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In on d r"- 85" 3. maul-c out was calculated to .3. O In Cid-tau dinner. It II N am medication that they have d M dinner. They number It u may it It It in but yuan”. h a number: that the mummtlllmldu WWI-animatio- iiiâ€"émuwum-opuu firmneoflarol: Mwiotlhlolotlermflm Mhtmmmnmyurpqn mm :m m m x m“ Minn-m mumm- Inc. "If pain '3- only hp". _ {or l luauâ€"nut m rm mold Ibo-Ian "mummies; unwawhmmuuclm «mammtmclnm ll in My; m Download cloc- Melina. M 'H m to 00-“. Jami-.18“: chill!” “lowing the M;- as Festivities. .- -~ Young l'oihs‘ cone-rt K V and the Mr. at the Baptist church. on the evening of the "d. was the Christmas tree of the Universal Bun- dey school. Friday eve. the 34th. laden'with presents tor all; and Sat- urday evening the Evangelical church celebrated Christmas with a. tree for ‘the .childrsn and had exercises that kept the audience until a late noun, ‘ One bright star seemed to shine (rem . beneath the boughs or the Universal evergreen. Among those immortelles was found tor us a little mortal. so quietly reposing in its hammock, that we have no disposition to molest. Not only was our household remembered. but our sanctum also. For that we re- ceived a sack made of white, orna- mented with bright red stripes, and handle to match with open mouth, and the bottom. gathered to a point with tassel attached and labeled “Scrap- bag for the editor 0! the Downers Grove News." its capacity is about half a bushel of good eating apples. or a quantity of grapes, or a good- sised watermelon. or a turkey. or a pair of ducks. or some chickens. or other useful articles. And here we would like to admonish our friends ‘when they visit, our sanctum. that it ‘ is the height of impudence to examine the contents of an editor's scrap bag. The what of a] coming of the Son Why did he come 11 since war? We can people of Israel lot sish to come with splendor oi royalty. He came in God‘s cording to the pres men; and the seen becomes the greetes The scenes enact than ordinary. A 4 young wife have on from Nazareth. Ce Joseph. for night i can iind no shelter been turned to hi The innkeeper wou stranger. but his in flowing. He offers the stableâ€"it woul‘ them from the cold ly is the odor acce in a stable the area came to earth was l a manger. A few shepherds, slrin garments, with manners, leave the: hills of Bethlehem Messiah to earth. This Man Ila-nil Aal- m clout [not nous mg MuWMmovut-Ilo mu. m clue. I. no vmm mmmm'mduopnd "To can a .n m:- Iun’l '0'" n I“ one am.“ (Continued 1mm Pan 5.) his hoe Nddon behind I not [my haul. lumped In. “n'l Bun Chm." “It's Gnu Chin," chow.“ tho mun. . The- can. an Mum um. Bull took mm of mo DIM. 0150"“ one the Sunday School superintend- ultimatum-Malamu- com pun-m dun-llama pm!- "cod not you. mom mug-u, Lot will" you «any. for cum. our Lad In lulu, Wu ban on Chm-u Du.“ VIII held in the old M. E. church In 1888. The first mutual of this society were not! Schindler. Ch“. lochel. Henry Selig. Henry Stu and Christ XMAS IN THE VILLAGE. The first Chi-litmus celebration of the Gel-mu Bunsen“! church. which I- now loomed on Grove street. ‘I'Iochvrlmmhllhdhlfl our' Lord and um. in am not on child I“ I He came In God'l way *1 ot ec- Ecordinx to the preconcel V s or men; and the seeming nplece becomes the greatest eve 0 history. mdmahbdmm hot. Mmmtlerm moo flr II We: when gmmeflmdny. mm, m WWW mm ,3 a Chm-nu h Gal’s fly for the chi!- ‘ren. Wherever the story of Christ. m n no" the world become. a later pines for children. Childhood ue. agree to me Derry Miner I“ make u u «y d niacin Wemlooutlofmthtm In; Chm-n in worship. The shep- herd. to“ their locks. and the Wine In Inverted lever" to In the cum Child to wot-mp "In. curm- mhnmuhntomder the W needs of humility. ads; for the may and no Outta-ed. The great an of Chi-1m m 1m: Eli-loll. who that via a! for h- meiwmnotmndcammm Im a" born and rural Ilka no Gnu “ulnar. In poverty. The am of Bethlehem In undo Chm.“ the mun ll! of the year. We turn um m- «y In real God's ulnar. for no Imma- m or the“ worn ad «- rule-p- un. Luna. the «almanac: at roll» you "on summo- nd uncut-all; Wed". (be clan-Spun of mun-tic and gummy den! MM; hm cola. the Mum of m Ihve. not In I date. even though u in root in the «crime: The uncle of the angel: In: nude It : sonata! My. Th0 Whit of III totin- II the coming of the Hon Why dld he come In I plus way? We cannot people of Inna] 100mm sill: to come with an t aplendor of royalty. The no“ at that nul- III beau"- ml and wonderful. "0|on to 000 in "to NM.“ an In Int not“ flu- Iu “up and char noo- Ibo night In: mt much-'- nun "Glory!“ for-huvwfltumdocnodlmul no won. The mule" In um In- Ilnut hoinu to Iowa! huh. “Paco a. uni." the m mun... No long" In mm to nah mm. for thPflmdmmca-clonm “Good Ifll to no!" 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A memos" spooks. “M not!" A! the sound of this "root voice horror floo- lron the unwind: “Fear not! I bring you Hal-n of wondrous nyâ€"a Savior. m emu. the Lord. In horn.“ “Where to Ho?” and one o! the "Ya sun m m uv-m Km name! In "will" cloths. lying la 3 mar." V“ the mum. Eye: to we and ”PI to hear have then ahepherdl. not. of the learned nor of the rich are they, but ordln-ry tollen. who become an audience no:- 0011‘. net! message and select enough to hear an enthem out 0! God'- eter- um.- ennc by e oholr from [all throne. This the Messiah? Not to the world. It In all too commonplace. Yet the Promlled One has come. and He ls not known. save by a few hum- ble men who Ire guarding their flocks. But it has ever been thus, and I0 will It. ever be. A few shepherdu,' with their sheep- skin garments, with crude speech and manners. leave their flocks upon the hllls of Bethlehem to welcome the Messiah to earth. 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