Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-23
Merry Christmas,

rbo.. voras ut kindly snlutnton
nn,r nir,i,cd Nhe earth. Millions here
are vho DO not b~lic,e In tho 'hr,''-
vn--. rev thcrs hc who do NOT ne-
t.vs ln ih~ kindly sreetn1.
rheurls,s may advance their specu-
lstl,e IDEAS aud theologians may Dc
t,sre their doctrines but the one thina
that xets and holds the hcnru- OF more
p.opia than enythins else ~ hino'l
su,,ei,udc. rolks cannot he meorisea
nor pr,ech~d into submission WINS
mus, No convinced. Hearts must he
ted
I as,bt very much n Jesus won any
l,sslpln on follower by theories adj
,spc,d or doctrines proclaimed. hui
tnu,titudcr followed Him, and most
~ ,b,s. Who loved iiim did so because
.f i,is k,ndl, soiicitujo and sacrifice
Nn their interest. And whatever else
,npy inhere w tho chris, luo that
s.sss n auprcme place among men,
thlr ono thins was sufficiently eS-
,,e-sed % imnor,alise ilis neme--iic
vas always interested IN the wch-he-
ma ~ othcrs
christmas H. the ut,ing time 90 re-
n.V that feeling ~ kindly solichudo.
nfovidlng N hns been allowed 60 at
tu,ihy. thrls,mRa is tho proper beasun
10 toetar aud stronrthon that deep ana
fundamental sentiment in every nor
NAL soul. providing one desires 20
driuk deep in tho waters of human
Rapplnras Christmas encourages
every soul % overflow its present
horacra ~ sn effort 90 mundato tho
needy dvsortn of human life about us.
som. rcIAs SIN Children.
Tho great majority of folks, how
s,or are atm children IN tho matter
az tho christmas manifestation. Most
~ uh experience our Joy IN things re-
Uoi,rd rather than m eif,a bestowed.
wo like 10 hc remembered more than
We vnioy remembering others. SIN
children arc we playing around the
rim of tho Ocean when We ought 90 he
fuil grown men and women launchlns
fsr out upon the deep.
when was a boy. used 30 hear
iay Mother eey. "u iH more blessed
10 Rive than Go receive" That son
tunoc Impressed me "a a scrt ~ an
admouition. I concluded q was n
nh.o way IN which rhc ~ps saying
children ought not 10 want 80 much,
that they ought o. deny themselves
and sometimes mako little rrosentS
20 others dld not know then that
She was quoting tho iaihe aud " I
had hnown A. would have concluded
that the worlds hes, pook ala not
know very much about boys
Tho normal experience ~ the soul
toFtiiica "ii n motr hlessod to give
that g. receive" childhood cannot
realise q bocaunr chndhcud's years
aro not sunlclsntly cSpcrienccd Some
adults have never fclt us thrill Cor
he reason that they have not Cotton
away from the adolcsctnt ago. but
there are those who have cXponcnc,d
us truihnilnos- and as a result they
,ro poor m the things ~ earth. How
ever. thciru in an ehiiine wealth and
ia us porscssins they have riches un.
told
Ntrr2 Christmas rhose words
rili echo around the world during tho
merit tcw weeks. and the rcsul, grow
lnr out of the source Cf That seur-
fncnt--clfts bestowed move hu-
man hearts IN the direction Of Peace
un merih ana Good viii Toward Mon
rhlsis ,rur because every kindly solici-
tsdc makes tcr HIN IN whose heart was
Harficd lasting and hualciont con
tsrn for the world
cultivate >e,lctsuae.
rhe thins OF importnnce. then Il
go cultivate kindness toward others
ana the oniy ,urc and lasting way
thereto N to express TINT kindnoss IN
some helpful mannsr.lH There ar,
various Ways ~ which that sorvic,
n,af hs rendered. Sometimes nt,l,
tokens are sufficient ai other tunes
a may rcquire large saf,s OF monc,
and stlll under other circumstance
pcr-onal solicltude expressed IL
un,a vrlfsr, may prove the ON,
Wholesome blessing hut whether
fchsn, nIf, or soilciuos. the coml0s
Christmas viii have sor us each an,
all deeper meaning sni pro,o a roa
source ~ happiness prrrtiflonatc n.
we H'eh ~ inspire and "a bless oihora.
Ana What transformation our act,
nss hrins about
Some yeefs eao IN srokane Wash.
lnEtun, ! walked into a general marlee,
ono dny and. roins ovcr 60 a booth.
ssid o. its mauswors IN you VIII sel
m. NM turkey and ut, wcirh Won,
hands With A. IN purchase one"
llls face fairly bosmoa with human
rh"l"r"mcncss na hc rctlied.
Aye. rv, my friend I'm do ii. pro.
,id,ns vov viii watch nt and see ina
7 dour weigh my hands
Wh'lr IN, tranasctionl was proceed.
ius. we were talking labout mar,
things ths, proved OF intoves, 10 n.
both ard ! ief, the plane @, busin.e,
feeiins ! had sccn red man.
a sew dnys later. 7 rrcncntod my
s"' again ht the SAME booth, nm,
c"'a'"l srcctin.s wcr, Exchanged be
t~een Ne During tho conv.rsa,,o,
tha' ensnsu. J ,ound ol,i that be h.,
lived In Philadelphia, that ne had ,
ftsc aud two Mons. that, thov lived A,
y littSs apartment. thai, they seldop
aNeneee church. tba, \ part of hi,
ron~t vac spon, otherwise than pro.
vidinr fof his family, dist he had ,
i~el human heart ana bis de.ncr IN.
c'inniion ~ss tovprd M, right.
The h'sstcm Needed him.
hs" i'"nd ono " nlF sor, OF hp
.nss rosl 'n'h.heertrd, ouispohcn
'"s 'o'''"onp' hinfiif disposed
s''""s h'"n Nnntcr him for ~,
Snro"n fF himsclf tnd for hn
hmis, ! wanted him A. ar n,pe, !,
the rhufrh. lls Would " worth ,,,r,
10 the church. thuuvh Az ,,a -. -.