Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-12-22
CHRISTMAS!

MN another milestone SINCE The
iim.s last wished its trienus IL merry.
christmas, and the glad Yuietide sea-
son Is again hereto set ag,ow the
htarts anu faces of the little folk and
Tor brief season at least, offer res
pite from the toll and care incident
TO the life OF all who lend u hand in
making this old world a better place
IN which to live. saturday evening
ana all day sunday in every land
and cline where there is Christian
civilization, homage will he paid the
Man OF Galilec, who, nearly two tnou-
sand years ago, forfeited his life OH
Golgotha that mankind might be
Nouchsafed Il better life in the mys.
terious beyond. The precept and eX-
ample of the lowly NaZarcne are
resounding down the corridors of
time today as they did so many hun
dreds of years ago. and consciously or
unconsciously the sentiment taught
by him of peace on earth. good will
to men," alike finds abiding place in
the mansion of the millionaire AMI
the heart OF the homeless wundcrcr
during the Christmas season.
Christmas. There seems to b,
something undcfinablc some
thing-in the atmosphere which
draws us closer one to the other and
Tor the time being we forget our dis
appointments and cares in the spirii
If good fellowship. "Our feelings
sally forth and disspatc Themselves
over the sunny landscape. and we live
abroad and everywhere
II is indeed beautiful custom
| mankind so many centuries ago adop-
| ted of observing Christmas, for. as
Ounc one has said, II teaches Il man
to set his own little watch now anu
hen. by the great clock of humanity
| which runs on sun time. But to Oh.
crNc Christmas as we should W,
| must think less of what we have don,
| Tor others and more of what they
have done for us. to realize always
| that the principal reason for our IN.
| ISien,c is not what we are going [,
| get out OF life but what we are soiHl
| To give life, that the world may h,
| better for our having lived in it. Il
| Hc can add something to the sum OF
| the worlds happiness, if we can ngnt,
Ell the burdens bearing heavily on
| some fellow traveller. then we vii
cot have lived i'm vain
| Christmas, we arc told is the sca.
| son for regeneratcd fceling-.the sea.
son for kindlng not merely the fir,
OF hospitality in the hall. but the gen
iad Flame OF charity -in--,hs heart
| During the Christmas season, as a
no other season OF the year scene.
| of early love rise green to memor,
beyond the sterile waste of years an,
| the thought of home and childhood
| fraught with the fragrance of home
| dwelling joys, teammates the droop
ing spirit, as the Arabian brc"." wi.
| bometim,s watt the freshness of tn,
| distant fields to the weary pilgrim o
| the desert.
And amid all the happiness an,
good cheer OF the Christmas holiday!
| our hearts inStinctiVcly turn To tn,
| manger Graded Babe Of Bethlehem
| for TO Him alone is the world mdcbt
ed FOR the charm OF Il merry Christ
mas. \ pretty old Bosnian folk tai,
tells MS that when this Babe of Beth
| lchcm was born the sun leapcd in tn,
| heavens and the stars around /
| danced. peace came over tn,
mountain and forest. Even the rot
ten stump stood straight and health.
on the hillside. The grass was he
| flowercd with open blossoms inccns.
sweet as myrrh pervadcd upland AN,
| forest. birds sang on the mounta.:
top. and all gave thanks to the grcp
God
| 80 little town OF Bethlehem,
| How still we-sec thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamlcss slecI
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark street shincth
The everlasting light:
| The hopes and fears of all the wear
Are met in thee tonight"