The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-12-25

| YOU! This hut shelters philan-
thropist whose sympathy is worldwide
Il verify believe it reaches to the
lonely man in the moon. In the palace,
in the howell; in the shop, ia the ditch;
in the city, on the farm anywhere,
everywhere weflcok, there is goodness
to be found, and microscopic traces of
genuine, simon-pure goodness may be
found even within these prison walls.
Come now, you perpetual grumbler and
continual fault-fnder! Let the spirit
of Brotherly Love fill your soul; let
the Christmas Spirit enter and take
possession Of your whole being; and
you will find this world beautiful
place to live in; you will discover your
neighbor is really not bad sort of
fellow, but has, some good points,
which you had overlooked, or failed to
perceive because you lack them your
! self.
Christmas coraes but once a year,
and it is absolutely necessary for us to
make the most of it. We can't have
too much of thing which is really, ab-
solutely good IF on this day we re-
joice because we see others rejoicing;
are happy because we have made others
happy; experience the sweet influence
of soul-pervading peace because we
have encouraged the spirit of peace to
dwell amongst us; would it not be well
it we continue tie same line of conduct
tomorrow, and ahe day after and all
succeeding days. Did HE, in whose
honor we celebrate this day, promise
"peace on esrtff to men of good will"
for only one dag each year? Was not
the promise givah for all time to come !?
what foels ssir&se mortals bel'' For
! one dax. sthes Lay aside--to certain
EStsnff, aJ e eass-1ileir pride, and AFRO
gance, and egotism; for one day they
yield to the soul-ennobling influence of
the spirit of Brotherly Love ;;-and what
is the result2 In proportion as they
have rid themselves of the baser kind
of self-love, and have promoted the
/ growth of the nobier altruistic-senti-
ments, have they experienced unalloyed
happiness. Yet on the morrow they will
dig up their tomahawks, and scalp
ing knives, and bludgeons, and guns,
and razors, and hammers, and fountain
pens; and in little while they will be
doing business at their old stands;
butchering, scalping, beating, shooting,
slashing, knocking, slandering and
cheating each other, just if there never
had been day of general good will.
In the morning they arise and offer up
thanks and praise to the Eternal
Father of us all who commands us to
love our neighbors as ourselves; and
all day long they admonish themselves
''to do others" for, (they say they will
| ''do' you; and in the evening they offer
up more thanks;-forgetting that the
Infinite and Eternal God needs not
their alteration or praise; forgetting
likewise that their neighbors often do
need their help and always deserve
Remember this, ye children of Man:
Your first duty is to be just toward
your fellow men 1t matters not what's
the size of your paper collar, or the
weight of y9lr money bags, you must
not overstep rhe boundaries of justice,
when dealing with your fellow men.
In the moral government of the world
there are only two great forces: Justice
and Injustice. The good seed sown by
the spirit of Brotherly Love can never
grow and bear fruit unless its roots are
watered from the Fountain of Justice.
Brotherly Love itself is fiction, or at
best only an eyane cent emotional
feeling, when its fou' lation is not laid
on the solid rock of {, lstice But it is
impossible to be just before we ex-
punge the lower forms of self-love,
and that contemplate spirit of egotism
which continually hides from our view
the light of truth. And if on this
| Christmas Day vein measure, at
least-Overcome our self-love, and
think of, aud work for, the welfare of
others, and receive as our reward an
increase of happiness; shall we not be
considered foolish, and justly SO, if we
do not encourage the Christmas Spirit
to remain with us, to guide us day by
day, throughout the whole yearp Many
there are who willingly, gladly, submit