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A CHRiSTAS MESAG SBy the Rev. E~. '4hy ýGerhard Rector, Christ Church, 14 inneku 1 can neyer outgrow 'a certain wonderment at the Way we as a people yield ourselves. to the' Spirit of Christmas. In spite of excesses, ini spite of extravagances and. waste, it 'does bappemi 0 1 t' the innier note of the Vule 'tide.holds u's enthralled. It cannet bc accounited for, by any trumped-utlp enthusiasm i the churches or the com- munity, or by an artificial pageantry ini city and village Day. It coilles (roi a wistful yearîning ilii the *earts of ilnen anid onie'n and cliii- dren. aroused by the ré- nieibering' of the fi r s t 3erhaps it is not nunrelated to returns le Angt impulse which . invtolves the very 1101) of the world. It is 'literaily truc that our very physical existence bias corne to depend upon our sense of huinan brotherbood. We'miust have this vision and respond to it, lest evcry possibuity oôf the good life be lost. And we shah ixot forget that wben this Christmnas vision of humati brotherbood came it came to simple menî wio vere engaged Among other things lie levels cold criticisin at the commercialisrn attendant' upon thc practice of gift-giving,. which lie: may tbink. Justifies -bis suggestion that a celebration comidered bynxost people to be the outstanding event of ;the year,. be brougbt b .a close. Our view is, that' it is rank, raw treason to every youngstcr in, the world. Christmas is dedicated to children. It coni- mernorates the birth of a Cild-tbe Most >un portant birtb in all the history of the world. As gifts were borne to that Cliild, so gifts are borne to the children of today at Christnmas time. 'Ihese cbildren become the special objects of the labo r, the love and the charity of older people.. To them the old, sweet storv of Bethlehem ils toki and retold,, including that portion relating to the bearinig of gifts. The simple story of the cross, sirnply told, entbralls themn. They listen with rapt and look with open-eyed wonder on. bis beautiful and wonderful gifts, speculating u1pon the iystery of how the old fellow mianaged to get dowil the chirnney or through the key-bole. Happy and trusting and con fiding, thcy bcêicvc it. What matter? Disillusionmient cornes soon elougbi, so let them be happy with Hie nythical bearer of gifts while they may. ing down, into the disappointed and grief-dis-' torted face 'of a darling littie girl. and lbear lier sobbing cry tliat Santa Claus hiad forgotten bier-. Did you feel a sharp pain in your own tliroat as the waves of aiguisb rose and fell in bier little breast? Did 'you watclh ber mnake' futile attenîpts at play during the day. and did you slip up to lier cot that night, after she had cried berseif to e. * "'Honorable.Uncle Sam please excuse. Nôt know honlorable,Unicle Sam'sý boat. Tbought Iii garbage scow froimwhat you call hilm, Chicago river.» A11* right," "replied U. S., as lie.'grabbed ojap by:- scru'ff of bis neck and shook him until is back teeth rattled, "but I've hiad, just about e.nough of your horse play. The next ,time an i ncident like this happens 'lil get rougli with you." Not li' îîext tim-e," said Jap. "Kniow -boat not garbage scow. Not know honorable Uncle Sani."1 W~e admire the courage of Attorney General, Kerner inu speaking out boldly against siot mna-. chines. But. what good %vill it d10? Honest, officiais have-doue 'that inany tme.arnd siot machines arc stili witb us. Wi'sgoinin tb feý a cad. dreary, d-matrhopeiess, Christmxas for Wally, no inatter wbietlier the sun shines. or fiot. Expectiug to bave been Queeiî of Enigland long cre uow, she lias becen denied ,any officiai status wlhatever as a, memnber of thie no- biiity. Our condolences to thie little country girl wlîô serned to bc. naking good in a big way in the big league., Trnily. it is .a toughi, touigl world. Von niay' ýtink thie Christinîas spirit bas taken Having first seeti the liglit of day oit a fariniau(] followed the plow ini early youth, ve' hav e aiways' liad a %varni fraternal feeling for the farincr: But ive are getting a bit ired of turnig over t Ii im a goodly portion of our earnings to insure hin a. profit ou the yeàr's vo.rk: If ive can be taxed to support the fariner, whiv îot tax' tbe farnier to was. tm.e teal thing. THz PHANm Rwom * a home,