Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-23
A Christmas Carol.


1t came upon the midnight clear,
The glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold;
Peace on earth. good will to men
From heavens all-gracious King!"
The world in solemn stiffness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they
came.
With peaceful wings unfurled;
And still their heavenly music floats
Ger all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on lowering wings,
And DER its Babel-sounds
The blessed angels sing.
But with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love song which tllev bring;
Oh, hush the noise. We men Of strife,
And hear the angels sing!
And ye, beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toll along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now. for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing:
Oh, rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing.
For 10, the days are :hastening on
By prophet bards foretold.
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age Of gold;
When peace shall over all the earth
It's ancient splendors fling,
And the whole, world give back the
song
Which now the angels sing!
-Edmund Hamilton Sears.
There will be a delightful Christ
mas dinner gathering this year at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas s. Cor
rigan in the Belmont apartments. The
bounteous repast will be served at .
o'clock in the afternoon with the
house prettily decorated with holly
and Christmas greens and at the table
places will be ARRANGED for Mrs. Cor
and Mrs. Myron E. Jackson of Willis
ton, her mother. Mrs. Herman Wolr,
daughter. Elsie and son. Herman, Mr..
and Mrs. L.. W. Deichert and daugh-
ter. Stella and three Corrigan chill
dren. Masters John and Billy and baby
Frederick Herman.
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have q family party for dinner at
their home on North Sixth street on
Christmas day and Mrs. Monley will
serve her delicious repast at / o'clock.
Her table centerpiece will be a minia-
ture Christmas tree and her guests
will be Mr.. Monkeys parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Monley, and his two
Berna Monley will not be with the
family as she is in St. Paul visiting
with her sister. Mrs. Edward Bernish.
The girls Of the Christmas sewing
club who have been meeting weekly
for the past few weeks to make holi-
day gifts will meet this evening with
Misses Amy and Agnes Lysing.
Miss Margaret Murphy. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. F. Murphy Of Reeves
avenue, is looking forward to a pleas
ant holiday visit in Rochester, Minn..
where she will he entertained as the
guest of Miss Frances Madden who
has frequently: visited at the Murphy
Christmas night and will be away un-
til after New Years.
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Miss Olga Serumgard. a former uni
versity student who is this year teach
ing at Perth. this state, is enjoying the
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Mrs. Ole Serumgard at Devils Lake.
Miss lnez Serumgard, who is a uni
rersity student this year, is also home
for the holidays.
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Judge and Mrs. G.. ". Buttz Of
Devils Lake, were in Grand Forks last
evening enroute to Minneapolis where
they will remain till after New Years
day. From Minneapolis. Mrs. Buttz
proceeds to points in California and
Washington, remaining in the west till
spring.
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Theodore White, wife and children
left last evening for Minneapolis
where they will spend the holidays
with Mr.. Whites mother and sister.
They expect to return in about two
weeks.
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Mrs. ID. Mckenzie Of University ave-
nue., left this morning for Emerad do.
where she will remain till Monday a
guest ut the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Griffin. Mr.. Mckenzie will
join her tomorrow.