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Some devry it,

Some defy it. Come declari- lts meaning's lost. "'0 cs mutter Giflitliarr utti-r Dross,.bllt vulnvlt B9/» tlioim.-ost, - Scoflérs grulnilic. Moelrers mumbli-

At the custom And deplore it.

Ehristmas glvilii;

I8 a. living Sign ot’ sweetness. And 1’ln lor it.

Gray old s`a'gr~;i May pon pages

Summing up

The wanton folly

lu.tllil-1 giving To tho living

Gifts. adorned with

Sprigli of holly,

Gynics offer

Sooners proiier

_Reasons why Mon ought to drop 1|; But the gcntio * 'Sentimental x 'Tender people

' Will ilot stop it.

" Still tho l‘;_lrlh. , Bereft of inirlh

,__ If but people

Wise were living.

._' Joy were ended It all men did Only cold, _

Judleious 'givilil.:, _lf the eyniizs `

' hx their eiiliies Robbcd ns of -,Our Cllristnlas season. Fun would tadn

And love bo iniilio

._ Just the icy

Fruit of reason; /-_..Ss‘|in’o_deriolniee it.

_'e_l_qme_ p_Eonount=t» il

_,ere _ _lirter

°~';Lng;,£ti;llause:i ‘ _ 'ff“'H_o kt!;.:_t!ot:lltl_'E"it _ E-lll -' »_ 'JA%aghct!rl-I ‘f`0`o;t|gii“ J ' `

lt as slraligi-,

But it thrills ma-

Aud it fills lill-

Witll ll joy

That wlsdonl limits.

. Cllristllias tzivillrz.

Wliilo l'ln living,

May you laugh At all attacks.

AFTER THE BATTLE

Only fl Sllrig or lit-;tli~~i~ _ Frolnia far-oti Higlliand hill, (/la9Ded in the hand ol' ii soldier

Lyiul: so i-old and still.

Only ii faded pit-.ture

..0i’ ll man_wlth silver hair, A woman with race no gt-||l|,._ . /Utd lx_l_llal_d_e_i_l _syyqet and fair. 1'llor'c 'oii 'tli'c"tld`ltf ol’ ;:lor_\.

On the blood-roll iield or dum

$91' 00d Blitl Klllg and 4:0nNr_\-

HID l-Utd yieitloll np his hrontll, Mythougllts went wiugilil; onward, , And they crossed tim nllvi-_r 'um T0 tho land oi' mist and nioulitain--

* ’I‘lm'l land stl"d<-_nr to nio--

'l`o_w`lloro a llttll- tfottugi-

Sttwd 'mid tho sllady troes,

A'lid tho llelltllor':i ncnnl camo sweetly

D over asslti broom-

, O __ _y ll x .- __ Nl!! house is ‘lltlsliod ami silent

l~Asthc ` ‘yr ng _ tw 'TWH' "“'

T talo'ol'h.~ I s"Vlctory f I; Abd his |addle’s noble deeds.

rblii l»l|iiii=_1°vlnnieame»a¢t i

lg theill-:Push Alld Bllmple words;

A lz)o.l»=el°_'a_ tears softly.

in yflx tile! l_{o"Ill'tllo L0rd'i-4." P dl ! proud ottlloll-‘ soldier.

` d that ho wan.-so brave. "Hui I mair sous." said the fat

“Wollid i grudge them il lioldiéfn

_ ' _grave 2'"

Mower and bi-ave elil miter.

- i!n.the_ long, long years to come, Will mollm and praise their soldier

wg” _think at’ thit heavenly home.

on those who love _the Saviour

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T H O U G FO R

CHRIS MAS

By A Guardian Special Contrlbutor

‘Illougll nlilliolls of men stand arrayed against each other intent`

l’cacc-not an cpllcrnicral pcacc, but a_ lastillg olie, resting upon the cstablislimeut of right relations bctivccn mall and lnzin, Nation and .\hti1>ll.

.'\s ncvcr before. niankind isflearnillg to apprccirite the dangers;

wliicli result from the spirit wh_icll‘.<ccks gratification of selfish dcsirci --the acquisition of power, possessions and the means to gratify thei lusts of the flesh. The lessons we will learn frolil this war, throughl sacrifice, will not bc too clcarlybougllt even at thc cost of all the lives. and treasure that have been and will- be expended. \’V¢ will gain an. insight ilito thc fulldanicntal laws of life \vlliell,ill its effects upon the soulsoflnell,willllaveali etcriial.-igiiiticaiice. Ourloss-including that of thc llumall bodies which have becu destroyed. witll all the dcprivatioils thc loss of the body entails-will be lnercly temporal.

'l`llis Cllristlnas will, therefore, bring with it. as ilo other everl

has. ;l more heartfelt rccogiiitioll of what the Angelic Message "Pczlcei on ljartll, Good will towards Men," _liolds out for us. Strange as tlici paradox may seem, this \var is hastelling, :is nothing else ever has, the cooling of Christ's Kingdom, \vh‘en l-lis‘°Will will bc done oil earth as it is in heaven. for it is teaching us that the only sure basis of sat- isfactory human relationship is not to- be found in treaties, restrictive eliactnlents. laws &c. but in il right spirit, dwelling ill mcn`s bosoms.

The iniln wllo-can strive. ay. and light if need be, to ascertain

wliicll is thc better mall, without permitting the .sordid emotion of llzltc to sully his soul. or selflsll desire to clotld his sense of _lusticc is thc only ‘one who can lic safely' entrusted with the interests of his fellows, alld such _alone will realize the ultimate purpose oflife. Merc power, if not wield- ed by mcn possessed of this quality, of soul, will prove a cilrse rather than a blessing. '

Clirist‘s remedy for all _the ills that afflict humanity is Love. 'l`hc only lasting peace, 'we may look for, is one based upoll the

fact that nlcll generally rczllizc that they nlust learn to live together, kliit in the ltlllntlsalf love; Christ \v:ls»\villillg to call us all, evcll the very worst of lis, his friends, so there nothing that 'need prevent us from-` bciiig friends one of the otllcr_,_U,ll`der'a condition ,_of_d_e_velop_nlctlt love

\vitl1z__:i pistol, may bc driven to use very forcible methods to deprive him <l'f*l*t.'>"'o'li't`:llr, tlitftlill‘g‘»-his fell&k'*niali using his forces to~destroy may bc forced in the interests of Ilullialiity to take _front _him 'his bodily pow- ers. lu neither of these cases need tllcrc be aiiy'_'s`pirit of revenge. _'l`he_ tlomiliant thought ill each may and ought to bo to bring about good. .\`imilarly amidst all \llc'suli`ering, sorrow, and tleatli that this war is clitailing upoll us. our dominant thought should be. not of a selfish trinnipll over foes, but of a vilidication of _1_{,igl_lt, wllocvcy suf`f_el's, and a higher type of world-citizc'llsllip for the future. .'\nd this can colnc only out of Love. ‘

Probably the illstilictive desire lol' lovc, present ill every lll'east,

i- tilts! intelligently rcalizctl as a longing to obtain sympathy but if it docs not rise above this-to a level. at which the conscious desire to give exceeds that of getting-it will never prove satisfying., .'\ny_action or desire, which is consciously selfish, is licccssal'ily"llurtful. This it is that fills lift- with conflict and misery. The choice given" to liumilnity is either to live in and for others-to place tliccolnliioli be fore the indivi- dual good-or else to struggle on amid strif_e_»§_in_tl distress--as wc. are now doing-until the lessouis learned. p " ,

\\'c are bound to ollr fellowslby a multiplicity iufltiesf-.`f:ullily,

civic, national. l';lcial.`In so far as these are rccogl]iz_ed asbolldsiullit- ing us for it colnliiolrpurposc, we williind then] blessings, 'land life llairmonious :md plc.'ls\llfablc_ To thc exact <lt‘grct`5,,,tlilLfi.1'is not. done our. relations will be cllziractcrizctl by friction and l._ittlpi_b_y little iveiare being forced to learll the lesson tllat ill( _otflllftotiohi term Lolve lies l-Iltnlanity’s only hope of llappincss. _if-ifli ' \\"e;il_l know that our illdustrial`,'our socitlliillltli.i¢’1‘,i5 _ i us rc-

latgonsllips' lt-'ave lnucli to be dc:-.~'ired."_\Ve are _ ng to rc ulatc Iluman activities through, lqjslativc and "tenaci- menis. Such arc generally useful alld,f to some '_ ,"ltf£§cssary for ctlllcativc purposes, but thc only true lsollltioll of tl_f_if='.'tlroblelil lies ill effecting a cliangc witllin -the law must be within our hearts. A good linstanct- of this is thc attitude of thc avlcragc l'lngli'shrn':ln to a coliqucrcd

foe. 'I`llis follows upon all indwclling_scllsc of justice and fair play. Make lovc the dominant emotion of l‘na|i’s being and the rest will necessarily follow. Force from without‘must fail, love, and love alqllc,` can enable man to meet the changingiconditions pf developlncrif'and_ realize satisfactory social and national relationships. A;'in th¢§_’(;_ase‘ of indiyidllals so too in that of communities, the amount of happiness

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,,._._ i realized ill each is always commclisurate with the amount of love

to kill. yct, never ill the world`s history did llumauity so crave for therein,

_ Love 1 :ini become sounding brass or clangling cymbol. And if

the gift of prophesy alld kilow all inystefics and all knowledge

it has. -

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St. Paul set forth a simple statement of fact when he said :- “If I speak with the tongues of lncn and of angels and have not

I have alld if

I have itll faith so as to remove mountains, and have not Love I am nothing. And if 1 bestow all my goods to feed the poor and if l give my body to be burned and lirlvt- not Love it proiiteth me nothing.”

It is not what a man, or nation possesses or what llc, or it can

do, though these things are important, that determine his, or its Fitness for a part ill the Great ticlielne of Things. It is the kind of soul hc, or

Love is not only the "liil'eatc.<t 'Thing ill the World" It is The

tireatest Thing ill 'l‘llc‘U`niversc_ lt, and it alone can truly elevate liulnauity for lie, and lic alonc. whose heart is infused with it can rise to the liciglits of lifc licrc :md i`c;irlc_ssl_v face the future. For Love is lllllnortality. l\"c;lts \.'oicc-' this truth: - ' _

_f * .\ml if this uiorlal'io\t- liztvc power to make _

< 'ur being _|i1o_l'i:_ll. iulinortsll ; to sllakt! '_

_‘\_llil»iiioll` fri-iii our minds and brim

1 im' lii<~:t~tll't- of contciit : \\‘llat nicrcst wliiln "l~< all this \~;til'i cndc;l\ol‘ after fame » To llilli \\llo'l`iold.< uitllill his steadfast aim

.\ lovc illllnlirt,;ll_ :in ilnlllortal too?

lfook not fo _'wt-ltlel'ed for thcse_ things are

.\ntl never cxiirlici born of atolllics

f_l`llL', -

.\lal\ing its l`:tncy sick. No! No! l’m sure

.\ly restless spirit nevercould endure

~"l`o brood so long upon one luxury

` lfnlcss it did, though fearfully, dcscry

_»\ hope beyond illc slladow of a tlrezlni."

- _ ._._ __,__ ,__ . _ _ _ _ 'l`lie spirit of mall, though it must lleireiillid lio'\v'i`filifl expressidli through thc Ilesll, and be subject to its laws, has po- t'elltialitic_s which transcend all such _lill_litations, antl_ ill its . relations to the spirits. of other imen, similarly conditioned, must _establish spiritual as _well _ as tie_s_lly_rclatiou- ships, or else fall frolli its high estate.. i\'o\`v‘ thc basis of spiritual rela- tionships is sympathy. -'lt _isfnot easy to dcfllle what, we refer to when we uscthis word. lt"l'll_ust,llo\vc\.'er,involvehavingacommon aim or colllllioll interests great enough to overcome all divcrsities_ \Ve all desire syulpaltlly and _are prcp;1re,d_ _to give it to a greater or less degree. Distrcss"iii'1tf’pi5¥"i"Ffy:7¥efdoniiappcal to llsavitllout cvoking some re- sponse. Hut the sympatllyxtllat i_s_ required to bring about satisfactory'

liillilall,rclatioiisllips lllc;lii.='ii_ll1§,"`cl§?\iol'c than this. It must be based upon thc Ilossussinlliofa cortglhrtl-ailllh ld common interests lofty enough, and strong "cilotigli,' fi) donimatc all`tlie collllictiilg interests -which separate individual frolll individual here on earth, diversities of taste, of moods, of intellectual otl_tlo_o ' tliyer,§i_tic__s'-_ which grow otlt of the innumerable

desiresQ>f::E_ ldt now attainable, bllt that must be taken into aceo. tnlfouei ` natcly rcillired. _ And our present duty ill the p`i"elnises is not hard to find. lf c__\£__ery_ilidi_vidual were lovable ill character the solution of the whole problem would uot'bCidif‘licult. The duty of the indivigmal is to give sympathy inot, primarily, to scck it. If the emotion \v_l)5iclt-D swells in all illdividual’s heart bc ullsclflsh love, he will beconle increasingly lovable llotlv-itllstandillg the ulllovablc atti- tude others may assume towards him. lf the heart is tllrobbing with uusclfi l love,-you may il'r`tatc lay yourslupidlty, you may injure by your liiviii: iitlbiustib lead you ultimately to t.hc__\§uC goal of all llulitafi"cffort,'itlld’;`lL>u ehlrgct there under no other

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position, knowledge, power and these generally secure satisfactioinoithlojf exclusion of higher ideals. As Goethe says 2- ~'; , ` ~,,-rg

“Melt are so inclined to content themselves with \vlla__t_ is com-

monest ; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to thc impressions of thc beautiful aild the perfect, that every one should study to nour- ish ill his mind the facility of feeling these things. For no mall can bear to hc deprived of such eujoynieuts. It is only because they are not used to tastc of what is excellent that the generality of mankind take delights ill silly and insipid things, provided they be new.”

Life to lllost of us is llleall and unsatisfyillg, not because oppor-

tunity for :i higher one is lacking, but because wc find ill_it nlcait and - l0\v expression. lf we demand the best, and are prepared to give it, \vc can get it. A life in which, during each successive day our thbtlghtsf. are never lifted above disposing of the daily roulld of enforced duty' and tllcn seeking some vapid relaxatioll, will never prodtlcc _mcn___an<l ivolllell fit for aliytlling really worth while. A I i In all atmosphere of true ideals and honest endeavour thc hlimall soul, blossoms and gives out its sweetest perfumes, in truth and tender- ness. There is more of this than we realize. Amid the hurry and bustle of the world without, its gentle tones arc drowned by the discordant notes that surge around us. We need, tllercforc, and particularly at times such as the present, to listen carefully for these stirrings of the soul. It is it strange struggle this life of ours, and strangely perplexing'

at prcseni. What does it all mean? .'\pparently movement upwartl and onward or down and out. .'\ constant wciglling in thc balance of- ilidividtlzlls and nations alikc.

llcury Ward Beecller lias left us a beautiful pen picture-of-this

_pliasc of life :ls lie saw it 1- ~

` “.~\ll creation is on the inarcll. 'l`lle stars are revolving.

' '- -l't»_i‘l ' -1 l'l-»_‘.i'n.ii'l;~w_ '; l,~ _ _ . \\ im ll M l mm our 5 wnbui Mc gm K” dead crust of the earth feels the necessity of moving. The whole vege-

table kingdom is moving onward and upward. 'l`he animal kingdom too keeps step, unconscious of the iinpelling cause. Mall, aS"_if_ 'Qc heard the music drowsily alld afar of`f, joins ill thc' strange procession

and .~‘_trugglcs on :ind upward also. __ ,__ it is a striulgc lnarcli of creation, nloving to unseen music with _ginseell balillel's,‘to some great enterprise. \\'hcn it shall finally, encamp` and hang out the banners 'of victory no one kllowctll but Ile wllo llvcth ill eternity, before Wlioln a thousand years arc but as one dt\_v,`7§'hil one day its il tliousaud ycal':~'. _

. lf we can but catch a faint echo of this unseen ll_l 'ic, _,fu/l1i`cl_’l_

finds feeble expression- in our- lulnlan ideals, under its

rows such as we are at present called upon to face, lrlafcll _tr\\1_l§)il.l_lly,, for\vartl,_iil`to the ulikliovvlnbecatlsc \ve feel deep within that there' Lovci will lit-`i'_<'ii'.g. ’ _ i _ . ' '~-fi _ '

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THE STAR IN THE EAST" “I

"We have secll.i.l~lis{54`tiir»=it1 the east, and are come to worship Him.”'

`~ Brightest and best of the soils of thc morning,

Dawn on our darkness, and lend us_thinc aid; _ _,.,-.- _

Star of the East, the horizon adoring, I 1 "" * ` ' Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. "‘ 7*' i \

Cold on his cradle the dew-dropslarc shilling;

Low lies I-lis head with the beasts of the stall; L (

.\ugcls adore Him ill slumber reclining, _ jg?

f -' Maker and Monarcli and Saviour of all ` - '

Say,'s|iall wc yield llinl, in costly dev‘otill_i:\;_°;fI_~

4 -_ Van Dyke. ___

As thc h It is fired with dove or consumed with ,haic;

dominated by selfish axition, or inspired by spiritual -longlngis, so hc in his intercourse with his fellows, will realize the joys of true relation- ships or live in an atmosphere _of distrust andstrife ;-will risc to the

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' Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, '

Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid; `

Star of the East, the horizon adoring,, _ . ‘

heights of its lift t,f__s_ink‘i»;¢ me pic °f_,unmisn¢<l desire. _ __ _ Guide .where our _mm _Redeemce is lm _ _

Wc all respond' to adthe oatfcnt to appeals such as this. » lint _ _“ _ \ _

lhcrc are appeals of' a lower order that are much more insistent. Money, ‘ ' / ___R¢sim|d, __}i°b”__ -_ _

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“Who scCl§S for ll,C2l.V£n alone t<>_,s:1v<;¢fl_§|[gf"_'_ __ ;. _ _ __ (gums of me m0u_ntaili__a!_d-fa r -%e_of:_$§l1<\_ _

hlay,_kccl>'dl ut will no; '~ goal; , __ i\lyrrh from`_tll_t_; for'<:_st‘t_:_»_l'-__ _ _ ._.;_~ . _

While [la-.ffl-` _ju love may waridw rf i _ ‘ - V_ _ I H I __"'_"._ ` _'_ 3 `_’ ,pf ' __ But God will bring llilu whcrc'thc Blessed arc." *If ‘ __r; a‘"__Y WC °_ cf _*‘*°l'_‘ "miie ‘ ”_"¢_,~"f_ _.~__ `

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Dcarcr to God are the prayers of the poor. , 'fi

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