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Show CHKfSTMAS Though Chriatuma c.uiiei each year. It nieani loo much ever to ata'e. In religion, re-ligion, Il cel-bra'ci the beat part ol the Chriatian faith, a new joy that dine In-, to Ike worl I. Al a holiday, it lathe i.i. I .xpan.loo, g. ner o-ilv, leading other live!. Cold ream i would lay that the beat time to make giftiwajj wheu nece-aiiy Hilled, op ortiinlty invited, in-vited, o- lmp::l-e urce I, but t'liriitmi thrnwa leiooll to the win. la and open) the al ma of faith and pmfiiaion onca eneli year. The ihopa aie loadeil with grotetipie and Hi-elf at tova uaeleaa, aaep to give lilt human l .ingioy. Many a poor lout piurhci for tne lake of donating do-nating aome guerdon of ita h.ve, and ia, perhnpa, the better fur the aacrill.e. "U'ear thia fi r me," no woida mean niore, and of all gifta, in the American geniua aald, the liett la a portion of thv-j aelf. "Therefore, the poet biltiga bii poem ; the ilmphe rd bia lamb; the farmer, farm-er, com; the miner, a gem ; the eailor, coral and a be la ; tne painter, hia picture pic-ture ; the girl, a handkerchief of her own painting." Alaa for ua, w ho ran give only what we buy ; and yet even that carriei our emotion, fur it ii chmen lovingly. lov-ingly. Certainly Ihe principle ol the widow'! mite holda true in Chriatuma giving aa in charity, for all dependa upon up-on what it meani to the giver. Who liai not tacit moved by receiving the tribute of a child, a bit of paper, totn or curl, comic or pathetic in a way that he could be touched by no careleaaly cbjoe-ingCneiui? cbjoe-ingCneiui? Po no wagon load of city roiei can curry the perfume of the hi art as it ia liorne by the bloaioina which the giwt 'a hand baa culled or hit (lender purse hai ehrunk to buy. Chri!ma, tne reneuii nf giving and rejoicing, belpa ua nil P. part of the apirit afier w hich the day. la nn ned : the child with lot oy. the real of tie with charity and the love of man. How few are a hundred CtiroTia.e-i In one IT-' Col iter'. Weekly. |