The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-25
WITH HOLIDAY SUPPLEMENT.
Christmas.

Christmas day, 1885, two thousand
years after the inception of the holy
event which it commentaries, has
dawned upon world rejoicing in all
the benefits which that great sacrifice
intended to confer upon the wayward
children of the Creator, and it is safe to
say that never before has the Christmas
sun rose upon a happier or more pros
porous people than the millions it
awoke this morning to full sense of
the many benefits and blessings which
merciful Providence has bestowed up
on them. Never before was the whole
world in happier condition than it is
to-day, aud never before had men more
cause to bless that holy one, who, two
thousand years ago, took upon himself
all the ills and perplexities to which hui
n1anity is heir, in order to redeem sin
full world from the awful doom which
he only could avert. The story is old,
we have been familiar with it from our
infancy, but never will itpall upon the
Christians ear, and even those who have
no full conception of its impotence
think of it with an awe which nothing
else can inspire. If for no other reason
let us cherish it for the sake of those
dear lips which first told us of the Sa-
viour's loye--how he came and taught
and suffered, and finally died, that we
might live Christmas, of all festal
days, is the most worthy of observation,
and in comparison to the event which
it commentaries, all other, sink into
insignifcance. Think for one moment,
if you can, what our condition would be
if the Saviour had not come to suffer in
our stead the extreme penalty of death
for our /, .unrighteousness, what utter
gloom wonld pervade the earth with
out the refulgence of his pure light to
be lamp unto our feet and guide to
our path, to point onward and upward
when the weary pilgrim felt that his
load was greater than he could bear.
We, in this Christian land, have very
many things to be thankful for, but all
pale before that event; which we to day
commemorate Peace, on earth and
good will toward all men" sang the
angels two thousand years ago, and the
retain has been caught up and echoed
down the ages in all those little neigh
borly deeds and charities which make
this world the Eden thatit is to those
who use its opportunities Alright. How
petty malice must Writhe before these
words, and how really miserable must
be the heart that cannot go out in glad
ness towards its neighbor and join in
the divine benediction that to-day re-
sounds from pole to pole and speaks to
our better nature in all those enjoyments
which surround us on every hand.
"Peace on earth and good will toward
all menrn Letus in this little village, at
least, embrace the present opportunity
to do our dutyfto ourselves, our neigh
bors and our Creator by burying our
petty grievances in the tomb of the dead
past and to-day grasp hands heartily
and frankly and join in the grand re-
frain sung by the angels at Bethlehem,
when the bright star cleaned from the
heavens and the babe Jesus entered up
on that mission he only could fulfil. Let
us clasp hands and, with our hearts, as
our voices, wish everybody =
A A sffEfRsRsiT, ssfffEfRsRsiT MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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