Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-24
FRIDAY EvtNING. DEC. "a, 1909.
IHEG q. to wishes it's patrons and
friends Merry Christmas and many re-
torDs.
CHRISTMAS.

CHRISTMAS.
Ch,istmas bells will animate the world
acasn tomorrow, and happy greetings OF
the season., family reunions the inter
chaoge Of presents and Incidental good
n .er will mark the celebration OF d. =
uhich ia now slmoet universally observe o
"a one of rejoicing for What is believed
nv mos If the CIVILIZED world to be the
greatest of all events 10 the history Of
on. planet. 8
According to generally accepted chro'
roIopy. nineteen hundred and nine years
ago simple event occurred 10 q cara
,sn.arv in Judean vil!nge-sn event
which in no wiss aslrac'ed the attention
Of the world q. the time, but third OF .
century later began TO revolnsionize the
religious thought of tho sge.
Acpelic onoristers had broken the
,,,,lnsss of The night, ADD in announcing
the birth Of the loug-looksd tor Messiah
tbey proclaimed "Pesce on earlh' gooo
a;l, n mepn-a declaration which hss
.oue down the centuries and sent thrills
of NV Though all subsequent genera
tlons.
The spirit Of Christmas has spfeaa H.
to every land, and the occasion IS o.
seryed 10 one way or another DOT oniS
by the followers OF the Great Teacher
but oy jews, Mshometans and even o'
msry folio sers of Oontucius.
At the TINA the wise men from lot
east appeared in Jerusalem irqa'floe
for the K pg OF the Jews the reVels'lon
which bad previously been made ~a'
sill col fiued 10 one race OF people.
The original vas in the Hebrew tongue
and though here had been some tfa0s
;ations of the O.d Tesrsment 10 Whole OF
in part. tie Crest / An who appeart
10 Moses in the burning bush vas Still
regarded as exclusively the GOd OF Aora'
ham. Issso add Jacob. The mission OF
sbs babe which at that time wa lying
in the msnger at Bethlehem was 20
break texa The wall OF partition ano 70
bring about the resl,z alton of the fact
sba, there ia reilber Jew nor Greek,
barbarian, Scythian bond or free-~!ns'
al, are of the human race and all e4usl
ly sutjscts:of the same Creator henc'
on the Day OF Pentecost when q clover
congo Of flame rested upon the beads o.
sh4 asse mbled polsglott multitude, tns
Gospel was proclaimed IN all tongues
The ,acred writings we're 20 longer tt
be restricted to one language, snd 10
she wears which have followed they have
Been translated Into all tongues, 80 that
literally at this day the knowledge o
the Llrd coyers the civilized portion o.
the earth, G. least, while 1t has been car
RED into many of the darkest places G.
chs globe. 10 fact the statement tba
ahe Gospel should be preached 10 all INT
habitab!e world "as witness" Seems
nearing its ia'6l|ment in our day.
Many years have elspsad and the
world. has made much history since the
Star guided The Msgi to ths mapger,
snd as hss Leen foretold, We live IN
day wheu some are disposed to question
che literal accuracy of what has been
written concerning the interesting e'ent'
which characterized the Introduction o.
the present era, We we're not living n
the time, cor were We With Alexander
the Great, when hs started on bis Sorle'
wide core nests, nor we're We eye'Wt
asssss of the assassination OF Jaiioi
Cn'ar, yet the world accepts Phuta'ch''
statements, who was as lar removed
srora Ale xaader and others of whom be
wrote es We are from Christopher Colnm
bus. I: may be only necessary to o.
ssrve that the contemporaries and COM
paniors of the greatest OF all historical
dgures wrote the scenes and Incidents 10
connection with his earthly career.
The teachings of the N'zsrene, not
wi.hsaudipg the prejadice against Hiu
and his at tbe beginning, have always
sapesled to the wel.disposed, and While
a little band followed Him at the out
set, his disciples are now as the ssnd'
OF the sessbore. Truly, the grain o.
mustard seed has become great tree
The words OF encouragement from Hin
who spoke ss never men spoke are as
auraDcss of future existence which
Socrates, Plato and otbefs saw through
q glass darkly. They have essed th'
yokes and burdens OF mary ard are still
abe soIace of the thoughtful.
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GENTLE SUGGESTION.
The fact that the Crest Teacher va