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MAY tho blessing of the light
that shown at midnight come
to tho hearts that nro shadowed
and the homes that are dark.
I May the blessing of tho Monger
Cradle como to that innumerable
company against whom the doors
of hope and peace and rest ore
shut.
QMay the blessing of the Holy
Child come to every ono who has
forgotten that thou, O God, art
hia father and that all men are
brothers.
J May the blessing of the Guid
ing Btar come to those who wan
der in the night and cannot find
the homeward way-
J May the blessing of the Stable
come upon all hearts, wakening a
kindly sense of kindred with every
living thing that walks the field
and forest or wings the air or
passes along the paths of tho
seas. New York World.
Cbnstmas
Observance
THERE Is very llttlo of the right
motive in commomorntlng the
birth of Jesus the Snvlor. Tho
uplrit of the modern Chrlstmns Is to
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m business
'" Josvb a
good old time, feasting and
business activity, with the Holy Child
figurehead.
Such Is n. very great. offense to Al-
jilghty God. An offering to God In
the spirit of righteousness, by humility,
wor.d.iIp, mortification, in self denial
and good works, should be the first
duty In celebrating Christmas.
Really a number of hours similar to
Lent ought to bo considered, after
which would come the feast and re
joicing
Respectful thankfulness to ,the Lord
God of Hosts for his love and pity for
n sinful .race In his priceless gift of a
!?ar!or such would bo -a fitting grace
before partaking of the good things
and many blessings that he has been
pleased to bestow on all people. What
would a person think In giving a re
ception and supper to have the guests
hasten to tho dining hnll and devour
J7the food without giving the honor and
respect due to the host first? Almighty
God is treated in a similar manner In
celebrating the modern Chrlstmas.
George Cashcl in Philadelphia Press,
The Old Christmas Hymns.
1 Happy Is the man or woman who,
having left behind tho schooldays and
he homo gatherings, still sings the old
tymns and joins In the readings of the
Christmas chapters In some simple
church service designed to perpetuate
tho true spirit of tho day.
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If'ingly beside the lowly manger
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CAVIOUR of the world, humbly
J and lovingly we (Jrcet thee,
this Christmas rnornkjf, thank
in thco for all tho blessings
brought by thy coming and ask
inj tho Jroce that wo and all
mankind may appreciate trtnrn bet
ter and make them more trwry our
own with every year that posses by.
Make us faithful, noble, indus
trious, temperate, sincere. Send
forth thy spirit that we may bo
recreated and the faoo of tho
earth may bo renewed. Mako us
able to sine with the angels,
"Glory to God in the highest and
on earth pcaoo to men of iood
will."-New York World.
Vfoz Season
Of peace
Tni3 wholo nlr at the llrst Chrlst
mastldb was tremulous with Joy,.
It wns n time for holy song, for
Inspired paean, for seraphic song. Let
Joy como still to our homes nnd hearts.
Christ gives a brightness and beauty,
gladness nnd glory, to tho wholo circle
of life and duty. Come, Lord Jesus 1
There shall be room for three In our
homos. Once there was none In the
Inn, but only In the stnble. Now our
best Is thine. Only honor us with thy
beneilcent presence.
Let us away with strife at this sea
son. Now is the time to sponlc kindly
words. Let us not carry Info tho new
year the enmities of the old. Let not
tho harsh notes of contention como
Into the henvenly song of peace.
Christ came to give peace, and from
L heaven's throne today ho bends to give
peace to an wno trust him. no wns
tho only person ever born Jnto tho
world who had his choice as to how he,
should come. He might have como
man, as did tho first Adam. lie camo
a babe. He Inserted hlmBclf Into our
race at Its lowest and weakest point.
If ho woro to lift tho race ho must
sot uuder It Ho glorified tho cradle ;
he glorified boyhood; ho sanctified
motherhood.
But Christ must bo born in each
Jteart In order that we may have a true
Christmas. Arc wo rejoicing in tho
gifts of human lovo? Shall we be
mindful of him who Is the ','unsppnk
nblo gift?" Itov. Dr. Itobert S. Mac
Arthur In Ilomilctlc Itevlew.
Blecscd Christmao Day.
blessed day which Biv"Bt tho eternal
To self and senso and all tho bruto within I
sh, como to ua nmld tills wnr of life
To hall arM hovel como I To all who toll
fn senate, shop and study, and to those
til warned nnd soroly tempted,
Coma to thorn, blest and ulcBslnff, Chrlst-
inns dayt
(Toll thorn onco moro the talo of Bothlo-
hem,
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vlno,
And Itcep them bien. Indeed, fair Curlst-
nii day.
. CHARLES ICINGSLKY.
IALLELUJM1
Child Jesus comes from heavenly
height
To savo us from sin's keeping,
)n manger straw, in darksome night,
Tho Blessed Ono lies sleeping,
din star smiles down, the Angels
greet,
the Oxen Iciss the Baby's feet,
Ilcllelujah, halleluiah,
Child Jesus!
Take courage, soul in grief cast done;
Forget tlio bitter dealing.
A Oiild is horn in David' , town
To touch all souls witji hesltng.
riien lot us go and seek tho Chiid,
Children like him, meek, undsfilcd,
Jlallelmah, hallelujah,
Child Jesus 1
Jlaai Cbrlstluo Aodcraeo.
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You little children fn whose eyes
The undimmed tight of heaven
jjlowst
Whose dreams are bright of para
dise, Whose thoughts are whiter than the
snowsi
From holy lipsand undented
Dreathe your soft prayers like Christ
the Child.
And you whose thinning looks are
spent
With unreturnlng autumn's rime, t
Whose forms, like wind worn trees,
are bent'
Beneath the heavy storms of time.
Take Christ the Child to be - your
guide
Past the dim tUoot where shadows
bide.
Oh, saving hands; oh, thou that heme
An earthly mother's lullabies,
Who shnrcst'all our donbts and fears.
Whose bosom trembles to our sighs.
Teach us thy gospel pure and' miltfC
Make us like thee, O Christ tho Childl
New York Tribiio.
M Christmas
Carol for children
Oood news from licavcn the anpelt
bring,
Qlad tidings to the earth they sing
To us tliis day a child is plvtn
To crown us with tho joy of ftcatcr.
27i is the Christ, ourr God and Lord!
Who in all need ahull pid affprjt;
tic will himself our Saviour he. '
From sin and sorrow set us free.
To us that blessedness 7e orfnfj,
Which from tho Father's botmrt
springs;
That in the heavenly rcqlm wc iuj
With him enjoy eternal day.
All Jiail, thbu noble gut,jt, tls vwvn,
Whose love did not tho ajitncr :dml
In viy distress thou earnest to ihcV
IViar thanks shall I return to theel
Were earth a tliottsaml times as fairy
Beset witth gold and jewclsyrarc,
She yet were far too poor to be
A narrow cradle, Lord, for thee.
Ah, dearest Jesus, Holy Cblldt
Make thee a bed, toft, undtfrfed.
Within, my heart that it may Ba
A quiet chamber kept for thee.
I'ralso God upon 7iis heavenly thronei, .
W?io gave to us Ills only Eon :
For this his hosts, on joyful wing,
A blest New Year of mercy orfiip.
Martin Luther. ,
4Date of the Birth of Christ.
"In looking through a refcrenco book
I find tho birth of Jesus Christ took
place In tho year 4 B. C. How could
It possibly bo?" asked a correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press.
To which tho reply was mado :
"Tho attempt to dnto things forward,
and backward from the birth of Chrlat
was first made in 533 A. D. by n Ho
mnn nbbot, Dionysius Exlgus. Ho re
garded Christ's birth as taking place
to tho year 7B-1 after tho founding of
Rome. Early Christians bad put It In.
thp yenr of Rome 750.
"The ubbot's belated attempt to. data
things from Christ's birth was proi
ably Inaccurate, and tho proper tleflnU
nltlon of the Cbrlstlau era is that It be
gins with January 1 In tho fourth year
of the ono hundred nnd ninety-fourth
Olympiad and tho seven hundred nnd
fifty-third from tho founding of ltomo
"According to tho lntcst computation,
Christ was born In tho year 6 . O. o
tho year 7 11. C."
What of the Night?
Wotcliman, tell up of the night.
Wlwt Its signs of promise arc.
Traveler, o'er yon mountain's height.
Bee that glory beaming start
Watchman, doth Its beauteous ray
Aught of hope or Joy foretellT
Traveler, yes! It brings tho day.
Promised day of Israel.
Watchman, tell us of tho night.
lllchor Vot Hint Htlir nscnmln
Traveler, lilesapdnoss and light,
X'euce una truth, Its course portends.
Wntchmnn, will Its beams nlono
SIrt tho apot thut gava thcrn blrthT
Tmvalor, ngi's nro :tu own,
And It bursts o'er all tho earth.
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Wa'i-limnn. toll us of tho Meat.
For tho inornlitf seems to dawn.
Traveler, d -rkr.fss taltes Hi fll-jhtj
ri"ulit and ierror nro withdrawn,
V, iitc' msn let thy woiulcirlngs ceasn,
II it" thco to thy quiet home. ,
Traveler, lo, the Prlnco of I'eaco
Lo, tto E'en of God ts coinq
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