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nd when they were corne into the'house, they' saw the Young child with .Mary his ,mother, and fell down,. and worshipped hlm: and we they'had o'penedý their trea- sures, thypresented unto hl*m gifts: gold, and frank- i ncense, anid myrrh. WHITBY FREE PRESS CHkIISTMAS. SUPPLEMENT, WEDNESDAY DECEMBFR 19. 1979, PAGE 11 O .COMEv O COME. EMMANIJEL O corne, 0 corne, Immanuel, ;And -ransorn ,captive Israel, That mourns« in lonely exile. here * Until the Son of God appear., Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel ShIal Corne to thee, 0 lsrael. Ocorne, O corne, Thou Lord of righ t,ý *Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's heighü.' In ancient tirnes d ,id'st'give the Law, * In cloud, and ma>esy.and awe. Rejoice! Rejoice!' !mrnanuel Shall corne- to thee,, O Israel. O corne, Thou Rod of Jesse, free, Thine own frorn Satan 's tyran ny; Frorn depthis of heli thy people,,save,ý And give th ern vict'ry o'er the grave. t-' Rejoice! Rejoice! lrnranuel Shall corne to thee, O Israel. O corne, Thou KeY of David, corne, And opén wide our heavtnIy homùe; Make s'afe the -way that Ieads on high, And close the path to rnisery. Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel Shail corne to thee, O Israel. O corne, Thou Day-Spring, corne and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here; Disperse the gloorn'y clouds of night, And death's dark -shadows put to flight. Rejoieé! Rejoice!1. 1mmanuel Sha corne' ,to thee, O lsrael. SNOWFLAKES' AROUSE AWE, ,ADMIRATION. Among the many delights' of Chris tmastime are those wondrous bits of crystal we cail' snowflakes. Is there any p 'astime -more pleasant than watching the first- snowfall of the season? While scièntists, may des- cribsnwflakes as water vapor in the-air* that has èrystallized into. geom'etri.- cal' fôrms, most sriowflakê fanciers .prefer a, term ,suých as "snow blos'somns.". AI- though. two snowflakes are rar ely alike, theçy do fail in- ~'otwo dist i nctcategôories, colùmnar -and tabulart. Most 5of^ ,them 'are transparent, »with brilliant facets that reflect light, giving; them a white-aperacewhen massèd.' Included in the columnar form of snowfl akes are hex- agornil columns -,.and long, sien'der, needie-ike columns. Tabular forms, are, the most varied and beautiful snow crystals, assuming, delicate, starry, -branching forms.' It is these crystals, that have drawn the awe and admiration of scientists and lay persons alike for centuries. Naturalists have at- tempted, to draw these fragile patterns in earlier times* and more recently have made photo-micro- graphs.of 'the crystal' s. Per- haps part of the fascination of snowflakes is their fleet- ing natuire., enhancing the ethereal quality 'Of their beautv. AI Although we understand. the process through wvhich snowflakes are formed, thanks *to cene we can neyer losethat sense, of wonder and. admiration at the. first snowfall..