Show in this our special co column lunin may we extend to you the seasons greetings and invite you to come to our christmas service on sunday afternoon the twenty seventh at three thirty which will be in our chapel in the middle section about a mile in from the highway as you turn west at church rock this hour of song will be offered ss as prelude to the regular eventide service which we enjoy each sunday and will be presented by the older students of music under the direction of our musical director who is doing such splendid work here and in monticello in her chosen profession we wa are grateful to her and to those who will participate in this song service and if you care to remain for our usual eventide service we tie shall be happy indeed for i it will give you opportunity to join with us in the hour of closer contact with the great ruling spirit we call gol god as we ne renew our prayer of thanksgiving for the many blessings he sends to us throughout each passing week this hour of devotional se ervice will be bein begin in at five and will include all voices as we sing the christmas christinas hymns we save selected for this occasion please remember the time and the place and know that we shall be there to welcome our nearby friends and that we will send thoughts of love to those who are too far removed to be with us in person we wish to call attention to the splendid work on the part of our editor in preparing the school page or junior section which has always been in our mind to do and which has finally come into being we are very happy to read the school notes and especially the contributions of original verse and stor aes which our young friends are sending in just as this dream pic lure has come into being so will all of the other things we expect to do for the younger generation soon begin to take form as we gain the cooperation of the parents and the leaders who are in charge of the activities of our young folks ve e know that our distant friends will ivill take equal interest in reading of your school and social life and we are happy to send forth this special section prepared for and by our local school children again we extend our gratitude to you and to your teachers at this christmas season and we shall look forward to your stories concerning the holiday parties and other activities during vacation time I 1 we call attention to the selection on the front page which was written on Christi christmas day back in 1931 and which may well apply at this time as we take into account the continuous strife among men to live in accordance cor dance with the spirit of the christ teaching as given TO us by him whose birthday we celebrate each year at this time we wonder how many more years must pass before the realization of the great and everlasting pence peace which will take the place of the present turmoil and she mho wrangles in the hearts of men we are now receiving somis senile very interesting guidance concerning the preparation of ourselves as well as of the place wherein the dove of peace may rest and it would surprise you to know that we also see the calm clear night and the radiant mol knorn n and other things which are of the future and which will occur when we make ready our hearts and the place in this holy and sacred land we have chosen as our future home frown from this our place of abode we therefore send to you the love we feel for each and every creation of god for there is nothing within this three mile area but what is of his creation and if ile he made of this earth and of us as human beings to enjoy these things let us take account of ourselves and strive to live in the christmas spirit or christ spirit every day in the coming year we are grateful for the messages of greeting from nearby and from distant friends and we rejoice that we are still remembered by some from whom we have not heard in so long a period of time 0 there is reason to be glad in other ways as well as we take account of the spiritual progress we are mating making which more than overbalances over balances the material progress have tried to make but which has been denied us we sincerely believe however that we have done all that is expected of us because so long as we each do our part we know that others wilt will in time do theirs again we say may gods blessing be upon each one and so resolve into adjustment throughout the coming days and so bring peace and happiness to all |