The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-12-25
CHRISTMAS AGAIN
TOMORROW
Open Hearts Find Voice In
Happy Shouts Of the Chill
dren.
PIKE ANNIVERSARY

world will be celebrated again the
birth of tho Prince of sorrows, that
marvellous man of GRllilee, whose birth
gave hope 10 sinful man, robbed the
grave Of its victory, aud pointed a
myriad footsteps into the peaceful paths
of right living. This year the anniver.
sary comes ON saturday, normally tbe
busiest day in the week, but almost
without exception Il will be observed
IN all lines Of business, and worshipful
mankind will bend the knee and sing
his praises in thousand tongues, in
truth and IN fact, though there will be
but one meaning to IL all. IL is all
directed by the wonderful Christmas
spirit, which IN now on Christmas eve
stealing over the earth, opening hearts
that have been closed aud finding voice
IN the happy shouts Of the Children
for the Feast OF the Nativity is above
all the time of the Child. Older pco.
d fh' nv WIN uftH HfHHf Ol tuh
Significance of the hour, but il In 10
the little chaps that IL is most OF all
a period Of unalloyed JOY. II has al.
ways been 50, and IL will continue 20
be- IN long NJ love dwells in the human
heart, for that Christ above all things
loved little children, and the ratest
picture of him all Is that wherein he
is surrounded by them.
II was for the sake Of the children
thai the wise fathers of the early
church adopted the idea Of Santa Claus
the inspiration for that character be.
ing the wise and good Saint Nicholas
patriarch Of the now Asia Minor, who
first conceived the idea in the Christina
world Of enforcing the lesson OF. tie
birth Of the Christ child by making the
innocen, half Enpricst. TO be- sure the
iten was soon merged in that Of tho
feutonir kriSs kringlc, the santa Claus
that We have today, but that does not
r'nitcr. since the object il the sans.
Through the centuries the picture of
;hc jolly old saint had had full sway.
AZ times there have arisen false philos.
ophcrs who nave tried to convey ,be
IMPRESSION thar there was no such
thing. but glory be. they have had III.
Tie following. and you can prove his
exisiance lay any child. of any race.
IN any cline. So long ~ human love
lights up the earth there will b. a
santa Claus, the same in person. though
l'e comes in NJ the door. since FIRE
places are no pI". or changes his mode
4 loniotion from the reindeer of his.
iory =" the aeroplane of modern zen.
nus. There l. no period of childhood,
thank God. The man or the woman
who would rob childhood Of this bless.
"d fact of Santa Claus is a vandal 10
whom nothing is holy. aud in whom the
greatest lesson OF the ages has never
found footing. Thcaciualities Of life
tn" heart breaks, the SORROWS, bsgin all
too soon. aud the man and the woman
who is wise. and who can, on Christ.
mas eve. listens for the jingle OF the
bells and for the once are little child.
rem. Perhaps after a while they can I
aud the only way they can get close
to the spirit Of Christmas is 10 re-read
Dicken 5 Christmas Carols. +" echo the
prayer of Tiny Tim: "God Bless Us,
every one, even though through a
midst Of tears they see the little
mounds that cover their own Tiny
Tins. What does that matterl Away
beyond those bits Of graves, there is
a vision Of u place of green meadows
and soft running waters, and those
same little chaps In the everlasting
arms of that blessed being who above
all loves children. The spirit Of Christ
IN very near to those who look back ON
Christmas eve, and II is His promise
that all is well that keeps the world
from being desert OF lee for many
Of Us who bear cross after all of the
years There are hundreds ~ the cross
hearers in this good old town. you
need never expect TO hear from them
any reflection of the unholy doubt that
there is a Santa Claus
Through the ages all Of the wealth
Il man = imagery has been exhausted
in the attempt TO tell of the birth oi
he Son of Man. II irresistably ap
seals. In the nearly twenty centurie.
since the shepherds saw the star, Il
has been told all over the world. and