The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-31

ways than one II will mean rene wed
confidence and renewed spirit o
enterprise such ma made the sugar
factory possible twenty years ago
the HEART or the MESSAGE
Again the world is young.
That hapriest greeting which the
ages have produced merry Christmas
rings out upon the wintry air and
brings joy aud sladness to the myriad
homes OF ChrisIendom,
II Ia the holiday of holidays 9th
or days there are In each twelve
month when we pause from our labors
FOR a brief respite and rejoice over
or pay tribute to some great achieve
ment of the past or honored name
whose deeds have meant much. II
may he IN July, when the anniversary
ot the birthday OF the great republic,
under whose starry banner we are
SO fortunate to live. Ia duly commem.
Grated; IN May when We rcverently
honor the nations patriot dead; In Feb.
ruarv when the deeds OF the two H.
| iusuious Americans recall TO us the
| heritage we have in the high charac.
ter OF the men who lead US through
great crisises; or IN November when
day OF national thanksgiving is spent
AT our Rresides. An these are worthy
but they go not beyond the boundaries
W our own beloved land.
Herein is the uniaueness OF Christ.
mas. II is the one day that can be
| claimed by no sect, no one class, no
one race II belongs to humanity at
large and recognizes no distinctions
whatever II is especially the chill.
dren's day and elorities and Alumines
The pathway of the simple, the meek,
the poor and the unfortunate,
This old. old story Of Christmas and
tts influence upon the world is the
transcendant miracle OF the genera.
tons as they come and go, Each age
puts a fresh and perhaps more prac,
teal Interpretation Upon ii than those
which have preceded it,
II is a wonderful message that this
Christ child whose coming to earth is
celebrated so joyously with each re.
curing anniversary brought No babe
ever had a lowlier or more obscure
advent into the world-,and vet no
babe was ever given such a maeni-
ficent and royal reception, The wisest
men of the east gave homage at his
manger-cradle and the angel hosts Of
heaven bent low about the Judean hills
and proclaimed the purpose of His
comine
Today we can we'll ponder, in the
midst OF the happiest and most merry
time Of all the year and ask our
selves What is the heart of the
message that this bright festival al
ways brings to the world@"
tt is so simple, so trite in Thought
but alas not in deed we are
APT 70 overlook it. Peace on earth
and goodwin to men" is even vet the
desire OF mankind, But by no means
fully realized.
The heart of The message is this
the worlds needs are not to be met
by any philosophy, any creed. any al
strRct reasoning however sound. log
icsl or beautiful they may he. There
is place for intellectual capacity
and ii is 20 I've highly priced in many
avenues al life. But the race or the
individual csn never be saved and
uplifted by Thought a mother under
stands this, Heaven understands It.
And 80. the little babe came 10
esrth with no outward splendor hut
inwsr6ly regal with great heart quail
tics, And through the short earthly
career al thirty.three wears Jhis Nesuc-
i'ui, true hearted life went ahnu;
doinE good having only one mission
'--5hs, al lovlul men and helping them.
The Chris, al RethIehem did not con
cern himself with issuing formidable
uksses or entering into Ions argu-
.
do He showed JhAm what peace and
goodwill meant Is MOVING around ana
about nAot,ig. relieving their mtsfor-
f,,>se AZ Wy, mind and spiTit and
cheering and Inspiring them 90 do
their hes, BY the unconscious Influence
az holy life He gsve-.ntt lands
or money or intellectual ahilisy-but
himself rs gif, and ransom for
his fellows, Ste did Il rs the natural
thlnc for him 60 do He WIS ros-
seSSed az goodwill and It's demonstra-
ton ~as hot the outflow az hts eon,-
pssSssoRate heart
u was q strange doctrine tina, he
Sprung UPON the world, cruel. sslftsh