The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-12-19
THE YULE TIDE

pervadcs Tucumcari now, and Tor
that matter the whole civilized
world, is proof enough OF the value
OF Christmas as a civillzing agent.
No matter whether a man believes
in the story OF the Christ Child OF
not, the instinct OF Christmas gets
close TO him, no matter how hard.
ened h, may he IN the way OF the
world. You will see some pretty
hard old bats IN this town sneak
ing home with suspicious.looking
bundles under their arms this
week, and many an old married
hippopotamus will find himself
thinking Ot other DAYS, when lite
was not all a hard scramble, and
the fires burned brightly ON the old
hearthstonc that has been cold tor
many a year. Even though the
glimpse is iectlng, he is a better
man Tor II, granting that in a tew
days be- rclapscs into the old way
OF SHINING and being skinned.
That i, the way Of the world, ac.
o0rding TO the modern standards,
and It J., like a breath OF heaven to
live even for a short time, in The,
]atmosphrre Ut a clearer and a bet.
ter lite.
=, | have never believed that Their,
has really been any change N tn,
human heart, OF that there are any
different spiritual condition. than
prevailed when we were boy. To
>, hc sure We lead a morc rapid gait
NOWADAYS, but whether lli, b. a
boon u not Is owing - how 80, mis-
it up with the milk VI human kind.
ness in our daily walk, Their. h.
no guarantee d a calm old axe, or
a happy OF middle age, like tina,
factor which has made lite worth
living since the morning star, sang
together II is absolute in it,
power. You car. see 1t verified al.
'a over town, all over the world,
J. Christmas day. and every othel
X day in the year. It is not the PEG.
j. pie who have most who are hap
p pest, tor the man who worrlc.
u about what his money Is carnIn,
il has no time or disposition to tax,
hold OF the one thing that can lat
I. his soul out OF the narrow per cent
= age horizon. He Is too busy I,
~ notice the struggles and the wei
v dolngs OF those around him, an,
u might as we'll be in lail SO tar as an.
u real participation in the divine sid
N OF lie is concerned. The divin
spark may start up TOT a moment
~ but it l. only a spark OF the dlvln
ray, and is followed by a darkness
III all the more profound, because
d has not the flesh and bloodatiy,
IN ness that appertalns 10 the commo
VI people, who will get the real 81
T." lovment out OF Christmas, as the
did in the family blessed 10y Tin
Tim, a. taey do every Christina
rs and theirs Is a sight moe valusb'
i than all OF the treasures OF III
world.
~ About the only fault that | "a
al see with the blessing OF lIte toda
IS that most OF US are prone 10 tot
W get that whether we will or no "
" are our brother. keeper, and thi
We owe a duty to the world beyon
w. self aggrandizement or the amas,
s' ment Of money. Too many ot u
~ forget the celestial doctrine Ut III
Golden Rule, eNccLt' so tar as
ne relates TO ourselves, and twist
10 around with the prrnIciOus read
ness OF David Harum. That
70 the key to the whole shootin
match That rub is the sesam
to to all human happiness, and ther
rs is no more complete proof ot III
IS. infinite wisdom oi God. Tab
n. that maxim out ot the Bible, an
the book would not be- worth
Ike pinch Of salt, Leave Il and tai
all Of the rest, and 1t would n,
nd make a particle OF difference II Il
y, advancement and the bettcrmer
Is. 0; mankind.
.ve II the millennium ever comes,
will be- by the application OF Il
in Golden Rule. II can come IN
other way in a world that has Il
sse ages been the battle ground OF CO.
o. tending selhshness, and which m;
re, sometime turn to a simpler iait
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