Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-25

heroes have stood. The pen was In their
right hand and their eyes dim with
the tears of JOY and triumph were
raised aloft to where the God of glory
reigns, from whom all true freedom
comes. The document was signed. and
then, ah. then, 1t required no herald
to proclaim to happy. united peo
pie
"Go ring the bells and fire the guns
And fling the starry banners out;
Shout Freedom till your lisping ones
Give back the cradle shout"
Freedom halowed world, all the brave,
the pure, the true, the good have In
every age and In every cline fought for
it, have striVen that IL might light up,
d, all lands and crown al seas "a
TIDE CHRISTMAS.
This is Christmas day, a day lit up
with q freedom which Is as far above
all earthly freedom as heaven is above
the earth. Today We rejoice not be-
cause we are freed from the biting sword
of king or emperor. not because this
dear old land OF ours has no cloud OF
oppression over II to impede its advance
and darken Its hopes. today we rejoice
not because material wealth is ours and
success crowns the sons of toll. No,
no. there are other days to rejoice In
these thingS-other days to sing the
struggle, the triumph of Washington.
other days to admire the craftsmanship
the honesty of Lincoln. other days to
feel the heart throb at the self sacrifice,
the heroism of Grant, other days to ex-
ult and grasping 4 brothers hand to
point lovingly to the starry banner
whisper on our lips. I'VE are free"
Yes, yes, there are other days for these
things. but this day is above all other
days: this day is not OF earth. 1t is of
heaven. This is the day which has sew
cred the bonds from the noblest part OF
man-the soul. This is the day which
has given back to man his eternal
birthright. This is the day in which the
God of infinite power and glory and
majesty has assumed human nature
and taken poor fallen man into his
arms and given him the kiss of peace.
This is the day which patriarch and
prophet, high priest and king. philoso-
phere and commoner have sighed
for. This Is the day in which
God hath visited his people. and
handed to them the document of their
spiritual independence, a document
which has made them children of the
light and heirs to the Kingdom of hea-
ven forever and you feel the glory,
the Tue ulDIlliNSS VI tilt dos. "
day there is rejoicing in every land, to-
day there Is q warmth. glow about all
Christian hearts which nothing earthly
can give. today heaven and earth unite
in singing Glory be to God.
BURDEN OF THE POOR.
This is Christmas day. and the waif.
the orphan and the poor forget the
hard burden of their lot in the cheer
and succor which Christian hearts and
hands hold out TO them today for the
sake of that infant Savior who in his
birth and life forever blessed poverty
and in his death proclaimed TO the
sons of men that the road to glory Is
the path OF suffering. Ye orphans. ye
poor, look upon the manger God rests
there. He smiles upon you. He opens
out his arms to you to take you to
him, as he whispers. blessed are the
poor In spirit, for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven.
This Is Christmas day. and the rich
gaze upon him who had all riches For
them, too. the infant Savior has a
smile, for them, too, his arms are
stretched out, TO take to his bosom,
those who gladly follow his mandate,
"Give and it shall be given unto you
As often as you help my poor. my or
phans. you help me-"
1t is Christmas day and the laborer
ones and the loved partner of his joys
and sorrows He Is happy with the
thought that Jesus of Bethlehem and
Jesus of Nazareth blessed honest labor
forever and flung forth TO the breeze
the eternal Justice to your fellow
man" Aye, and he has placed woman
on a lofty pedestal and crowned pure,
good womanhood with crown above
all earthly crowns, heaceforth she Is
TO be the queen of the home, the
queen of the nations.
1t is Christmas day and for the
sinner. the outcast of the cities the
infant Savior has a smile If they would
but see It. His arms are stretched
out to receive them If they would only
come. his lips open In speech to them
IL they would only listen. Repent,
leave the dark night of sin behind
rise up rise up, and hail the brighter
the fresher. the purer morrow"
This Is Christmas day; let the bells
peal out their anthems to the Savior;
let our hearts warm with the light of
the divinity throb with a fervor and
n love nothing earthly can still Let
our Christian shout ring out to the
mountains and valleys of fair Utah.
The Savior of Bethlehem llvcth. the
Savior OF Bethlehem rcigncth. He
is our God forever and ever, Amen"