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The Commoner.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR ND PROPRIETOR
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Lincoln, Nebraska, December 25, 1908
Whole Number 414
CONTENTS
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE
PRESIDENT OVERSTEPS THE LIMIT
THE SULTAN STEPS FORWARD
REV. J. F. NUGENT ON "THE PRINCE OF
PEACE"
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS
SENATOR OWEN ON GUARANTEED DE
POSITS KING CORN
BLISTERS
THAT TENNESSEE IRON AND COAL DEAL
JUSTICE TO GOVERNOR HASKELL '
PULITZER'S REPLY TO ROOSEVELT
BENEATH THE BETHLEMEM STAR
CQMMENT ON CURRENT TOPICS
HOME DEPARTMENT
WHETHER COMMON OR NOT
" NEWS OF THE WEEK
The Commoner.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PKOPRJCTOR
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While "the Christmas hells arOi. rlngingfgtit
'j,iie -message 01 guou win, 4
Anathe echoes fling the tidings over ev'ry
'-"S&Y-le and hill;
Whilj&tlie Christmas starts shining with ,
t ..""radiance the same" -T"" '"f"
As 'ft 'had that, wondrous morning when-
, .alio blessed Christ Child came;'',1 ;
When ,we raise our voicies, singing songs
- of earnest, loving praise " "-
For .the joys that lie about us, making
Bright our earthly ways
Let us' give a thought to others who in
joy have little part . '
Till -we've learned the blessed lesson
. keeping Christmas in the heart.
Hark! , Above tho Christmas carols hear
the children's plaintive cry;
Hear the broken sobs of widows doomed
by pestilence to die
In the tenements so fetid; victims of in
human greed;
Slaughtered to the god of Mammon they
for justice vainly plead.
See the pallid little faces, hear them vain
ly beg for crumbs;
See the noisome hives of humans where
no Christmas ever comes.
You who have enough of blessings ne er
can have a rightful part
In the real joys of Christmas till you ve
Christmas in the heart.
While the Christmas bells are ringing out
their messages so clear,
Go ye out among your fellows, spread tne
gospel of good cheer.
From some heart bowed down in sorrow
lift the bitter load of woe;
In some home with gloom o'ershadowed
spread the cheerful Christmas glow;
To some child, some weeping widow, work
ing out a wretched lot
Take a share of Christmas blessing show
them God has not forgot.
Just divide your Christmas blessings, ghe
unfortunates a part,
And you'll double joys of Christmas
keeping Christmas injthe heart.
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TO EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE--AND FOREVER !
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE
Christmas is love's festival. Set apart for
the commemoration of God's gift of His Son it
has grown into a great holiday which is ob
served throughout Christendom by rich and poor
alike Even those who refuse to lake upon
themselves the vows of any church are con
strained to join in the beautiful custom which
makes both parents and children look forward
this day with pleasant anticipations. For
weeks before December 25 busy hands are at
work, tiny savings banks are gathering in their
slcred store and eager expectancy is written
iinon the faces of the young. To the boys and
X Santa Claus is a sort of composite donor
who monopolizes the distribution of presents
tnS who reading the. minds of his little friends,
?rwaTds thf good (and all are good just before
Christmas) with tho very toys that they them
selves have selected, while the older onos learn
by experience that It Is more blessed to give
than to receive. Back, of Christmas and the
Christma3 present Is love, and the broad, broth
erly love taught and exemplified by the Naza
rene is not content with the remembrances
which are exchanged as tokens of affection be
tween members of the family and between inti
mate friends; it is compelling a widening of
the circle to Include the poor and the needy
though not of kith or kin.
What an Instructor love Is! How if de
velops the one of whom It takes possession!
When once it is awakened It dissolves all opposi
tion. Dr. PaTkhurst, the New York clergyman,
in illustrating the difference between force and
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