. Henry Vnn Pjk. BJ |