Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-01-14
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OR | 4 CHRISTMAS | ! l !
Ply Ella AR ARD & CONNER.
Us COPYRIGHT. 1909 ~ American pres. &
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! 20 lash our brains to chase sIi,,s;
M some hing new 50 give our
81 friends al Christ mas. In
like manner they lash their
brains to think 81; som thing is give
us: say 20 curse YES, ..s ieh SoSi;l ]
Aunt uni Rachel ought To- put Up Some rii
thing hands ii some this year, the Old cur cur
mudgeonl Rich old Aunt Rachel ini
her turn :say Us Of us: Il supp those
beggarly nieces of mine win send me 3
some fool trash they the mselves c rsdf
make and expect me to give them giffs
worth forty times as much. They're !
nuisance q III Ever turn there's
some e body ' expect ting me is put up d
Christmas present. u wish these hungry
hangers on we're atS the north Pc (. .'s: S
$ n: The " hole henne Of Christmas eip.
Ing has been nlerverted 4 TIM iii & 1losy$;
means onl one of three thin either
barter willing aImsgixil, e,r TIM
ping Servants, deserving OF her
wise poor Natives, eharitg societies;
people too ilazy and 1 shit tess ato earn.
cont for themsel YES, all * t's.s.
some thing The effort to I'LL these 4eS}
pectat tons causes a. drain that makes
most people Il look forward with sdrendi
from one Christmas to the next SSeY;.
zen out Of ten Christmas presents are
nowadays forced from the grud gins
/ donor lust because the receivers sex. 1
peet soneth inll, Mortal n mind can
sink toano meal er vel than It Q ..exs
pect" q Christmas present. 81 s.
;s$ Yet with all earth's giving there il
olleEs thing nobod W ever thinks to he:
/ stow unless 1t Is some man or woman.
usually q woman no has been tried
I III sallz WasYs bg. Is rroW W.. hardship ana
affection, who has looked on this
worlds treasures and seen them melt
i away and has learned there IS filing
\ In them. 70 such a true, sweet, test
ed soul has come the full knowledge
that the only Christmas present worth:
u while is the one the Christ Child. came;
\, to-. earth to- bring. Still 1.-THE Christ
Child's gift is on the: earth, 1900 years
after the holy Nativity. 1T is to be
\ had by every human being, 1t Is the
4 most precious offspring human being
can either give or receive, yet In ou1:
4 90 called Chris stan world today naught
4 - 80 scarce as this one thing. s ID.
hat was 1t the Christ; Child came
y 20 bring Peace on earth, good viii
to men!' Down ihe centuries the It'd,
" v ings of this priceless offering have
3 sounded, and they sound still, but now
Z faint and afar of to- the wording
sense. y For weeks the atmosphere has
Il been confused and dashed with the
+ vibration OF Christmas buying and
selling, Christmas scramble and ex-
pectancy;; It Is overborne and heavy
with the awful WEAKNESS Of the Christ
mas makers. Who has time to send
u forth the glorious gift which is the
4 very fonnda ton stone OF Christmas It.
h self peace and good will ;5 5*S SIS
Ss&t= How would it do al like for those over
taxed with giving and those too poor
r. TO give anything at allS3 simply and
D quietly to bestU the Christ Child's
II gift on all mankind After presenting
the few mat IS ,Sets one reaIly offers
q for the pleasure of Il, how would 1t do
% make everybody around us happy as
4 we can all day long, 4 being cheerful,
n merry, loving and 4 helpful to every
II member of our house hold. thinking not
bit all OF ouraoWn deserts or disappoints
5 ments, but giving forth joyfuIly the
" best that Isl IN MS idening and
fleming aiur$ souls we would weed
VI from our consciousn all our pitiful
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