San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26
The Christmas lUV

The Ginning bells ring in the morn
When Christ our blessed Lord was
born;
Auspicious time.
When Love, divine.
Came down to earth to win
The hearts of men from sin.
As we receive, so may we give.
And day by day learn how to live.
All! There is the gospel that all
may understand; "The teaching how to
live"
This is pre-eminently the time for
love (Which means kindness, patience,
sacrifice and joy to abound. Love is
divine. All love is born of God, of
good, of the highest.
The business of life consists chiefly
in getting ON best with our fellows, how
to best make others happy and how to
serve. Happiness never comes by be-
ing served, but always by serving 9TH
ers. Love and all that it implies
means unforgetting courtesy and
fhoughtfulness.
We are not discussing theology and
it matters not whether the man Jesus
the son of Joseph and Mary was born
on the % of December or not. But,
it is of consequence if a new Christ
spirit has come into our world, and il
it is the most important business of our
lives to develop this spirit more and
more every day, to add new luster to il
by kind deeds and kind words.
Frances Willard says of her mother,
AHer mind was filled with great
things" That sounds the key note.
Great things! How soon selfishness
and pettiness, that belong to small ma
lures, drop away from us when we
dwell on greatness.
Only that life is rich which never
misses an opportunity to do kindness.
1t is of little consequence to whom
this kindness is shown, for in any case
it enriches our own lives and is bound
to make the sunshine little clearer
to those who have fallen under the
CLEAN of our attention. Amid the
multitude of duties that throng upon
us each day it is easy to forget the sor-
rows of others, but it is ones response.
bility as well as privilege to speak kind
ly and to do kindly in all things and un.
der all conditions. And as it is asert
ed that every thought registers itself in
the brain cells, then every good thing
can become a part of ourselves, and
We can make gentleness the leading at.
tribute of our character.
Lillian Whiting says, Immortality
is not so important a thing for us here.
after, as to live Immortality here and
now" through love, for no good thing
can die and life is beautiful, all life,
and to it do we add new beauties by
our emulation of the Christ principle
to be swift to love.
Amid the multifold cares and per.
plexities of life this may seem impos.
sible. Sorrows come upon us, dear
ones leave us and we seem to be left
with empty hands. But Emerson
says, IF your hands are left empty,
it is only that they may seek and hold
better gifts" 1t is weakness to cling
to old conditions, or dream Of what
might have been, for all about us rise
up new conditions continually, and
griefs falling on ourselves should make
us more tender and Thoughtful to save
Others therefrom. We can only forget
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all about us there are lonely hearts 10
cherish.
While the days are going by,
There are weary souls who perish,
While the days are going by.
All the world is full of signs,
Full of sad and weeping eyes,
Help your fallen brother rise,
While the days are going by.
Utilize them, and vitalize each da,
and all you do with love and hope ant
joy.
We are the expressions of infinite
life, but are finite. The all seeing in
teligence means che thing in our lif'
and another thing in some other, We
all means harmony and peace If W,
VIII make them so.
Nothing gives US so much gladnes
as to know we have lightened som
ones burden, and by doing this always
whenever an opportunity presents il
self, it soon becomes part of our IA
ture, habit and so we bring to ourselve
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