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2 Z . ie NW 5 © AI PER i % SEN SE 0 J LITE ge coe ThePortPerryStar = ol Extends Beat Wishes fora C0 HE Ferry Christmas mw AIL. ry NEY mrMETmTI---- id ; pe i PORT PERRY, ONTARIO; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22nd, 1938 «7 x ; 3 T came upon the midnight clear, = 4 "But with the woes of sin and strife ; Af ; The world:has suffered long; if ~~ That glorious song of old, " rg ar { rene : pA From angels bending near the earth ------HBenecath the angel strain -have-rolled ---- 4 4 To touch their harps of gold-- ~~ Two thousand years of wrong; ! And man af svar with man, hears not ee PR CE GIT THE CATH ROOT witt tore; : From heaven's all-gracious King? The love song which "they. ring; U © The world in solemn stillness lay '0 hush the noise, ve men of strife, A : To h " Yo And hear the angels sing. : ~ To hear the angel sing. pd Wa : » - 8till through the na skies they come And ye, beneath life's erushing load With peaceful wings unfurled; : . Whse forms are bending low, : And still their heavenly music floats 'Who-toil along the climbing way - --'r all the weary world; ~ With painful steps and slow, "Above its sad and lowly plains = "Look now! for glid.and golden hours - They bend oh hovering wing, ~~ > Come swiftly on the wing; " - And ever o'er its Babel sounds +O rest beside the weary road," The bléssed angels sing. ' +. And hear the angels sing. 4 : . * For, lo! the days are hastening on, By prophef bardd foretold, When with the ever-circling vears "Comes round the Age«f Gold, When peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendours fling, .-And the whole world give back the song : TF Which now the angels sing. . a © =z THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT = ~~ At Christmas time we think of Christ-as-the Child. We --have-made-it-the children's feast: We have promoted home = gathering and gift giving, -and.all this is good. { E = If we are to carry the Christmas Spirit throughout the V Jeu, 'we must remember that the Child grew: and when He "had grown to full manhood, He faced life's difficulties and 'tragedies with splendid courage and fine kindliness. Br He, who brought the Christmas Spirit to earth, did not" ~ mince-matters in denouncing greed and neglect. He strug- gled for freedom of thought, for more abundant life, for greater forgiveness, and for real sacrifice for principle. / > ~~ - Because He came, superstition tias largely disappeared; 4 slavery and child labor have almost been abolished; very > element of enlightenment and social improvement has been | Ct Ee nT AR A ge pn i i 2 na Weis AT on ITN Nin HAA | 'encouraged or 1mspired by kis teaching. = : \ 'So great has bben the improvement in human conditions that~we aré becoming complacent in the face of great cruelty to people in other countries, and as to growing -evils in our own ¢ountry, Christianity must do more than be busy "keeping up 'with the Joneses' if we can effectively and lovingly. meet the needs of those who are in want, e cannot plan and scheme for wealth' and social position, and earn the '"'Conje.ye ese oly Father rrp well + There is little or no value in talking about what ""they'? should do. Selfishness and greed are not confined to any class. Here area few practical methods by which we can carry the Christmas Spirit throighout the coming year. ; wr y 'L* By-improving our earning capacity and ability to'serve. ~~ 2 By.adopting standard of living suited to that capacity.: > 3 By giving employment to all whom we can afford to employ. a N Ee alta pe - P- AT SO RE 3% 4 By paying a proper price for services or goods, refusing to haggle. hE 2 ~ By not hoarding--but giving away what we don't need, and cannot use well, : i: 6 By taking time to see, to enjoy, and to understand our surroundings. There ih Los RY are untapped sources.of pleasure all about-us. : foie T\ By refuging to ask the 'Goverhment to do for us what we can do ourselves. "These methods are very simple and' very difficult. "But if even a reasonable : ~~ number of us live by them, the Christmas Spirit will continue. : : % = ) ih i ee Hn all ii nn = | HE \ ih 11 HH Hib i He RA HAE An | AHA Ee A HL ll il | i PLL ; @ | iy Pig Ih i a : i il I 4 fi fr | | | | i | [~) a@m me = oy 0 ll win il a FLT ee | ld ai Ma === | fil | i I 2 5 { Gx v i a / . 1