, 1865-12-25
CHRISTMAS.
The Epoch and Its Associations-.-The
Old and the NeH-..Re. Unioas-.-
Santa Claus aud tho
Little Ones.
CHRISTMAS EFE-.-DECORATrOSS,


uene oofse: nas oy ahe sanc8ful been analos1ted l.
me eoaa'e!Aaon eas1tta7as. whess the Sun go
eucy than h.s thr ror,f ns-a.rrta. - -
o,.- s-.ns 49,. 49,. Ps,eNu1or " me ahinlnl
unt zunk oo"n io~ef and lower each day towar'
NE inferno. contracting his dtutus1 circuit dally
and giving practical threat That he wou1d a,e 1on
enter the tomb Of ,he ce,cat,,, dr., sra -. ~.
forever tn ooid and darkness.
There donhtess has been time In the history O
| our race when this rnnfd dec]en.ion og tha Sar,
orb vas watched viii ,r.n,h1,n@ " - @ NC sa .ola
| ~ 49,. 49,. ~ "4 1te"uus. nc can 1ane!
toe nfst miner o. the human Gmtly spending II,
virgin summer Of the nahonal creation In calm en-
joyment of the bless1ngs youebsafea bya honnteo1
I prcxfd.,,. ..s .1rE. - oo1oseon
AAV,ur4ee' a1o oasu1oslaea o4 the experience o
previous seAsone, viewing the summer bloom a
p.an pe,o' IN h,' owey pslsd.ss a. has1ng no tesI
notea hnt ~ 80 ar..,.s y. ae 1es He8e no
1" so.a' oue e!e INC antnmn w1ods hare shaken tht
iso sae neee, and swept she Elorous foliac
ana the cnttailed sunlight would b Observed By
and bye when the cold bleak WINDS honled anone
noa n1 eaaeds tses and e aosid heau,ss Of Natn
~hAe lotred to make temporary provision fo1
tae 11ce2alns chill uoucc with alarm the lAct that
tea daya were groStnR SHORTER. The deczemenI
onee kno"n. II needs no Vivid imagination to con.
cclse the desponden: eagctnesF, with which ihs
successive solar Esinga aud settings would be
Natched, and The suplitudes marked b such rude
attes the sun tad reached the ausuznnal equinox.
The appalling fact no longer admitted Of 4 doQht
that he vas being gradually 1eft in the darkness.
CLINE, with uhat desperate resolve he would swat
his apparently incxosable fate. ne may not Judge
II would seem that tie feelings Of The doomed one,
would be ea,ahe IL ,os esiea
many eoneolslons, whlch to the lonely ons wefn ~
unknoxp;
flashes acrosa The field OF his mental vision. sweet
As the ddincs Of rcpricvc to tho condemned. HIS
now ptsetleed ere detects altering io The DOWN
more end mosr slowly, and at last the 1adc npp1-
faus Of stcks, which have been used hope1esalT to
marx the dfusnal Losses, ehows that the limit is
tic indicator shows HAT the point Is turned, aud
The e1u y gradually f7stng N the heavens. Who
sh, Paint ais joy . st The diseoseryi Who caa des
l1on nc hqErds OF m eternal night, beneath whose
soNt! Etadual approach tia spirit bad been long
gSwed do"n n anticipation o. an apparent tate.al!
inc mure terrible o. It NAs without precedent, and
neither reason Or philosophy were arailahle to I'M
the eumbse pail and show the sunlight beYond.
30 MouccT that tbe discovery shou1d be csiebra-
mysterious pfovidcnces we're thus elowly unveiled
10 me wondering gaze Of this Eude ezpKimenler
amonE ttc nrst lacts n the philosophy Of Nature:
due consideration Of the darkness which ehroad.
Cd the human understanding TIL within FEW yeaes
ago, nos*athsiandinE msny centuries Of invest1ea.
become nzed IN The mental reckoning as a nstntai
cpoeh@the turning point in 'he lite Of man. Thst
had till then shfouded The laws oT the unlscYse
The inst pntesealed lcsson IN the sindy Of
ns constitution constituted m esent in
be fndehbly Impressed on The memory. and
the Never falling recurrence Of the phenomenon.
while not 1mpress,ns his descenlent. 80 strongly,
would still be TOO important to be lightly PASSED
oFef; especially would the first families Of the race
note the fact each year. as they had not 60 ar SIC
Snea sasa 9 6us stsShss aS. s; hf h~ E S Of y s
thousand years lhetr Judge In mercy to tner lesrs
gave the promise that while tho earth rernsnsth
80 !, summer nm md Winter s1all moi eease" That
snufed z1rA along tIch The fun marcned il silent
majesty. on hi. annual journey, vas ii once toc
then rcsy dc bh Of Il tas be- new s yess,
and rs knch has always been welcomed hy nations
and peoples. whether savage Or civilized. however
4hs ~ sss
De Egyptian eslendsf, a1iae he date Of Of c1sstioa
in tbe sutamn y correspondent to thei. reckon
e. ~ f seR sona no.
The period. though their great orie1nsI festival wss
celebrated IN he spring When tie snn reaching lie
dss eeetinr tbe ss or he ne Wheh x,aee dpe
The winter from he summer semicisc1e. Ths WIn.
Geenrato0s nraa IN eseFF part Of the globe
II wss nrol,shv far ,b,. rcrr natnr,, re.so, ,n.+
tie Christian world ar1eed st r,e,ioA yrry f,rsnh
sronent to de thristian ~, ~ y ~ ~ ao
III lima for ceehrsfinr he XIX ~ ~ ~
r il veil known ~ r..se-s ~ E-riaue stfssi
thai # MS no, iii .omc centnriss a,eE he ,es, y
f1hr}sf fi,.t this firne Vss chnann ~. sns,n@ 49, ~
1eantfi neL.snr4hT ~ insni,,,ian -. Hhs W.
1xorid ina lonr f+en ennk IN nnor.f de,r.;, ,,ion
For four thousand years man Ind lived upon he
lie cradnaiy incrasirs denraytv or ,he Iac ~
wo,}d whISh by rtdom Inex =, M M IA .x,s
~ ..re from he fate .hich ,se,as5 1oo.1, ~
The ,t lasr NJ rrsn1ersstar IA ssa, t.s.
s,ed IT, Mandlsy t'9% n1 1hs ihnoDs but ieby 1tten
de,lhuas apnsrenty on he ere * srain a hstns 70
fn1ed N II is heen i,sn t5nx,nG ha. oS.ns
~ pug ,o h sn r. f n Mn2ie o, s7ce " ~
1;nma,1ah eecrncd threa,cnca n .bs .~nttd an4
Sar.. Gn Ind INN rire ssse IN 'es ssa~er mos'e ersn
h,a hf s e he o. S ~ .n a
enns1entne him 10 destrnefio9 ~ MnSI moSI
of The diytne co1,nsensnee ho5 hsen
Tg,.adnen from ,,,hs,.,. ,hs tsmR'e sna =;
Ihe only ray Of hons t,arsrs sed bv = hesinhted
, wnr1d. Bnt Ioi citanse. The dcnihs srr Tr.rnef
in lie Tempisi lie desire q al natons @ ia, @ FOR
Nhich he prurhci1 md nposlies had hoocds thst M
for which holy Simeon had long vailed. va born
as e.! ss sosp b.
| tul anthem Of "A Savior Horn," chanted BY lie
Enhf nT1I "a MN <fTt nv tn
nna ~ the .rind e fnr,s :" 1890 ,.rotae. " s M
IoI. 1hs ihi'.n, rfr1 .s renaht ~ Il; t. f.
srrnhs ah,ye md t,e st.-, n fhe;r y am
= a. ~. s.*aatstt 1u es.nsa - ~ r., - .
shn-,sS :. 1hs 1'G,nin1 .4srx .,, NC VI @ Us
| vi 1hn sn,a -. ca .hn,fad ~ ;or :; ss' ''A'
~ 1h @ 49, Je.3 ,sncs ~ - H. a. ry.h - a,e.-.x,
.,rtss s,.S rh.1.c s,t - ~. a
t, ~ hau .eraa .1.nT PERSONAL---VERY. -. =.
t.E,r,. ;x;n~ - y.-e.enss ,1a1,tns fo;i. ..fh.s
s-e % =, fsas - 4 ,pp.r-,.w,s ,,nn saeasa
euu a y ..,1 GtuonS 1u ees:
1ai IL hft " .1n1;n r. i5ssah s. ~:
te,sl aMs t,a ~ nr u. wt,t ~
arnnaip ihnnah .ebsns 1nnre snsgSaiS ~ r. y:
.ns9 EEL t't 81 a. ~ ~
x4mmen.- nn,hrr1ncs a. iru r}rv md ntne, hn,Sss
I'LL. ~ a!ss,5ta W .,cas ,stI y1i LITE:
t. csch-n9e Win q: mr. mht ~ ~ ~ a,hs
tine Of the year vel now oar nrsrts Ind our no-Ee
honls ,,e 6ncnsd snd onr sriens corne n ~
trmenhranee iotF1ded 10 last Ill the yesE rnnnd
some og u Temembsr tie poos md lie stssases
Wnnia thet the n1srtire werc nnnre c-ner,t -
1he ffrstnss sn,ann IL hcrrfifni1v od.ntad =, n,
orrss;nn nsneciair n fhe cnnnf,T Thn ishors n ~
ste xasr .-s fhera o,,er thc c-nn. h.1o haan sstH
ar. MI ia hs,,. ~ nroe"e4. rannieS ~ ~,
sio. e,,5 ~ fnss - ',hs {,a.- osca-+strnJ 1 ~
En.. aSfi1. aet,ia5 t;;a ,h;s rstsi o-dn. - =
smgnech.t crntr,Sai1ed he daEsr.nr ~ tbs ,.,t1
- ~ ..sser;.i seesmtr;r;{a. ~ 1n., nna ,rs1ts
r1ye no*,r ieisure. or whcre a1iowed fhe resnit 4
tso.e;t.,5o,, a. ~ 49, ann,ans ~ .ha nn, -
p T 9 * .; .ns S.jgs stT ~ w ~
nt;1 s,,ins,re1,t Ia ~ H.. rs,.;iv -
1,sa. tms ~ ~ ~ .;N..s r;, n;
eh1iir r715 wi ~Jihant 1hc " hJs11pS ~ fnid Mi