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T WAS When A mantle Christmas Santa white Claus was Eve, set falling and out o’er to do the world
His yearly round of calling;
The' dear old saint rejoiced to see
A promise of good sleighing.
For lots of snow was just what be
A long time bad been praying.
So greatly pleated was be to see
Such charming Christmas weather.
That gayly to bla task he flew
, Of gettjng tilings together.
His ample sletgh was put to rights
And loaded full to brimming.
And sponaloog the country roads
Old Santa Claus was skimming.
Now here, now there, his sprightly dear
i With airy lightness darted.
As fresh when miles and miles away
As when they just bad started.
The fleecy flakes kept coming down.
The rambling roadways hiding;
Yet on and on they flew along
tike shadows swiftly gliding.
But ore his journey was quite o’er
St Nick met trouble dire;
The roads kept Ailing up apace.
The snow kept piling higher.
And from his sight the earth was hid
By flakes so thickly flying.
He couki not find the road at alt
1 But still ha kept on trytag.
Hera was Indeed for Santa Class
An awkward situation.
Aad one that (Or the moment tilled
. His mind with con s ternati o n:
The Idndty soul was sad with fear
That on the morrow morning
Some disappointed Httls friends
His absence would be mourning.
• ■* Stn. trusting that kind Providence
Would help him ta his trouble.
St Hick his faithful retndser Meeds
Their efforts urged to double;
And often with a ch ee r ing word
The jaded beasts he aided.
Whlleon ahead through snowdrifts deep
To And the road he waded.
At length, amid the Hying flakes.
By chance old Santa sighted
Not far away a signpost tall.
■ Whereat he was delighted.
The sign upon the post contained
The welcome Information
That close at hand the road ran straight
Unto his destination.
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With hope renewed the good old saint
Along the roadway struggled;
• And soon he reached a sleeping town
Which in a valley snuggled.
Here ended Santa’s Christmas calls
Aad here his sleigh he lightened.
Then homeward quickly off be sped
Ere Sol the landscape brightened.
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Aei It a flam One for
Yi
Scarcely lean wonderful than the
of the first Christmas night is
the mystery of the perpetuation of the
It is a far cry enough from
the shepherds who tended their flocks
the hillside of Judea, and the bo¬
ring kings who followed the star
• « to, let ns the aver
the modern
of and
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nor do the latter betray sufficient keen
in things to
the that they
wornld leave kingdoms and go
to follow a
mysterious sign Yet
withal Christmas brings its to
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these as well as to their widely differ¬
ent prototypes of nearly two thousand
years ago. The echo of the angelic
voices that sang of peace- on earth,
good will to men, still resounds in the
heavens on Christmas night: and broth¬
er is reconciled to brother, old enmi¬
ties are laid away, past sins forgiven,
and the bonds of friendship and family
affection drawn tighter over the Christ-
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SNOW-BOUND,
board aad rdund the
hrs and,
8§Ft scitter
it BOt
ous festival known to the civilised
world.
A Merry Christmas, then, let it be to
allt A divine religion is not a sad one.
It brings peaoe to the heart, and joy is
an exuberance of peace. Therefore let
the bells ring out, aad hang out the
mistletoe, and bring on the smoking
turkey, and gather round the fireside,
and join in the frolics of the young-
s
r.
If yon have no fireside of your own to
enliven, seek out the desolate hearth of
some unfortunate brother. There are
many forlorn little ones to whom an
and a picture book would be a
foretaste of Heaven. Play Santa (flans
to such, and you will find your Merry
Christmas in the reflection of their in¬
nocent delight; or carry your greeting
and your gift to Borne aged and lonely
oa earth, and a hi seeing that will
rta a hundredfold.
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If they do not
we can go to We have
out
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
A Happy New Year! What does it
mean? Are not these words often
thrown out as a greeting without
thought or depth of meaning? Is it a
year in which to ourselves come wealth
and health, prosperity and friendship?
One in pursuit of fleeting
pleasure and filled with self-centered
interest? Ncl Rather 1st the wish
to each aad all, as the New Year flat
with all itaopf ittm,thatthe
of MM may b
Dathv for t
aroand, aad that hi
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f " | A ITHIN This winter the quiet morning hoses fair. at &
The ergsa musts softly sir; thrills
Upon the Uatenlnc
Then, mla«lln< with the orgsa »
The oholrt ewset vokss sonafl
“While shepherds wstebed thsii
night
AU nested on the mud.”
And straightway, from thet
ifj wandering ti
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my
Ihwsgalnmy moil
Her dear arms olsa
S And%4°eh " f
The moonlight tails across tht
In bars o( silver light.
And many s merry slslg
The silenoo of the plgl
Iffy heed upon her
In childish trust
The while she sings of
“la meanest g»»b act
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The pssllhg organ note
The Christmas hymn
I «U la my soeuatossed
The rev rent throng i
But Thera sweet echoes sad loir aU day! jrhl
The memory of i
And of the
MA
ODD NEW YEAR 0
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Thera used to he a custom
many yews ago in placing all
Year’s gifts on the floor hi a d
where the recipient* scran
them on their knees, ■ and
brought out other than their t
were fined & certain sum whk
be expended in addition to
cheer. Bags of bran and h
shavings were nsed to oonoeil
in, and the whole proo se s wai
difficult and amusing ae possl
custom hack of giving New Year’i
dates to the Saxons, wht
festival with great ceremony I
ing. In the fifteenth eenttu
were the most appreciated of
enta, being of the fineat qha
handsomely decorated with
silver embroidery. A neat ear
a sum of money incl
A lord chancellor
Thomas Moore, had won
for a lady New client, Year’s and day sht
him on '
glares which had fort]
into thentj
the gloves, but
saying that such
Poor
One of the most
nature is a maafe;
in a vagoe way that th* ;
not be a pair of awapende
lag set, but when h* eoga
Imbecility, and gives
money and tells her to 1
-Boston Globe.
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