, 1898-12-24
N SOCIAL CIRCLES
CHRISTMAS BRINGS GOOD CHEER
TO RICH AND
POOR.
The Poor Generously Remembered by
Gifts of Necessities, Books and
Toys-Danish Brotherhood Mas
querade-Sunday School Christmas
Tree Celebrations.

forgotten this year. Any one who war
at the school house yesterday afternoon
would declare that they had been
a%bundantly remembered. The school
children responded generously to the
request made by the ladies of the W. C.
7. u, and potatoes, Iturnips, onions, APP
pies, sugar, canned goods, candy, and
clothing were piled high in the halls.
The ladies have been distributing these
goods among the poor today.
The Woman's club appointed Mrs.
Preston and Miss Adelaide Brown a COM
mfltee to collect picture books and toys
for the poor children, so that Santa
Claus on his rounds may not pass by
these little one on whom fortune has
not smiled
What does Christmas mean? 1t
meartS to the poorest, the most folorn,
the most forsaken outcast, eternal love,
eternal life, eternal joy. 1t means that
hfe-real life and immortality-is
brought to life.
Christmas means that every broken
heart will day be bound UP and
healed; that every prison door will be
unlocked, that every captive will go
free. and that everlasting joy will be
the portion of all. Christ was born to
tell us of an everlasting Father and Of
IN everlasting love.
II | could only get you to unders-
stand the meaning of Christmas you
would have a Christmas gift that no
money could buy What do you want
for your Christmas? do so hope you
will answer, Love" Well, love is the
one thing needful and the one thing we
can all hove, for 1.-THE gift of God is
eternal life" And life is love.
Have not many of you come yet to
where ron are tired Of things that do
not fast-that come to an end? Do you
want something that is eternal-ever-
lasting? II you do you must have God!
He only is everlasting. Then you will
t1rd that there is a natural Christmast
and a spiritual Christmas. The spirit
ual Christmas will put the halo on your
natural Christmas. Every lovely thing
will be more to OIL. But no matter how
poor the outward, the natural Christmas
may be, If you have the spiritual
Christmas you will have all that the
beautiful of earth is only the type Of,
and many a Shut in one, who has
nothing Of what you call a Christmas,
will have a joy that earth is too poor
to buy, and will have visions Of the
glory that awaits her, that all the glory
Of earth cannot compare with.-Mrs.
Bottome in Ladies' Home Journal.
900
On next Wednesday afternoon the
ladies of the Presbyterian church will
hold their missionary tea at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Asbury Johnson,
900
The Alpha circle will meet on Fri
day evening with Mrs. M. c. Brown.
900
A number of Christmas dinner par
ties will be given about the city, some
Sunday, but the majority on Mon
day. Among those who will entertain
are Mrs. Corthell, Mrs. Hodgeman, Mrs.
j. H. Davis, Mrs. Marriott and others.
The meetings of the Woman's club
have been postponed until after the
holidays.
On New Years eve, DR.. and Mrs.
Miller will entertain a few friends.
The Sunday schools this year have
made grand preparations for their
Christmas eve celebrations. The pro-
gram at the Methodist church was CIV
en- in last nights Republican. The
Baptists are preparing a surprise" for
their little folks and will not tell what
it Is, but they have let Santa Claus into
the secret and we venture to say there
will be something pretty nice at the
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