The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-12-28
OUR RELIGIOUS COL UNIV.
OLD CHURCH CALENDAR.
December 90. Holy Innocents.
January 1. Circumcision of Christ.

The doings, rather than the talkings of
Christmas, are now in season.
There were great expectations, and great
preparations, for the Christian Homes, and
for the Fathers House.
First thought of let us hope, was the
heavenly Christ Child, whose coming it is
that makes Christmas for It's, the birthday Of
our Lord.
And next, the little ones, who were SO near
to His loving heart, who are in character the
most like Him, aud for whom we should have
a love all the more tender, in remembrance of
Him who at this time, became a little child
for us.
Yes the little ones are the objects of our
most lavish outlay; and now they repay it
all, in the free, full, natural display of delight.
the unrestrained ohtbnrsts of bird.like Joy,
Aud SO, there have been Christ mas stock
ings, and Christmas lights, and Ghristmas
trees and toys and at the table, and at inter
valsi scattered all along the hours, candies
aud fruit aud cake.
We wonder at the capacity OF those little
bodies, to make away with SO much food
common and uncommon.
We tremble in anticipation of the possible
miseries of "the Night after Christmas -
But the time of peril has been got over safely.
There were no unusual disturbances in the
cribs and cradles aud lrundle bed.
Languidly, Indeed, yet actually, we have
swung back to the daily routine. There was
little more of fretfulness and beavness and
hardness than usual; and it was hard for the
older folks TO help being out of temper, and
impatient with the half-stupd children, tired
out with very pleasure. But good sense and
good nature carry the day. And If there be a
little quiet satisfaction in the thought, that
these charming, toilsomo connections are In
year," yet we are glad enough to think that
next year shall have its own Christmas, too /;
and we have already resolved upon some adj
ditional effort or improved plan, to make its
merrimeDt sill more complete in our own
circle, or to make i,s happiness reach still
larger number. That faraway cousin, to
whom we sent nothing, shalfsurely hear from
us next December; aud that poor neighbours
family, of whom we lost sight till it was too
late, shall have a better Christmas dinner
next year than we fear they sat down TO this.
[Why would it not do to carry out that happy
thought at once, and let the widow aud her
CHI ildren keep the feast at New Years? They
won't think it unreasonable, If the turkey
that knocks at their door next Saturday, ask
ing to be eaten for Sunday dinner, bears on
its breast the placard greeting, Merry
Christmas "1
January l. 1882. The Worlds New Years
day. Falling on Sunday, its religious char
acter is likely to receive larger attention than
usual The Old Church Calendar reminds us
of what it was in the Sayiour's fife-the
eighth day, when, being "boEn under the
law, to redeem us from the curse of the law,
He fulfilled its requirement, by being circum-
cised Then, too, He received that saving
name, JESUS, which was given by the Angel
months before, to express for ever the truth
that He was the Saviour of His people, to set
them free from the power and the punishment
of their sins.
Jesus only name that's given
Under all the mighty heaven,
Whereby man. to sin enslaved,
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