Show CHRISTMAS next monday is christmas an anniversary niver sary that will be observed throughout the world A belief in the divinity christ is the pillar which upholds foundation of christianity and binds closer together the ties which are entwined ont ent t with brotherly love charity and a faith in a life after the grave the day is symbolical of the birth of him who taught his followers the easy path to righteousness and its ultimate reward the day will be celebrated in every church in the land and ministers of the gospel will again recount the story ot of him who villo lived the simple life his preach ings and grand portrayals of 0 christian character they will dilate upon his humble origin his life of sacrifice and persecution and recount for the thousandth time his death upon the cross save in battle ravished lavished europe christmas will commemorate a period of peace and good will where in america all is peace happiness and contentment in europe there is naught but gloom brought on by the wars ceaseless ae Ps continuity and the awful toll it exacts from human life here in america our sympathy is abou arou aroused sed because of the fratricidal fratic idal strife which exists across tile the seas the best that any of us can do is to hope that peace is not tar far distant and that when it is consummated the horrors of war will be eradicated from history for all time to come next monday is christmas there is no occasion to write columns in the reaper to speak of the day of all days well written editorials will appear in all the great dailies of the land and press and pulpit will join hands in speaking of its significance the reaper is inclined to let thing 7 be as they will it is sufficient for it to wish its many readers a merry christmas and let it go at that |