The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-23

~HRlSTMAS is not only a mile mark Of
W. another year, moving us to thoughts OF
~ self examination; it is a season, from all
h associations. whether domestic or religious.
suggesting thoughts Of Joy. A man dissatisfied
with his endeavors is a man tempted to sadness.
And in the midst Of winter. when his life runs
lowest and he is reminded Of the empty chairs
Of his beloved. it is well he should be condemned
TO the fashion Of the smiling face.-Roben
Louis Stevenson.
THOW many old recollections and how
H many dormant 'ymPathie' doe, the
IL IL Christmas time awakenl Happy. happy
Christmas. that can win u. back to the delusions
Of our childish days; that can recall to the old
man the pleasure. Of his youth; that can trans
port the sailor and the traveller thousands Of miles
away. back to his own fre.ide and hi, quie.
home. Fill your glass again. with a merry face
and eonten,ed heart. Our life on it, but your
Christmas shall be merry and your New Year q
happy one.-Chane, Dickens.
TEMEMBER tina, q, surely a, in tina.
Tx baby life at Bethlehem there lay the
IL w power which has run through all the
world; the power which makes Judea burn like
q star forever; the power which has tanshgured
his,ory;:the power which has made millions
Of men its Joyous servants; the power Of the
millenniums yet to be, so surely in the humblest
souls humble certainty that it does love Christ.
shere lies embodied all the possibility of the most
perfect ainthood.-Philips Brooks.
TT IS a good thing to observe Christmas Day.
The mere marking Of times and seasons.
Hhen men agree to stop work and make
merry together. is wise and wholesome custom.
!, helps one to feel the supremacy Of the common
to set hi, own little watch. now and then. by the
great clock Of humanity. which runs on sun
dme.-Henry Van Dyke.
O. OPPOSE q note came on Christmas Day
~ saying not. 81 send my love and best
~ wishes with this pool boz, I" but. 81 want
you to know that your patience, or courage. or
tenderness. during this last year, will help me
10 live more bravely and courageousiy this year.
What a Christmas present the receipt Of such a
letter would be to any one Of US. What a gift
tor any one Of US to send to the human heart
that has given US courage for the burden and
heat Of the dsy.-Margaret Deland.
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oTr0HE season Of regenera,ed feeling-the
season Of kindlins. not merely the FIRE Of
IL hospitality in the hall. but the genial
fame Of charity in the heart. He who can turn
ehurlishly away from contemplating the felicity
Of his fellow beings. and can sit down darkling
and repining in his loneliness when all around
i joyful, may have hi, moments Of selfish graft
kcaton, but he wants the genial and social
sympathies which constitute the charm OF =
Merry Chrstmas.-Wsshinston Irving.
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WITTY CHRISTMAS wish for all j, that
lNyH hey may taste the sweetness Of love.
enter into the joys Of friendship. and
know the divine bene6o.nee Of helping someone
st present less fortunate than themselves. In
thess words arc we to find the living spirit Of
The human and eternal Christmas. The uni
versal sladnes Of Christmas is proportioned to
the extent Of il. un,el6shness. People are happy.
no. in what they get SO much as in what they
Gvs.-Mino. Savage.
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~, ND there were in the same country shep-
k\ herds abiding in the field. keeping watch
q Il over their Hock by night. And 10. the
sasel Of the Lord came upon them. and the glory