The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-12-24
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2 little boy was reading il one day and
: suddenly he looked up with the tears
streaming down his cheeks, and ex.
claimed. why they killed Him. and
| He had only come 10 do the world
) good!'
Well. while il is true that God
. often sends His messages TO the low
, ly. il is also true that He speaks to
all. To the high and the low-the
rich and the poor-the simple and
the wise. He was on the way To the
rich mans house. to raise the
daughter of the ruler Jairus from
the dead. when He stopped To speak
to the poor woman who had
touched the hem OF His garment.
When the angel announced TO the
shepherds the birth of Christ. and
they made haste into the city, where
the Young child lay. there We're wise
men also who journeyed TO the spot.
Now. when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem. of Judea. in the days of
+ Herod the king behold there came
wise men from the east to Jerusalem
saving. where is He that is born king
of the Jews, for We have seen His
star in the east. and are come 10
worship Him. y
And when these wise men heheld
the Christ-child lying in a manger,
they fell down and worshiped Him,
and then presented their gifts of gold.
and frankincense and myrrh. The
first Christmas eve was marked by
the making of gifts. And today IL is a
time for the making of gifts one 70
another. which is all very well, If it
is done in the spirit of the wise men,
and if it typical of Gods great gift
the presentation of His son TO the
world Most gifts are made with the
expectation of receiving a gift in
return. which is also well enough,
from one point of view, as God in
return for what He has done, expects
us TO give our lives 10 Him But the
prime motive which actuated God
when He sent Jesus Christ 10 dwell
among men, was love For God so
loved the world that He gave His
only hegotten son, that whosoever
believeth on Him. should not perish
but have everlasting life. The most
of us would feel greatly offended. 7.
should we offer a gift 10 some friend +
anu tilt gilt SHOuiu Bf utCllutu. II On /
Christmas day. YOU should approach .
some one, and say: Here's watch /
want you TO accept it from me as
an expression OF my friendship
And the person would turn upon you
savagely. and exclaim: 'Oh, keep
your old watch. don't want
any of your presents. Ny you and
that person would part forever.
Suppose some of YOU husbands
would get a generous streak, and go
and buy your wife a $50 hat, after
the style of David Harum, and then
your wife after the manner of Mrs. /
Harum, would seize upon ii and
pluck every feather out of II. and
tear every ribbon from IL. and stamp
the remains into the floor; or sup
pose YOU wives would purchase your
husbands a beautiful dressing gown,
with cords and tassels and all that,
and your husband would rip the old
thing up the back, and toss the
fragments out of the window-my.
the divorce courts would get buster
than ever. But when God sent His
only begotten son into the world, We
refused 10 accept Him. We called
Him an impostor. the prince of the
evil ones. We took Him out. one day
and scourged Hin. and put a robe
on Him, placed a crown of thorns
upon His head, and drew a bandage
over His eyes, and smote Him in the
face. We hung Him on cross, be-
tween two thieves, and drove nails
through His hands and feet. and
tortured Him till death came To His
relief. Wasn't IL enough to cause
the Almighty to turn away from man
forever? Ii seems as though He
ought 10 have wiped the world,
without any hesitation. out of ex-
existence. But He didn't. Why? Be
cause God loved the world, and love
suffers long and is kind. Love
beareth all things. Love endureth all
things. There is no true Christmas
where there is no love; it is only
where we remember that il is mere
blessed to give than TO receive; where
gifts are made for the sake of giving.
and nothing is expected i'm return.
that the true Christmas exists
call to mind two Christmases
that occurred when ! was boy On
one occasion. the church had been
magnificent Christmas tree, laden
with costly gifts which the members
of the church were making, one 70
another. And there was Santa
Claus, calling out names and hand
ing over huge packages and the
great Mr.. So-and-So, banker and pill
/ lar of the church. was coming in for
his share, and the Incompatible Mrs.
So-and-So was not being forgotten,
but not until the tree was well nigh
hare. was the ministers name men
/ tioncd. and when the man of the COS
/ pei opened his little bundle, he found
within-a pair of 80 cent rubbers 1t
was all the Christmas tree had for
/ him.
j On another occasion. in another
/ town. as the Christmas time drew
near the minister called his people
/ together, and said: Let's depart
/ from the usual custom. Let us re-
member that IL is more blessed to
/ give than 10 receive Let us form
committees to canvass the commun-
/ Il. 4