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Show j)rUREl,Y more "nop iJtaLwisdQm that ttntcrejrfhc j(S f -I?"! Cl 7 isifaiabout,hjw-. y IvoopnSi vv W Little children, with theirughter Vri j( y 1- and-tjars, their joys andtheir sodn-lot n0tvSyy gotteri"sorowsoucn the eery'--y f" lnstiWso,a1lankjnS,)"fbr oisfDT' such isHhe Kinge&Tnf Heaven.?2 I Vthctimily, andltht family jyt-Px I ie cenSrJbf the hue1 spirit of Wj M'WnTL I mas shiiies intcrsvery crevic of ml for) i$y hujnalj'Ufemvorily those abUt'l fl II $fMWyA trie family hearthstoT e know (hei I (. ft-Mw ! Tr ATRUEinstinct I I J YK : ipf.the'souTwhich -fi TArf i family together arJ JLT fM Wf ! come again as littiechUdrA.' ifl-n 'IWv ' I Then the asperitieoffyaMsoft-i ly)K 'flP'llMMfr 1 ened; the cares an.lMibitjonsSof j'Y4Lj ' f 1 Vf ' life cease their clamor, jandwU set -JKl I f I upon the family circle). ..teyetytheWpty X." '-'-V. I chair may have its occupan-if tJie spirit, and thetSbuch of V 1 fV'r j a vanished hand" may be fcLt fujefTsUr I I Tif THE REAL Vision of Chntftas iK-o?t to thoSeyno fair4 see in 1 j ijKthe family circle the symbil bf the greater "group the Family of j I Klankind and to catch in tWsseasdrt2of goodwill on earth some I glimpse of the Larger BrotherTlSod. Slowly, for fcearly,two thousand ' years, that Vision has beentajdig forrnjAlthough'from titfie to time eclipsed, it Invariably retWnsribursting,'Qyer everyloud of war an(3j hatred, a little brighter, a little nearer, a little more defincfd.Vyhenever' . the caH of sudden disaster or spectacular sufferingjp Kearcf generous. , jl hearts in every land respond. And ia millions of tinbeldiinstance' mercy is not strained and charity spretiits protecting wfngs a3"ftftly as falls the dew from summer '' 1L I Y$n HAS ordained Christmas that once a year the harmonies of I VilHeaven may fall on ears unsealed by selfishness, on hearts mirao I uloWy softened from the hardness of the daily grind, that in that i hour of peace may come a clearer vision of the Brotherhood of Man. j 'ftim. SMMliiss-in I ' " ' " |