The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
Did 1IV1 Sudheinler, is Time TO Do
vi yAl lSome S0MMER Cleaning


lowers, were pulled out Of secular his
tory, the libraries of the world woult
be wrecked.
Again, Christmas emphasizes tn,
authority Of Jesus on earth. Alread!
the manufacturers and large mer
chants are preparing for the mex
Christmas trade. A few weeks priol
to Christmas, the department stores
will take on extra help, likewise thu
post-ofices and transportation com
panies-this to avoid congestion. A
few days before Christmas your post
man will come to your door late, and
although the weather may be cold, b.
will be perspiring beneath his heav!
burdens. And when Christina,
dawns the wheels Of industry will b
still-there will be universal hush
The presents will be given, the com
pliments of the season will be ex
changed, families will gather and re
unions will be enjoyed. The wreatl
or sprig of holly will be everywher'
in the home of affiuence and tn,
home of poverty, and out in thu
woodman's hut. Even down in th,
brothel, the holly will be in a vase
and early in the morning, befor'
the days debauchery begins, the sor
rowful outcast will look across a
that green sprig and tear will com,
to the eye, because memory will wing
its way back to home and childhood
and mothers knee, where a golden
haired girl, beautiful as an angel
and pure as the white flakes without
knelt and prayed:
"Now lay me down to sleep;
I pray the Lord my soul to keep;
If I should die before I wake;
I pray the Lord my soul to take"
Christmas Worldwide
Some suggest that the multiplied,
of gifts and the manner in which
Christmas today is observed are al
wrong. No matter-I am calling
your attention to facts, and the fac
remains that the gifts are bestowet
and the celebrating is done. Doe.
someone rise to remark that after al
that has been said, we do not know
the exact date of Jesus birth
Again, no matter. I am stating facts
and the fact remains that once /.
year Jesus Of Nazareth command.
the civilized world to commemorat.
his birth, and the world obeys Him.
Another witness. You have bee,
familiar with the Christian calendar
all your life. I wonder how often yol
have paused to think of its signi
ficance. That calendar is the mos
powerful thing on earth. It is more
powerful than the Constitution of tn,
United States, or the constitution O,
any other nation. The constitution O,
a nation rules only the lives of it.
own subjects. The calendar rules tn,
world. The calendar is more power
full than the Holy Bible. The Bibh
rules only in the lives of those wht
voluntarily acceptit as a guide book
The calendar. rules automatically il
the lives Of all. Can any man gel
away from it?
Jesus and IngersOll
Some years ago, handsome, mag,
netic, brilliant, silver-tongued mar
went up and down the country de-
.livering lectures against the funda.
mentals of the Christian religion
Had anyone asked him, ''Do you &C
cept Jesus of Nazareth as more thar
man.? he would have laughed hearth
ly, and answered "No." Never-the
less, when Col. Robert G. Ingersol
started from New York to st. Paul tx
deliver one Of his celebrated lee
lures against the fundamental.
Of the religion of Jesus, he stepped
up to ticket Office and was handed
a ticket to st. Paul, dated, stamped
in the name Of Jesus Of Nazareth
and he paid for that ticket will
money issued in the name of Jesus
Then he boarded the train which
made every mile Of its schedule K
st. Paul in the name Of Jesus
Aboard that train, he entertained
himself with magazines published II
the name Of Jesus, and sent his tele.
grams in the name Of Jesus. Arriv
ing inst. Paul, he registered at thu
hotel in the name Of Jesus, and ther
went into the dining-room and Sc
lected his dinner from a menu carr
printed in the name Of Jesus. II,
then proceeded to the hall, paid FOL
in the name Of Jesus, and delivered
his thunderbolt against the funda
mentals Of the religion Jesus estab
lished. The next morning at tn,
breakfast table, he read the glowing
account Of his brilliant lecture and, 4
he had looked, he would have seer
that the paper he was reading wa.
printed in the name Of Jesus. Ever
his fame was heralded in the name o.
Jesus. Col. Ingersoll, like all others