The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-12-24
LOCAL PERSONAL s s %ss, - 1l,1rnn 1905
GOES TO GLOBE.
THE MEANING Of THE CHRISTMAS TIME
OBSERVATIONS IN KEEPING WITH THE SEASON

sugar. and rice. and food of every
kind. There We're sacks of flour
stacked around its base. There were
barrels of apples and potatoes, and
produce of every sort And after the
Christmas entertainment had been
given. and the pieces all spoken, and
the songs all sung, when Christmas
dawned, the committees went from
house TO house, and where cold and
hunger usually reigned warmth and
food and raiment found their way.
THERE Is No CHRISTMAS
WHERE THERE Is NO LOVE. AND.
THOUGH WITH MANY OF Is THE
YEAR MAY HAVE DEALT HARSH
LY, AND THE LARDER MAY BE
LOW. STILL IN OUR POVERTY WE
HAVE LEARNED HOW To BE
RICH. OUT OF OUR LITTLE WE
MAY GATHER ENOUGH TO GLAD
DEN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE
LOVE. AND WHETHER WE RE-
CEINE ANYTHING IN RETURN OR
NOT. N MAKING SOME ONE HAP
Ply. NE HAVE FOUND THE DEEP
EST JOY THAT CHRISTMAS HAS
TO BRING. 1T IL ENOUGH.
am glad that. while we have not
availed ourselves of every opportun-
ity 10 proclaim the good tidings of
the coming of the Lord. and that the
church has failed in many things
still the gospel is the dominating
force for good in the world today. /
The Christian religion has triumphed I
over all other religions. Moham- (
mechanism is but a child by its side. I
or fa8 a1f i.
ing Confucianism. Buddhism. Brah-
manism and all the religious that we
may mention have never swept be-
yond the limits of the lands where H
they abound Christianity. on the
other hand, has girdled the globe:
the cross of Jesus has been planted
in many regions, among many people
And though the land where Jesus
lived has become given over TO the
Moslen horde; though the cities
where He preached have passed away.
and Galilee is a desolate place. the
influence which the Son OF Man set
forth. has spread and new worlds
and new people have been born and
grown mighty in His faith
Ii was toward the close OF a hot
summer day that | once drove into
he town where Jesus lived. In my
'oom in the little hotel where N
stopped that night. ! fell into a rev.
.rie. And in that reverie the world
clipped back. the centuries returned. 9
md it was the time when the Christ
hid dwelt upon the earth. Night
lrooded over Nazareth In the shop
where the Christ-child toied all was
luiet now, and in the carpenters
lone the Christ-ehild lay asleep,
While the deep breathing OF the other
ok bespoke the family's repose.
suddenly. in his sleep the Christ
hid stirred. smile fitted across =
lis face, and the next moment he sat I
)olt upright where he lay. looking !
IN the face of person lowering over I
lis cot; a face more beautiful than !
my he had ever seen before. more :
beautiful even than that of the saint 1
y mother whom he loved The per- !
son was dressed in long. white robes. I
and golden tresses wreathed the =
ace, and great white wings stretched
o where the tips brushed the ceiling
overhead, and awe crept into the
face, for he knew he
vas looking on an angel of the Lord.
And the angel smiled down upon
him them look of ineffable tender
less II was-the look that is born of
perfect love
Come, my child. the angel said.
1T Is many hours before the dawn,
Dut there is much for you TO see to- =
hight. II is time for you TO come. "
He was no longer the Christ-ehild.
Ie was man, nova broken. tired
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