Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-12-24
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What a Keeping Christmas Means
When You Are Embued VithH
the, True Spirit Of the
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&c This 10 Christmas week-tho wees
that heIds theF day on which a ga.
viour was born to the wol,d. 11any
lose sight of Tie spiritual aigniEcance
of 10 st ha.iowad aEd So gracious
ti,..e', Il 1s.a wo-idiy tsetil.ss t;ons
:.< or ,,G6 ~ S:c7t2, .hsr-
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ssesli. recognized anniversary.
st - s.l1@r ay:4lor OF the year
does -. vice wor'd secI,. t. - 50
near aAin1a. - ( ,.zie. .s,s., s;,.d ss,a
spin 81 good ct.esr ra5 s.o.o VII;
y1.;.s Il .nse g.rSas4f t1s III. : Is ~. i:.x
ai1 aisg & aryE, here" Itself l.roelai,cs
that issSxno was Torn Oh THIS day Is
Divine.
But we might write voieE.es on
Christmas aud not bring it so ciose
to the hearts of our readers as does
the 1nimitable Henry Van Dyke in
the foilpuing:s
"Itsis good thing to observe
ChristIsss Day. The mere n3s:s,ng
Oh tta.Z.s. asssu seasons Inch nieu
as3 TT r. e,... work anu MAKE nieIry
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. usl0ni. Al .,.lpo one 10 ieei t.e eu-
piel.aaey vi liie- common lille over the
lnafv luuaI liie. il reminds az luau
to sci Ills, little atch, low anu then,
%, t4s areat .Ci..ch vi nunianlty.
but .i4e4c 10 a -uetter thing tnan
til. s51sssrsance OF Christmas Day,
ai,ts t.aI is AeeiIng Christmas. Are
J vu ~liI.ue ~ luraeJ what You have
aoLse lur oIner peclle anu ~ relIleiD-
you; 80 ~ siore " n41, Lne Woriu owes
) .lu .<..t. lItiih what Suu owe the
" - pt,> Souf .lei,s Iii Tie
A3,> 3. l.Iu, JOuG uutteo III The Init
u1, I'D ....,~, md ) our C4.Anceo to Go
a little mere lnan your duty i'll the
fOEealGun0; h. see that your fellow
men are rs. as real as you are, aId
Try IL look neLlnu tiseil loce5 10 ts.e1r
heal Is, nunsry IvI JOY; ~ own that
pt. "a. IA, iie on'y good reason Tor
you eXiotence 10 not hat you are
golna ~ get out OI lie, but What
you are going to give to life; to close
your uook of complaints against the
management O1 the universe ana
look around 1or d place where you
can SOW few seeds of happiness?
Are you willing to do these things
for even day? Then you can keep
Christmas.
care you willing to stoop down
and consider the needs and desires
of little children; to remember the
weakness and loneliness of people
who are growing old; to stop asking
how much your friends love you and
ask yourself whether you love them
enough; to bear in mind the things
that other people have to bear on
their hearts; to try to understand
what those who live in the same
house with you really want without
waiting for them to tell you; to trim
your lamp 90 that it will give moro
light and lew smoke and to carry it
in front, 90 that your shadow will
fall behind you; to make grave for
your ugly thoughts and . garden
for your kindly feelings, with the
gate open? Are you willing to do
these things even Tor day? Then
you can keep Christmas.
..Are you willing to believe that
love is the strongest thing in the
world stronger than hate, stronger
than evil, stronger than death-and
that the blessed life which began in
Bethlehem nineteen hundred years
ago is the image and brightness of
the Eternal Love? Then you can
keep Christmas. And if you can
keep it for a day, why not for al
ways?
.sBut you cannot keep it alone -