Show CHRISTMAS it has been almost 1 COO years dicce ahe nativity of jesua was made the vent of festivity the day that christ first saw the light of this world in the flesh is not fixed BO definitely it might not have been some other day than the ot december but this does not essentially detract from the occasion as one of christian charity and good cheer the memories and teachings that have sanctified the nativity in the hearts ot the christian world aie as beautiful to aoudy and imitate as if its date were absolute those who meet about the family board today to day in ceremonious thanksgiving do so in ac that jesus lived an that his life is en in their hearts that they love him as an example of ideal humanity though in our p we revere him ae a god today to day our thoughts and affections out to him as a mortal sublime in the per his manly attributes we think of his human love his purity his compassion the heroic fortitude with which he bore his afflictions and alie gentleness and humility that marked bis life of sacrificial devotion these are the qualities of heart and mind that make him dear in the memories of this days festivities these are the qualities that should control our reflections and feelings it is not observed ober ved as a day 0 prayer but of joyousness and fraternal corn bunion a day when all the world should be filled with thanksgiving thank giving to the brim there is no joy in hunger and destitution there can be litte the impoverished home where the board is bare and alie hearth is cold every professed follower of christ should think about things and the superiority of genius and energy by which he has accumulated the comforts and luxuries of his own happy home should loday lo day bo exerted in making a day of happiness for ono or more fellow beings who by misfortune or inferior endowment is in need of a worldly blessing the man of affluence alio with a pretentious christianity v ill enjoy the pleasures of this sacred day without performing a gracious deed for hia fellow creatures is not a christian nor a man he is a monster A GENUINE nor weeter on ice would be an acceptable addition to the holiday menu |