The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-24
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~HRlS MAS is not only a mile mark OF
w. another year, moving Us to thoughts Of
~ self -examina,ion: it is a season, from all
Il 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
fwes and he i. reminded Of the empty chair.
81 his beloved. it is well he should be condemned
10 the fashion Of the smiling face.-Roben
Louis Stevenson.
nHOW many old recollection. and how
IN many dormant sympathies does the
II II Christmas time awakenl Happy. happy
Christmas. that can win US back to the deluslons
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 fresde and hi. quiet
home. Fill your glass again. with a merry face
Christmas shall be merry and your New Year a
happy one.-Charle. Dickens.
~EMEMBER that as surely q. in tina.
Tx baby life at Bsthlehem there lay the
AA power which has run through all the
world: the power which makes Judea burn like
. star forever; tho power which has tans6gured
hiaory;:the power which has made millions
Of men its joyous servants; the power OF the
nilenniums yet to be. so surely in the humblest
souls humble certainty that it does love Christ.
there lies EMBODIED al the possibility Of the most
perfect sain,hood.-Philips Brooks.
TT IS a good thing to observe Christmas Day.
The mere marking Of times and seasons.
IL when men agree to stop work and make
7 merry together. is a wise end wholesome custom.
\ 1t helps one to feel the supremacy Of the common
life over the individual life. It reminds a man
10 se. hi. own little watch. now and then, by the
great clock Of humanity. which runs on sun
6me,-Henry Van Dyke.
~ UPPOSE a note came on Christmas Day
~ saying not, Il send my love and best
~ wishes with this spool box. but. Il want
you to know that your patience. or courage. or
tenderness, during this last year. will help mo
70 live more bravely and courageously this year.
What 4 Christmas. present the receipt Of such a
letter would be to any one OF us. What a gilt
for any one Of Us to send to the human heart
that has given US courage for the burden and
heat Of the d.y.-Marsaret Deland.
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1THHE season Of regenerated feeling-the
season Of kindlins. not merely the hre OF
II hospitality in the hall. but the genial
Game Of charity in the heart. He who can turn
,ehurlishly away from contemplating the felicity
Of his fellow beings. and can 81. down darklins
and rep;nina in hi. loneliness when all around
joyful. may have his moments Of selfish graft
fcadon, bu. he wants the genial and social
sympathies which constitute the charm OF .
Merry Christmas. Irving.
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!, NnY CHRISTMAS wish for all is thai
fCl\ they may taste the sweetness Of love.
AVA entes into the joys Of friendship. and
know de divine bene6cence Of helping someone
q present hess fortunate than themselves. Ia
thsse words are we to find the living spirit d
De human and eternal Christmas. The uni
vsrsal sladnes Of Christmas is proporioned "a
he extent Of il unsel6shness. People are happy
not in what they get 20 much as in what they
Gve.-Minos J. Savage.
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