The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-16

Ho01TlfNlo NlfAO Is not only mile marx OF
w another year, moving us to thoughts Of
~ self-examination; it is a season, from all
It's associations, whether domestic or religious,
suggesting thoughts Of Joy. A man dissatisfied
with his endeavors is 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 j, well he should be condemned
to the fashion Of the smiling face.-Rober
Louis Stevenson.
HNOW many old recollectons and how
IE many dormant sympathies does tho
IL Ia Christmas time awaken Happy. happy
Christmas. that can win us back to the decisions
Of our childish days: that can recall to the old
man the pleasures Of his youth; that can trans
por, the sailor and the traveller thousands Of miles
sway. back to his own fireside and hi. quiet
home. Fill your glass again. with merry face
and coniented heart. Our life on it. but your
Christmas shall be merry and your New Year a
happy one.-Charle. Dickens.
TrS)EMEMBER tina, a. surely a, in that
lN baby life at Bethlehem there lay the
IL ~ power which has run through all the
world; the power which makes Judea burn like
q star forever; the power which has TRANSPORTED
history. the power which has made millions
Of men its Joyous servants; the power Of the
millennums yet to be. so surely in the humblest
souls humble certainly tina, il does love Christ.
there lies embodied all the possibility Of the mos,
perfect Misunderstanding Brooks.
TT IS good thing to observe Christmas Day.
The mere marking Of times and seasons.
IL when men agree to stop work and make
merry together. is a wise and wholesome custom.
1t helps one to feel the supremacy Of the common
life over the individual life. Il reminds = man
to set his own little watch. now and then. by the
great clock Of humanity. which runs on sun
dme.-Heny Van Dyke.
O. UPPOSE note came on Christmas Day
~ saying not. 81 send my love and best
~ wishes with this spool box. but. ii want
you TO know that your patience. or courage. or
tenderness. during this last year. will help me
to live more bravely and coursgeou,ly thi, year"
What Christmas present the receipt OF such
letter would be to any one Of US. What a gift
for any one Of US to send to the human heart
that has given us courage for the burden and
hea, Of the day.--Margaret Deland.
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CTTat1E season Of regeneraed feeling-the
season Of kindling not merely the FIRE Of
IL hospitality in the hail. 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 dsrkling
and repining in his loneliness when all around
is joyful, may have his moments Of selfish sra,-
healion. but he wants the genial and social
sympalhes which constitute the charm Of
Merry Chhstmas.-Washug,on Irving.
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NNY CHRiSTM wish for all is that
Wll they may taste the sweetness Of love.
~ IL enter into the joys of friendship. and
know the divine beneheence Of helping someone
1t present less fortunate Than themselves. In
these words are we to find the living spirit Of
the human and eternal Christmas. The uni
yersal gadness Of Christmas is proporioned to
the extent Of its unselhshness. People are happy,
not in what they get so much in what they
Cve.-MinO, J. Savage.
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IN ND there were in the same country shep-
A\ herds abiding in the field. keeping watch
Il A over their flock by night. And 20, IL