Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-01-12

find yourself poorer not only 10 this worlds
goods, but what is inmcasuraby worsc,
poorer in oil tho elements making up a
! cheerful, vigorous Christian character, 80
hard aud blind and chcerless that you find
yourself dwelling morbidly upon your
failures, your losses, your miscarfiages,
your disappointments- that what
God Intended to be years gracious disci.
plno has been all lost to you. But if, my
beloved brethren, you have boon yielding
yourselves to the teachings of ,God--if
humbly and prayerfully and oheerfully you
have been trying to adjust your lives to
the new conditions that may haze becn
imposed, although you may bo poorer than
you were when the year began, if you arc
richin faith, in hope, in love to man, in
love to God, you aro prepared to cptcr with
zest into tho Joy Of this day. May God
hop US all to get up above out of tho old,
rough, jolting ruts of our poor, barron,
every day secular life, aud during these
fleeting holidays may wo show our house"
hold and our ncigbborhood that our
thoughts arc indeed revolving around spr-
iiual, heavenly things; that 80 are holding
communion with tho Child King. God
forbid that apy young lady in. this congre-
cation, member of the church of Christ,
should give way to the miserable delusiou
that she can heighten in any the enjoyment
of our Christmas festivities by engaging
in the cvitics, will not cay sensuaities,
Of tho dance. God forbid that any young
man, or any old man, either, should yield
to the delusion that he can imbibc larger
measure of the joyous, frolicksomc spirit of
these happy Christmas days by imbibing
still larger portions of beer or strong drink.
If you, who are accustomed to drink beer,
or wine or stronger liquors as q beverage,
would this day resolve by tho grace Of God
never again to touch, taste or handle tho
uuccan thing, this Christmas day would
be the beginning of new era in your life.
God forbid that any Of you should mar the
beauty of these holidays by saying any
word or doing any act that may injure your
ncighbor. If you haze been carrying a
grudge all through tho year, this Christmas
morning drop it forever; if you have, been
harboring suspicion, drop it; if you have
been medtating revenge drop it; if you
are the slave of any appetite or passion,
pray tho Lord of the Christmas, the blessed
Child King, whose glorious birth we cello.
bratc, to give you grace to break the fctters
that may vet bind you into miserable
death. Let there be Joy in our hearts, iu
our homes, JOY in our community, but let
it be tho Joy of Christian alteration, tho
JOY of high Christian purpose, tho Joy Of
concious effort for reformation, the supreme
JOY Of free, large, ahounding conscoration
to Christ.
Brightest and best of the sons of tho morn
ing,
| Dawn on our darkness and lend us thino
| aid,
Star Of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Rodcemer is laid
Cold on his cradle the dow drops arc Shin
Low lies his head with tho beasts of the
stall;
| Angels adore Him in slumbcr reclining,
| Maker and monarch and Saviour Of all.
Say, shall we yield him, in costly dcyo.
Odours Of Edom and offerings divine?
Gems of tho mountain and pearls of the
Myrrh from tho forest and gold from tho
| mino.
| Vainly We otfcr ench ample oblation,
Vainly with gifts would his favor &C..
Richer by far is the hearts alteration,
Dearor to God arc the prayers of tho
poor!
Brightest and best of the sons Of tho
morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thino
aid;
Star Of tho East, the horizon adorniug,
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