Show OEM OF HUM by 0 L langdon t ilor fro pill t loot 1001 h by bill ran moe must I 1 71 n attea reasons for or few fea t i K x A ollile from the be luat trAt which 1 it 11 to that the tb joy jor at 0 holiday al lg is 1 impossible or incomplete it 1 it 0 oi I 1 eating aai end drinking on out lit Is i it at ti to the survival ot at c i if it both ot of two tuo great pagan papa etl test teli cf the other that the mind of mn man iu in all ali tin fill 11 mil and conditions condl tlona ty 1 the lie laden board and the tn brimming awl fiory good fortune vi eddings enriot julns are celebrated celebrate il today tailor by an as tl 11 if ty hare have bern been for thou tend at liars the th practice undoubted ly tolula dona froia from that mae when the victory ow ever the animal wit was the by jesup of supplying the tile trout ajo w cun ja doil and trace of it and if its con coo habit in the th book of either esther inhere here Stor deral earn to bin his people that on the sonly marfel of the sail days the jw jaws rested front eu voiles anil and the month alch wa was turned unto them from tor got low lo 10 joy af and from mourning into a COD goo I 1 tiny they should make them it if Y of f V noting aud and of joy and sod of studios port luiK out ou to au Oller and gifts to ali t bior andl and 1 I at greater cause for rejoicing and the usual expression thereof coul toot I 1 hint exist for the early christ laua daus than tar fact tic of the ali birth of it li Is tru true that were difference differences of opinion la in ib abe arly early laurch i ai as to the th dat dete cr r even the antoo of the jw year when that 11 all II important event occurred Cle nue tell DI a that it wai was kept by many cart la to april aud by oui now la in egypt la in the lh month pachon corresponding to our due may but long lon before wore the council of nice had fixed tied the th day separating it from roro the epiphany a curious cur loii circum stance bad boa operated to fix forever lue the 01 observance of it in to the tb european bid mid winter observing the coune course of vt ti a seasons and their rel relation atlon to the growing or of lin lok length of the dari days the ary am aus inhabiting europe bad come coin llo to learn that at the winter ali the decline of nature wu wall over and tint that ai an the day lerigis ened abe she revived until ft a few leks ek inter ater ahe she walked abroad gladsomely again la in the green irb garb of spring it wai was a fitting time fur for UD net vernal rejoicing nothing could t be done affeld the bins lad and butt butts were atall well filled add and VM ta cattle fat tat it w waa alao ito a time to remember the goud good tier nest of the godi gods lo 10 mak make aa so 1 well ai so to feast ilene we find at the dawn down of 4 chris finally two ina great midwinter valm ama among g the two most powerful branc bran r 0 of f tile tb aryana aryans of that period he Baturo alla among the homans on the outa and the thor feast of the it la to a al curious fact that they appear to he be identical as t ro to aci time ef of 0 liver vance la in rome and wherever rome had boa ri ruled u od lone long enough to have planted her c attains the Satur saturnalia nalls waa was a conion of sacrifice to saturn of social equality and of riotous license the tb stay lare iu in baay sebOl 1 19 wai was permitted to become halt for the week of the fert feast 41 lg 9 and his hi maiter master executed the radle alons ordera orders which be tare gave buffoon cry ery in street process professions pro celon ions and la the homes wai was on oil of the chief elements clemen tn of the festivity orgies formed another I 1 resent icing giving ilan universal T tl 0 aen sea klail kings called tho twos season anle whence yule yul e and rind they celebrated it in gorging aud nod drinking making act to elior around a great bias las ina lof lot big enough la to burn urn for ir the abol weik of the gluttonous f ait net ice ing they lung thy the half halt bare ox as ban bon a III rule jest and hamd the wassail burl ile church fouad found ollie institutions will I 1 it could dot not uproot so 10 it wisely ailo idol to ted tin thi tit I 1 tic tit pitt ie it of into A first ili for or the I 1 on rn blixt tug the tea to of their but lilting mah or of their rui om u 0 ron nn ala I 1 itlen the I 1 va n 6 crest crt at festivals 01 i a lew tito HI another at II 11 e i am able time I 1 y a luree family of tl it v r the floell flat ai in Is or COO fibia nan til adopted opted by bir the church as i ale her an n abom hut tint luh had a ar tit lix it mis indeed ap r dhati ibe the ollar two upon 1 11 I i cus which willett hare bar marked Diar kedi be the calk limited of Lurl itma down to tile lie rem tot nt talle TI e lii Is that III rr w il HB as a ore of te it au an I 1 I 1 im of in ita lilt celebration front it comi co k the ander itta 1 r 0 comais maii 1 with wl il 1001 ABI was em bleu istle of tur the union of tuna man atil silt noa an find of abe be union mi toil of mat kin klinl I 1 vi lilt vat vast peoro it alo also coin coult itil tl e t man th diw P dea to the a X or vital ff 1 at bf lot lue the hanging of votive gifts on tbell 11 ar tarri sac d pines nut but a 0 il it of 0 the other two great pagan arone tie ile faini that the feasting took eating and drink ln DR of ili ibe beat best giving to it lie e poor by right of their equality at that manon on aa as well aa as the old mummery practical ly abolished since puritanism Purita tried to aup oppress preta lie ile festival festi vat utterly iu fit beit re rv easily and directly traceable to those pagan orar orrea fl |