Show PA MR I 1 a 7 gr I 1 W M lva FA kv s NA 7 I 1 MOO M zo T N ex f ilk BY t t t CATHERINE T i J vol 4 T HE peace of christmas time is all over the land the blessed holy peace that the angels first sang over the far off hills of judea and which has echoed and re echoed with added strength through each succeeding year i j M freace PEACE on earth to men of good will this is the secret of the peace deac 6 that comes at christmas time for true and abiding peace can co come only to men of good will it can dwell in the heart only when all that is opposed to it has been driven out and so it is that at this season when manis man is at his very best when his heart is filled deep with the spirit of love and service of giving and doing when everything of doubt and fear of hatred and mistrust of envy and malice is cast out of his heart this blessed Q 3 and holy peace enters in and he knows a happiness so deep and since sincere re that it floods all his being like sunshine flooding a darkened land landscape scap ni treacer the word itself has a b beautiful sound a sweet cadence that ID I 1 delights the ear it was a word that the christ child used often when he grew to mans estate once he told his disciples into whatsoever house you enter say peace be to this house what a wonderful saluta 1 sol 5 tion don and how sweet it must have sounded falling from his lips j I 1 ET us away with strife at this season now is the time to speak kindly jle w words let us not carry into the new year the enmities of the old let n not ot the harsh notes of contention come into the heavenly song of peace christ came t to 0 give peace and from heavens heaven throne today he bends to give peace to all who t trust ru st him IRA 70 0 have peace within the heart a nd and home is to e enjoy ajoy sincere an and d A P VA genuine happiness without it no joy can be really satisfying no pleasure or gain worth while with peace lacking there is always unrest in the soul always an unsatisfied yearning no matter what else one may possess t i T k A 7 ODAY when the earth is wrapped in this beautiful mantle of peace ewhen when it is folding enfolding en the world and binding men and women more closely in a brotherhood of love and service when its influence is filling all hearts and leading them to ways of happiness let each one of us pray and hope that this beautiful spirit of peace shall endure long after the R christmas time is and past gone i c 1926 ow i m |