The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-10
CHRIST'S BIRTHDAY
Rev. Or. Talmage Urges lta
Fitting Commemoratlon.
Christmas Tine should Ne Made q
Season For the Healing Of
Family Dissensions, says
the Eloquent Divine.

Grafton Of the Christmas time the heal
Ing Of family differences and the put
ting aside forever Of all dissensions. In
accordance with the spirit and teach.
inRs Of the sacred season. The text is
Luke II, II. "Ou earth peace. good will
toward men"
Christmas day has the manger fol
its gem. with the home for a setting.
From time immcmorial the commence
ration of the birth OF Christ has had its
true and real celebration not so much
in public festivi;y and church cere.
monial as in tho family Gathering
around the domestic iirrSidc. Christ
mas day always has boon and We hope
always will hc - family day. II is
well that at Least Cucr year the chill.
drcn ami the lra@|c' aeon. the broth
ers and Tie sisters and the nrphcws and
the nicccs, as We'll as ;hr fathers and
mothers and g,aNG,aryniS, should he
gathered within lie t,ar walls Of the
old homestead. aud d is Appropriate
that the season Tor such r,uni.n ms should
he that at which We celebrate the ad-
vent Of our Lord
Eut though God "Sct,cth the solitary
in families" thoU.a ON Christmas day.
above all other days. he would have
us worship him in communion with our
kith and Kin, though we should delight
to prove that blood is thicker than wa
ter, vet the startling fact remains uu-
controvcrtcd that the gvinning skeleton,
vlich rattlo> its bones and clattcyS its
tccta aimoS, every Christmas eve in
almost every family closet. is the hid
cou> skeleton ot domestic strife by
Ills >tatom.u; We do not mean that the
father and mother and the little chill
drcn liNin- within the four walls of
house arr necessarily unhappy or that
NOS, homes are not peaceful and loving
We do mean. however, that the fam
lily name. taken in its larger relation.
name We do mean by this statement
that after the father and mother have
been carried out 10 their last resting
place, to sleep the sleep OF death under
q covcrlid Of snow. cstrauSemcnts often
arise between the married children
We do mean by this statement that
many and many Il home has been split
from top 10 bottom on account OF the
second marriage Of father or moth
er. We do mean that today all over
the United States brothers can be
found al variance with brothers, sisters
with sisters and cousins with cousins.
Christmas day is essentially n family
day Would il not be possible in the
weeks before It's dawn for you to ar
range your family differences so that
OIL thar day the old quarrel may be set
tied and all the hard thoughts and hard
words II has ongendered may he for
given anG forgotten ] would suggest
10 Won today some reasons why such
reconciliation may be and should be
effected. ] would t"v. in the name Of
Jesu- Chris 10 have ovo~ the man@or
b"r.la. clasp hands with brother sis
L., wit. s-src, uargn, with child and
child with parent would --v 20 do
tE!- uanau>' when the Christmas bells
are ringing thetr caro-. no man. nr vo-
man can So truly honor the newborn
child called the Christ as ny doing his
O. l"r rar- To- fulfil the auge. message
O. Peace or ea~tL and good viii 10
va~6 -uo-'
Family dl,-ou-i0ns should nea-o and
cea>e Why. They have
uear.r al,-gy. practically ull-been
caused by faults committed Oh both
eIda- Tho lnve been cuu~pd 10y the
p1- calling tn, kettle black the ket-
IT, retalgtinc by calling the pot black
nDG AZ the same time both are 80
BLINDED 10y IN" hOt fires Of domestic
tAat they cannot See that
aacL Is black. II may not be clear who
started the family trouble Il il enough
u show that II both parties had not
erred there would not have been con
.!uIrd domestic disturbance
Lax for Illustration. tDe trouble DE
tw-ei father and Ais son. Every lit
IL while we hear Of the son of some
prominent man being al variance with
his father Al inkling Of the trouble
may gst into the newspaper or be gos-
SlpeC about ths neighborbood Some
u " side witt the parent We say.
no matter what the father may have
done Tie sOu mas 10 right 10 turn his I.
BACK upon mis- sIre He mar no right 10
lesplse the parent who cared for him
when Ae was 4 little enid and who ed
Icated MIN and started him out az d
FOuuR man inJO the word" On the other
4s &c. sOIne " Us sioe with tie son in
tteao OF TIE father We say that some
fathers are mean and selfish and grasp.
.ng They never want 10 give their
Sons their rights II ls told Of old Em-
yeror William ! OF Germany that when
TIE court artist painted picture VI
the German court, with Crown PRINCE /.
! tederlcks foot upon the lowest step
" the throne, King william called the /.