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Show "Come, Let Us Adore Him," Happy Christmas Thought TUlKlilO Is a magical pause, a mysterious something in the air, an awakening of man's best and sweetest instincts as the Yuletide carols ring out the hallowed words: "Peace on earth, good will toward men." A pause when even the most sullen, forbidding, hardhearted per. son feels an urge of the soul within him, to join In the merry festival of Christmas. Then, too, there is magic in red holly berries, gray green branches, of bewitching mistletoe, and the perfume of woody evergreens, melting melt-ing wax and the burning log. How mysteriously they recall sweet thoughts of long ago to the elders! How they fill the hearts of playful play-ful children with joyous delight 1 Christmas Is the significance of childhood, for almost two thousand years ago the Christ Child brought ihe redeeming message of love to the world. Love that keeps the little lit-tle flame of hope burning; love that gives patience and courage to endure en-dure the problems of life; love that prompts the giving and receiving of gifts. When Wise Men of the East, men of profound learning, saw a brilliant bril-liant star and followed It, they found this little messenger of love In his rude and humble resting place, and they laid their most precious pre-cious gifts before him. These gifts were highly symbolical. symboli-cal. Gold to a King, the King of Love and Humanity. Frankincense to a Divinity, the God of human needs. Myrrh for a man, and for the sorrow that redeems. Thus they recognized In a little Child, the King, the Divine and the Man. As we commemorate Christ's birth each Yuletide, there Is a radiant warmth and spirit of love In the giving and receiving of gifts ; we pay homage and reverence to our King, our God and our Redeemer. Agnes Myers. Western Newspaper Union. |