Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-26
He said he had several messages for them,
and the first message was:
SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.

he said he had several messages for them,
and the first message was:
SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.
Some fifteen hundred years ago this Gus
tom of giving presents was instituted, and
it is kept up to the present day. 1t is not
the cost of the present but the motive IN
der which il 10 giYed that counts. When
we think of the one that came for love OF
US, then we cannot but be glad that this
happy time comes around. The second
message Is
GOD LOVES Us.
When ve az this time OF the year give
gifts to esch other il reminds Us of that
great gift which God gave Us, even his
kind OF a place do you think each one OF
US would choose? Why, we
would look out for the best
place, and would not have cur
lot in any poor place. Christ had the
choice. and what did He select? He chose
poverty, and came among the poor OF the
earth that we might be rich. Ny third
message is
GO AND TELL SOMEBODY ELSE OF THIS LOVE.
This message was exceLiently illustrated
by the recital of a story of poor family,
and the way in which they were supplied
with Christmas gifts by some little girls.
The address was listened TO with breath!ess
eagerness, and the children maintained
e1csllent order.
The Surprise vas a genuine one, and
the ecipisnt, the Rev. D. &. Breed, the pas
tor of the House of Hope congregation,
was the most Of any. Il was
now seen why the pyramid of
evergrsens was on the platform. At a
signal, the pyramid ascsadsd, as If by
covered Santa Claus and she following
motto: Happy Christmas to our Pastor,
OR Friend and Ssighbor," and bensath it
q couple Of supsrbly bosnd velunes, the
one being The Baroaisl Homes of Eas
land, beautifully illustrated, and the ether
Goeths's Gallery. Santa CLAUS, In long
flowing locks and beard, made the pre-
sentation to Dr.. Breed, in appropriate
terms, Oh behalf of the children Of the
school. On Dr.. Brssd's coming forward
he was rapturously received by the
children with waving of eel
orsd handksreh1sfs, which was taken
up again and again, and showed
me align esseem In Whlch sho PASTOR ID held
by his charge. He had to tarn round to
hide his emotions, and after a little was
able to fass the eager, happy, smiling sea
Of faces before him. He thanked them for
every kindness he had received, and he
could say, from the day he came among
them, he had received nothing but kind
ness from them. All be could say was, he
wished them all happy Christmas,
and that the works with which they
had just presented him would be
treasured by him in remembrance Of this
happy day. This he expected would be
the last Christmas on which they would
meet under the same circumstances as at
present. as in few weeks the Fort Street
mission would be away from she parent,
and start a church for themselves. But
he trusted they would still come and cels-
brate Christmas with them. At the con-
clusion of the short address the waving of
handksr hiefs was renewed, and the audi
ence caught the infection.
The presents for the children were nu-
merous and appropriate, and all were made
happy. No more pleasant time could be
spent than the couple of hours engaged in
making the little ones happy, and those
who were present were highly delighted.