Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-17

LII others posi-
ton. that inca
psclty even 20 understand H. with
which 80 start. yield % the spur OF ex-
Ferience: bat yield ~ the cost Of 30
mach impatienee on one side. and 80
mueh h.artaohs ON the other. that 10
wonid seem worth while "a lessen the
friction involved in the process
This oil and simple truth comes
freshly % mind with the return of our
holidays
Festivals are aaming. two-edged
Ewordz They turn both ways with
equal ease and sharpness Created to
enhance joy. they emphasize sorrow.
Their evident use fuiness Is 10 the glad;
bat their less considered influence II
strong upon the sad. We sometimes
forget that holidays are not the espe-
eiai property 81 happy people.
There j. something a. irritating TO
the thoughtless ~ Il is appealing TO
the sympathetse In the phrase: They
are days 20 be got over" The first
time that We hear these. common
words. plzintively diseordant 10 the
holiday key, we have no more ecmpre-
hension Of them and little more pa
thence with them than with . Chinese
grammar. Then the day falls when
Ne understand. The great dcaf-mute
master. Life. teaches Us. too; frames
our own trembling lips 10 form the
language Of bereavement. OF bitterness
or OF desolation. We. too. slip into the
secret places Of wisdom, of sorrow and
Of peace; then the gay and the young,
and the superficial In turn stand crit
: icAi Of N 10 II precisely this dual
process. this change aud. interchange
Of effect which constitutes ono of the
nest interesting by-plays of expert
snee.
There In no sufficient reason that
know Of why the old. dense wall be-
tween him who hath and him who hath
not should not be perforated with y
Few Intelligent loopholes One need
pos expect 20 batter u down IL IL TOO
vcnsrsble and the foundations loo
deeply laid. HUT To look gently
through aow and then II altogether
possible
Ne patient with the sad. happy peo-
piei Do not expect too much of tho
old and weak-you young and strongl
Put yourself In the sacxcloth Of the
homeless-you who reign In the purple
of home When the holiday stir Il Ia
ne air. when the taper II lighted ON
the tree and the holly trims the hearth.
when every one that il glad grows
giaddcr. and every heart that Is sad
turns saddest, there comes n sacred
SUMMONS 20 the prosperous life. pecrI-
lar 60 itself and IN the time. Then IL
Il that those whom God hath blessed
are called 90 understand. IL they can.
thcsa whom He hath smittcn. say.
understand IL il not enough to ne
member a. the word goes. Christmas
charity i commonplace and fashion
able. Christmas comprehension IL
more rare and hundrcdfold more val
liable
A lsiy. passing blind street musI-
c4an and his wife. went back and whis-
pcrrdi I'm sorry for you" The poor
souls overwhelmed her with pathetic
signals Of gratitude for months
.Oh. It's the words you said It's the
words you said,' the woman cried.
Money. clothes. fuel were small mat
t~r.. aud coll Personal comprehen-
sion Wa the warm and precious thing.
The,presr. the sermon. the story. the
bsll.<ss and The social current. all the
holiday powers. prea@ ns into the
stream Of blind. initiative benevoiencc.
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bors 10. families without coal sna oct
neal get frcm three In Eve Of these
festive birds apiece. We load Sansis ,
sckooa trees because The pastor says
50 We spend the pocket money Of .
year in four weeks ON presents for cur
rslstIses. because IL il the thing sx-
p~cted. We purchase pneumonia By
playing saleswumen at church fairs.
and overhead the strength and temper
os our servants BY houses trimming
With cosspsny. becnuss Il - ''the
way Ne hunt mp every person we
ever knew "a whom We eau decently
Offer Hift or dinssr because s'the
Kousns do" We dedicate wisely and
veil The day 90 our children, and
make them biasc with al The modern
lnsroxeus~hts on santa Clans But IN
all our 9svinr. We mar not give the
sweet spirit that knoes Just how
friend 90 child or aeirhbor feels And
In all cur getting. we mar TAIL - get
the patl~nce and Eentleness which
pat "a In the place II. him who re-
ceives
The study ~ ne mini aud heart Of
sa~thrr II subtle are The highest
tarua - tart consists in making our-
selves per>ouae Trsfse a. tha~s upun
Uhom ~ confer faror.
Happiness - The oale real nobiesse
nbiixe Forever Prss~-sion II always
under ebil eafion "a denial. aud sfrensth
- the divinsiT sppoihssd servstur II
weakness
Do eos ssrsr In orrsslf that nsfarsl
r~eou II the sympsthies whsa che one
sd b~srs In the hone rrosp yields -
fhr aark~ning face that Iars f.sft~al
hsar There ueuaily i ~ lsast one -s..
person n he snrnirst bosss hsia. Peg
hap II u fss asesfeu sisfev. whnss svso
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sshesss psin sod ptss~ prise aesp ri<si
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