Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1913-12-26
CHRISTMAS!
Christmas!
Christmas!
S.S.sSSS,SI

Another Christmas has come
and gone down as part of the
history of the World. Accord
ing to history 1913 years ago the
Savior of the World was born,
the Christ, the Kingof the Jews,
not that King that was born in
a palace, nor did father (Joseph)
wear crown, neither did Mary
the Mother of our Savior wear
this mark of distinction, but, in
the little town of Bethlehem, in
a stable. He was not rocked in
"a cradle, neither was he wheeled
about the town clothed in pull
pie or fine linen in a costly car
riage. but wrapped i'll Swadling
clothes and slept in manger,
vet. this same Christ, this same
Messiah of the World came
upon a mission, that of saving
fallen man. Up until this date
and forever in the fu ture,
Decem Der 25th will be celebrat-
ed as the Birth Day of our
Savior.
And yet, how many there are
that live IN this land of Chrisen-
dom even in this our own land,
the land of the Free and the
home of the brave, where tai
emit is triumph, and the exile
from every land and cline finds
home where he may worship
God according to the dictates of
his own conscience, desecrates
this day that ought to be spent
in Thanksgiving and prayer to
debauching his own fair name
and bringing disgrace upon those
who are dependent upon him.
If all the money spent for
whiskey alone, during CHRIST
mas Holidays was to be placed
into one treasury it would build
a National Turnpike from Maine
to California, it would wipe the
tears from the eye of every
widow in cur land and fill each
little hand of the Orphan with a
valuable gift, yet how long will
this continue. Times are chang
ing, they are changing here in
our own home for the time never
was in the history Of Barbour
vile and Knox county when
there was so much brOtherly
love among the Churches and
Sunday Schools in our county.
The old fogie idea of Me and
My Wife, My son. John and his
wife, Us Four and no More" is a
thing of the past, or soon will.
There has been new mem bers
added to each of the churches,
and, in doing SO each church has
added new blood with younger
men and women who have broad
or views than to think, because
one is not numbered among a
certain sect or cred that they
are all wrong and h ca d c d |
straight for He'll. Take the
united efforts Of the Sunday
Schools of our little city, look !
what they are doing, we do not
know who was the originator of |
the idea, but much honor is due !
to that one, all the Sunday |
schools join hand in hand and |
went out to do something for
the worthy poor of our city and
the JOY and gladness that came
to the faces of the widows and /
the orphans of our city when
these good people who compose
this fOint committee handed to
them the many necessities in
life, handed to them by Gods
lwn servants, is enough to make
me feel that the day of secta-
'ianism is over and that the
millennium day is indeed near
Il hand.
The Church is fast breaking
Town the old barriers that has
o long between them, and the
pert of brotherly love is begin
ing to prevail. The committee ,
hat did this noble work con-
isted of two members of each
sunday School as follows:
Baptist--John w. Hughes and 4
\. h. Evans. +
NJ. Y. Church-Read L. Black /
nd Mrs. s. +. Steele.
NJ. r.. Church, South-C. b.
TAMIL and Mrs. Mat Freeman.
Christian Church-B. O. Lewis
nd Mrs. ). h. Dishman.
presbyterians-R. w. Cole aud
Irs. /. II. Ballard. '