Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-12-25
WALHAIILA, s. g.:
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25, 1913.
THE DAY OF DAYS.

Once more we enter the Joyous
Christmas tide. Great day--the day
OF days that brought to a sin-cursed
world Saviour, the Christ. Hallow-
ed day, for each recurring anniver-
sary Of the birth of Christ should
bring to us Il fuller and more mature
realization Of what 1t means, and
what 1T has meant these hundreds Of
years-that this day is born in the
city OF Jerusalem, Il Sayiour"-the
beginning Of our redemption; and
mat, following the course OF the Be-
loved Son. thirty years later the
Father gave His only bcgottcn Son
that we through Him might he say
ed.' What Il flood Of thoughts the
occurring anniversaries bring to
the adult mind; what Joy unalloyed
comes to the child mind in anticipa-
Hon Of the day Of gifts And tnat is
really what it is-the day Of gifts in
SOmmcmoration OF the Great Gift to
tko human race.
We are glad that the scmi-bar-
bdrous practice OF celebrating the
hirth Of the Holy One with fireworks
end frivolitics on the part OF child
iCn and young folks. and by drinking
rnd carousing on the part of not a
few OF adult age. is fast passing.
We hope for the day when such can
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collection. We would not take from
The day one atom OF JOY or gladncss.
God forbid that the Day Of DAYS
shall ever lose its JOY. But we are
creatures OF habit, and the abolition
Of the old habit OF noise and dis
Itnrbance will bring that real 10y to
che day that could but be pushed
nsidc and forgotten in tie tumult
and inconsistency and very shame of
!houghtlcss celebration of the birth
OF Christ.
poor and the needy on this great
day. Let us make the day mean
something real and liyc-~somcthing
that will suggest peace on earth.
good will to man." Such. we bclive,
will come only through realization
OF the glad solemnity OF the occas-
sion. There is nothing Of sadness
IN the Christmas time save as we
inject sadness into it through our
own conduct. There is nothing
necessarily sad in solemnity save as
we miscOnceive the meaning of sol
emnity." Where would we get the
"sweetly solemn thought" If solem-
nifty were sadness? Solemnity is Oft
times tho very essence Of Joy.
Let us celebrate this Christmas
with joyful solcmnity-Christian
JOY. Those Of us who do so. we feel
sure, will find that We will pass one
Of the happicst anniversaries Of the
birth Of Christ that we are able to
recall. Think JOY. act joy, give joy,
receive joy-enter fully and freely
irto the spirit Of Christmas and the
spirit Of Christ. Where in the Book
OF BOOKS Will We ma aggression OF
spirit. sadness. in the life Of Christ
except when depression and sadness
were brought to Him through sin
and degradation in the lives Of those
10 whom He had been sent as Say
.our?
Let us FIJI this Christmas with
2ladness and good cheer-helpful-
ness, thoughtfulncss, joyousness
Christ t-likrress--void Of sadness
soltishncss, boistrousness. There is
no just place for any Of these un-
pleasant things at Christmas time.
TO each and every one OF our
readers we extend the wish that this
Christmas may hold the fullest
JOY and the greatest blessings pos
Slble. This sad OLD earth has buried
its mirth for four long years: let us
rouse ourselves to real Christmas
JOY and thankfulness for tho life
that came through the Great Gift OF
the Father, whose birth we celebrate
A merry. happy, JOYOUS Christmas
TO one and all!