Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-12-21
THORoFARE

THoRoFARE.
High are hearts in hut and hall
Cry Noel sing ssNoel,''
Lowiy kneel the cattle all
To the merry 4uletide bell
Shout 'sNoeli''
Angels that with triumph thrill
Cry Noeii''-s1ng s-Noel.'
Eehoing still
To the gladstone Yuletide bell
Shout sNoells
The Christmas time the glad Christ
mas time is with us again In the merry
good wishes; in the exchange of presents,
and in the good cheer which attends the
occasion we are apt to forget all that it
foretokened the crown OF thorns, the
bleeding brow, and the tree hewn, and
bound, to bear the weight Of human woe. 7
Perhaps it is we'll that we are able to put
aside the penitential tears for awhile and
rejoice together in glad new day. Still,
it seems little sorrowful that so much Of
the old-time sacredness of the day should
be left out. Our Christmas trees, our big
dinners, and our guests render the church
service an impossibility TO most of us. We
are fast reIapsing into barbarism, if it was
barbarisin We are going back to the days
when Adam and Eve did light-housekeping
in the orchards of Eden, and are forgetting
the new era altogether unless some incon-
siderate clergyman calls our attention
to it on the Sabbath morning that
we have wandered idly into church.
We are shown as in a vision the kingdoms
OF this world and of all the worlds, but we
prefer, as rule, to look in upon puppet
show. II we remember the poor-a very
few OF the poor, in eyer SO small way, we
are satisfied that we have done our whole
duty, and have earned the right to give the
day over to our own amusements, and at
its close the chances are that we feel OPP
pressed with sense of boredom. The
raptures of delight in which we haye in
dnlged make us yawn the tops Of our heads
of; but the day has been lived through
and we have all called it merry one. If
we are able to give presents we may find
ourselves richly endowed in turn, and we
can spend the next day in counting over
our treasures while we envy Eve who could
go all day with her hair down, and attired
only in bangle bracelet-Adam's latest
Christmas gift, for history, or tradition.
which is another name for the same thing
tells us that Christmas existed before
Adams time. Science is telling us now
that Adam never existed at all, but is only
a myth. Now, we like to believe in Adam,
just as we did IN Santa Claus, and we won
der what sort of science is that which en-
riches the understandings but robs the inn
aglnation ?-And SO we are glad to believe
in Adam, and glad to believe IN Christmas,
and have Christmas come, and hear once a
year the treasured words of old:
Glad tidings of great joy 1 bring
The ancient truth is told.
E. Budd, and Mr. Joseph G. Ladner, Of
Woodbury., were married on Monday
night, December IL, by the Rev. George S.
Goff, at the parsonage.
Mr.. Daniel Mcbride, from Bridesburg,
was the guest Of Mr.. Leslie Gibbs over
Sunday.
The hog-killing at Mr.. Isaac G. Lows on
last Saturday was one Of the pleasant events
OF the week pleasant for everybody but
the hogs, and perhaps they were tired Of
lie. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
5. Low and family, Mrs Hettie Lodge,
Mr.. and Mrs. George ggH. Lodge. Mr. and
Mrs. Clark Reed, Mr.. aud Mrs William
Rambo, and Mr. and Mrs. T. K Wilkins
and family. There was the usual or un-
usual big dinner and jolly time.
Mr.. Samuel Griggs, from Ringoes, visited
in the home Of Mr.. Fl. A. DeHart, last
week.
The young friends of Annie Anderson
were INVITED, by her mother, to help ceIe-
brate her birthday last week. The guests
were the Misses Mile Densten, Frances
McGill, Beulah Kircher, Edna Bowers,
Hazel Day, Maggie and Mary Morris, Ella
and Lille Fischer, Abbie and Mary Rambo,
and little Maggie Morris. Refreshments
were served, and the young people made
themselves merry with games, and other
enjoyable devices until the evening shad-
ows began to fall.
Mr.. William F. Wilson, from Ocean
Grove, was visitor in the home of Mr.. L.
K. wilkins, last week,
Mr.. Harry Leach, who was severely
injured in runaway accident recently, is
slowly recovering. There were no bones
broken.
Some OF the young men who went skat-
ing on Monday night broke through the ice
and took an unexpected bath.
business meeting of the Epworth
League was held on last Thursday night in
the Easements of the church There was an
election of officers which resulted in: Mr..
a. A. DeHart, president; Mr. Charles Platt
1st vice president; Miss Kizzie Wilkins I'd
vice president; Mrs. Rebeoca Gleason 3ed
vice president; Miss Laura DeHart 4th vice
president; Mr. A. S. Truncer, secretary;
Mr.. Leslie Gibbs, treasurer; Miss Laura
DeHart, organist; Mrs. Rachel Wilkins,
Junior League superintendent No other
business was accomplished.
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