But that a Physician

Fronrthe First Christmas

The silver bolls of the camels woke Stone streets of the little town;

Many; restless sleeper spoke

And with listless. eyes looked" down

On three-coho rode, but none might guns That a Healer lay that fllglil

In a cradle wrought of tenderness,

In the glow ofcandlclight.

.Thres knelt down on their silken knees, ‘And ‘three ‘heads bowed them low,

None but the ‘wise could know. Lore was small as a Babe, and lay

Great llhrlstiais‘ iisrols Ilork o! _ inspired Clergy

Since that first Chrislmld when

isiosingdof carols in the streets. we are in , wasin ma year 124. ' When we think of Christmas we think of the piatures- you see Christmas cards of houses almost buried in snow, candles binning i carolers groups around a ‘doorway, singing with all

their hearia to the distant- pea! of church bells. Christmas must have been

picturesque in those day no auiomo lies whizzlng by jus the merry jingle of sleigh hells. ‘

‘Hark. the Herald Angels Sing’? was written in 1130 by Charles Wesley, younger brother of John Wesley, who founded the Metho- dist denomination, but was not published until 1856. Inspiration for the poem came to Wesle as he walked to church one C ist.

rning

mas mo . _ Blsho Philll Brooks,.rectnr of

the Hoy Triniy church in Phila- dfilllml. was as ed by his Sunday school children to write a Christ- mas song, so in 1868 heproduced “Oh Lit lo Town of_ Bethlehem." Al!" Wriiins the hymn, he went to the church organist and asked

smiled on them

him to furnish a tune. The or- ganlst. Lewis H. Redner, says the air came to him in a. Cl-iristmas dream. and it was finished for the next day's services.

Origin o! ‘Silent Night.‘

But most beloved of all Christ. mas music is “Holy Night, Silent Night," written, we are told, by Father Josef Mohr, who found him- self without means of music for Christmas services because mice had catch the bellows of the church organ. Father Josef was greatly troubled over the calamity; and he returned from administer- ing rites to a dying woman he stood on a hilltop, at midnight, and it came to him that it must have

Adeste Fideles

I? time :11! yo hfaithful,

oy y rump an -. _

‘lb Bethlehem hasten now with glad

accord:

Io! in a manger

Lies the King of angels;

O come, let us adore Him, Christ the 10rd!

Though true God of true God. Light of light eternal, Our lowly mature Ho had not ab-

orrc : Son of the Father, Not made but begotten: g O come, let us adore Him. Christ the Lord!

Raise, raise, choirs of angels! Songs of loudest, triumph, Through heaven's high arches be your praises lioured:

Now to our God e Glory in the highest; ' O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!

Amen! Lord, we bless Thee,

In a space but two hands rude; Yet imHis eyes an eternal day Downed on that Christmastide.

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With a Candle

A smart slsight-of-hand trick ‘is to produce a handkerchief from a lighted candle which has been pre- viously examined. It la accom llsh- ed as follows: The handkerch cf is l small silk one, and la concealed at the back of the drawer of an or- dinary match-box, which has the drawer half pulled out as if in readiness to getat the matches. The candle ls given for examina- tion and you then place it in candlestick on table, and -show your hands empty. Pick up match-box,

lake a match irom it, and light tury

candle. Close the box, which V16 concealed handkarchie - into your hand. You then pretend to Plilflk hAndkQrchieIfrom flame of ""619. and let it expand as you draw your hand back from flame.

‘The day brought in-for all the weak 'Pity, and‘ help and care, Prayefto the lips that couldnot speak For the strong, the ruillto share. 34nd hgAwho gives ofhis life and years, Seruingdhe helpless ill, v ~Sees‘—=at~the end’ whorrthe great sky clear). -_That theStar is‘ gleaming still.

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Christmas Song.

in a ‘Bothwem town. ‘twas on .a night like _thls.

gig-Lyssa softly down in

nivawneii their flocks

night,‘ lle still afar Wise, menufollowethasger the "Rh! ‘of that lone

1nd myrrh tliwll - placed at His wee-haem- No such babe had ever araced 6°

rude a bed.-

Let us. each. His feet adorn with gifts of praise:

1n each heart may Chill! b0 5°"! this Christmas day! -

-l'. Han! Fraae (Written Dec. I983). .

INFLUENCE!) ' CUSTOMS

The Gennana. whips more than any other colonists. inf ed Christmas customs in the United States. which celebrates Christmas more extensively than any other. Our concept of Santa Claus is wholly from Germany, and Christmas tree in the home is en. other custom that came over with German emigrants in the last cen-

the

YULE LOG From pagan Scandinavian wor-

been the went home

words to our

hymn.

Then. of course, it needed music, so he went to his old schoolmaster, Franz Gruber, And so Franz lay. ed his guitar "and Father osef sang a Christmas hymn that will never die.

Few think of this lovely hymn without remembering how we watched our radio dl-li at Christ- mas time for its rendition by one oi the most beloved of singers, Ma- dame SchumannJieink. .

Oh. those were da s of simplic- ity, when reciors. cas ing about for suitable Christmas programs tum- ed poets, and organists turned mm- posers to furnish the music. music that goesnn forever.

They would, indeed. be gratified if they could hear our present Christmas day programs, pouring out oi’ a little cabinet in t e cor. ner, their labors of love have come a long way from that steel guitar and n gentle voice replacing a nib- bled bellows, they'd be surprised to learn their flock now does its Christmas shopping to their inspir- ational tunes.

SCOT PRIVATE TELL; HOW ‘SILENT NIGHT‘ STILLED ' WAR GUNS

It was Christmas Eve. 1914, be- tween Armentlers and Arras, while Gordon Highlander; huddled in trenches when somebody bored the day.

“Jim, let's sing." one said to Private James Sutherland-Watt of Norfolk. Va.

Jim pihiditd of, but someone else started “Silent Night. Holy Night," and soon Jim an the whole Scot regiment had joined in.

When the last refrain subsided. from the opposite trenches arose other voices-attuned in "Stills Nacht." Then all night long Christ. mas carol; rang from trench to trench in strange tongues while cannon and flares from other sec- torslit the sky,

At the customary "zero" hour. the British soldiers smw gray-clad figures making their way out of the "e trenches. A few shots well-c t c

and composed famous Christmas

remcm-

fired. Then it was seen that

Germans carried no arms. Scots

leaped from their trenches, like-

fivési unarmed, only to be ordered c .

ship of ‘Phor comes the Yule log. lighted with a brand from last year's log. J

Christmas caroling was a tlhriv. lng custom in England o!’ the fourth century.

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ust such a silent night that hrist child was bom, soéie e

Born for our salvation. O Jeans! forever be Thy name a-

o . Word of the Father. Now in flesh appearing: O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!

‘This, perhaps the finest of all Christmas hymns, is n. translation from. the Latin probably not of very ancient origin and is by an author unknown to us at, present.

‘The earliest copy of it. is preserv- ed at Stoneyhurst College, Eug- land, written out, in 175i by the Rev. John French Wade, an Eng-

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Silent Night

Silent nilht, holy night.

All is calm. all is bright: ' Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant, so tender and mild. Sleep in Heavenly peace.

Silent night. holy night, Shepherds pray at the sight: Glories stream from. heaven afar Feawnly ho=ts sing Alleluia Christ the Saviour is born.

Silent nizht. holy night.

Hod on high. love’: pure light: Radiant. beams from Thy holy face. With the dawn of redeeming grace. Jesus Lord at Thy birth.

Christmas Chrol ,

By Dora Greenwell (1363)

If ye would hear the angels sing. "Peace 0n earth and mercy mild," Thinkof him who was once a

c id, On Christmas-day in the morning.

If ye would hear the angels sing. Christmas! see yet let each door Stand wider than ever it, stood

before, On Christmas-day in the morning.

Risc, and open wide the door; Christians, rise! the world is wide And many there be that stand

outside,

Ye! CPFiSIJIlBS comes in the morn.

ng.

If ye would hear the angels sing, Rise and spread your Christmas

llsh clergyman, who cooled several from various sources but is not known ‘to hove composed any hymns himself.

In 1797 it was sung at the Pur- tuguese ' Embassy where a. well known musician. VIC- tor Novelln, was organist. It was sung to it; familiar tunc. Fideles, which Novello who first adapted it. to the words, said was

was org-mist of ‘Winchester Cathe- dral irom i675 to i681. and also or.

which bears the name of the same city. until 16.92. The celebrated Bishop Ken‘. who gave us our glor- ious doxolgy, ‘Praise God from

as the hymns “Awake My soul and with the Sun." ond "All Praise to Thee My God This Night," was a figcbenclary of Winchester at the:

e.

It is a grand Christmas hymn. well worthy of standing first of the four best loved and most com- monly used of English hymns for the blessed season, the others being "While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night," "Hark, the Her- ald Angels Sing" and "Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn."

The First Noel

The first Noel the angel did 5a).". Was to certain poor shepherds in fields. as they lay in fields where they their sheep, On a cold winter's night that was so deep. Chorus

Noel, Noel, Noel, Nocl Born is the King of Isr-icl.

' lay keeping

They looked up and saw a star. Shining in the east beyond them

far; .

And to the earth it gave great light,

And so it continued both day and night.

This star drew nigh to the north.

e

W . o'er Bethlehem it took its rest, And there it did both stop and

stay,‘ lEtight/over the DHUZB where Jesus BY- .

The? entered in the wise men

hree. Tull rov'rent!y upon their knee. 3nd offered there in His presence, Their gold and myrrh and lrankin- cense.

Wondrous Gift

A _.___ O little town of Bethlehem.

How still we sec thee lic! A.ovc thy deep and dreamless sleep e silent stars so byr

shlneth

Th Ye; in thy dark streets The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears oi’ all the years ;Are met in thee to-nlght. How silently. how silently- The wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of His heaven. No ear may hear His coming; t in this world of sin. Where-meek souls w!!! receive Him.

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On Christmas-day in lhc morning

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Christians, rise! the world is bare

And bleak, and dark, with Wdllt and care,

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Risen and light your Christmas

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And sec that ye pile the logs st!!! higher

R139. qlld light, your Christmas lire; Christians. rise! the world is old. And iiige is weary and worn and

c . Y0!- C-ilriatmas comes in the morn- ng.

I! ye would hear the ailgcis slug, Rise and spice your svassai! bowl With warmth for body and heart

and so , On Chrlstmashiay in the morning.

Spice it warm, and spice it strong. Christians. rise! the world is uray. And rough is the road, and short

is the day.

Yet Cilristmas comes in the mom-

ng.

Ii’ ye would hear t-he angels sing. Chrigteigns! i-hink on Him who , .

Think oi your mm. the crucified, On Christmas-day in the morning.

Christmas Carolers Welcomed Everywhere

"Herc come the Carolors." S0 ii. used to be, Young faces pressed against the windowpsnc, .siralning to hear the cheerful car- ols outside, Perhaps it was tuc story of the Chris! child put to tune of a ballad of love and cheer. When the singers were done the householder invited them in for a bite oz‘ gave them a coin or two for their song. Then on to the next house, in sing again under the stars or sci.‘- ct! behind sifted snow. And then, in the early morning home again to their own fircslrles. I! was a good old custom, this midnight minsirelsy ln tho scusun of peace ant! good will, "With the beginning of Yuletide. l2 days lzc- forc Christmas day, as, Percival Chub!) tells in the Standard, pub- llshed in New York, by the Ameri- can Ethical union, "arnall bands of musicians wen! the rounds and in thc mire or on the road or in the steps, played the old folk tunes as a lyrical prelude to the great days. To some of the antique ballad airs, like Good King ‘Jlcnceslaus, says Mr. Chubb, “singers would add a hymn tune or two-Once in Da- vid's Royal City or Hark. the Iter- ald Angels Sing. Punctuating the bustle of domestic preparation for the coming feast these mlnlsL-a- lions in the still night gave a breath of poetry that touched the spirit of Christmas with an en- dearing beauty. Day by day the tide of joyous anticipation role un. ti! the crescendo broke into a forte of exhuberance." ‘Those simple days of the folk are gone, says Mr. Chubb; the g!ory'is de aricd. . ui the custom of making ille- rounds on Christmas eve to sing carols of peace and good will on earth stil! Brave!!! here and time. ._1.!terary lgest.