The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-12-25

dren educate the parents in affection
and gentleness. and through them the
community. The spring whence CIV
ilization flows is the Babe Of Mary,
and the babe in every home. The
Christmas spirit incarnated In deeds
of kindness, of selfforgetfulness. love.
mutual helpfulness, is the secret OF
Christian civilization.
II will inoculate all the world with
that purpose to do justice and deal
kindly with our fellows. Christianity
has been defined as "a beautiful CIV
ilization slowly journeying across the
EARTH" It is the only civilization
worthy to be named 1t presents
ideals, with the power to realize them.
~ HERE were individuals who re-
fected ideal virtues in other
periods, but were unable to null
tiply themselves, dying like Beatrice.
who took her beauty, as they carried
their moral excellences away with
them. The first Christmas dawned on
a world Of selhshness and sin, and
dark with folly and cruelty. There
was beauty for the few, slavery. pow
erty and starvation for the many.
death for the unwelcome child and
degradation for woman. There were
375,000 paupers in population Of
100000 in Rome. 1t was a period Of
intellectual chaos. moral and social
desolation. and individual hopeless.
ness. Into this gloom came the star
of Bethlehem, beaning light, hope and
sympathy. The contrast between the
manager birth and the Christmas morn
that will dawn this week with iti
carols. songs, gifts. Joy and gladness
Ia the most striking contrast earth's
history holds.
With that first Christmas childhood
, became sweet and sacred. woman wal
, crowned queen OF the heart and home
, the slave made free, the ignorant, poo
, and wretched found education, shelte
and sympathy, and the Joy Of gener
, osity became contagious. As the SUI
, rises earlier and fingers longer thai
|, yesterday so the spirit Of Christina
!, will usher in the golden age Of happ
ness and good will. In the great pi'
! ture Of Coreggio the light on the fac
. OF the babe lends glow to shepher
and wise men. The Christmas spir
= lends q glow to all the instrument
= and forces Of society.
. -, HILE humanity falls below tn
d ideal, the effort to practice
o W is not wholly nugatory. tn
= drift of the world Is upward" tn
70 people are climbing. Interest In chi
n dren IL increasing. Woman is comm
T. to her own. Labor 10 entering II
e reward of work. War is becomin
unpopular. Racial prejudice will hit
10 in shame. The Christ spirit Is vi
:. torious. Gods good will becomes Il
.. umphant In home. street and legi
Ia lative hall. The triumphs Of the pa
a dictate new struggles for the futur
- When Pericles gave his Grafton ov
!. the Athenian dead. pointing to II
"A graves, the great orator said: "The
~ silence Is eloquent! These heroes al
!. us to 90 and live for the city for Will
10 they died." Thus past achievement
4. pledge us to fresh fidelity. Chri
.. mas asks us to lend the impulse Of
n. new love to home. school, street a
a. city; to be friend of the friendle'
4. benefactor to some dumb beast
no deserted child, to be voice for I
an dumb. eyes for the blind. springs
ts water for the thirsty, trees OF sha
=. for the weary. food for the hung
An refuge for the smitten.
NV Be an angel of mercy. bringi
en- peace on earth and good will tows
nv men," and thus hasten a Christn
he which will not simply come tom
I'd. row, but will stay all the year.