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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 20, 1956
Religiously Speaking
By Kev. Howard D. Blalock, Pastor
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Blackshear
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
A phrase frequently heard
during the pre-Christmas days
in “The Christmas Spirit..” When
one asks just what does this
phrase mean many answers are
given.
There are those who use the
phrase to define a carefree spirit
caused mainly by “spirits.” For
a growing number, drinking is
just as much a part of Christmas
as a carol.
Aldous Huxley’s book, “The
Genius and the Goddess,” ends
on a tragic note. The narrator
sees the author to the door with
the poignant parting words;
“Drive carefully. This is a Christ
ian country and it’s the Saviour’s
birthday. Practically everybody
you meet will be drunk.”
The “Clipsheet” tells us that
there are six times as many
alcoholics as there are cancer
patients in the United States;
there are eleven times as many
alcoholics as there are active
cases of tuberculosis. For every
American hit by polio last year
155 were the victims of alcohol
ism. I hardly see how a thing that
causes this .much tradgedy could
rightly be called “The Christmas
Spirit.”
For many “The Christmas
Spirit” is haste. Although there
is sung “God rest you merry,
gentlemen,” there is no rest; and
there is sung “Holy night, peace
ful night,” there is no real peace.
Christmas has become for many-
what Masefield called life: “Life’s
a long headache in a noisy
street.”
There are others who connect
it with merchandising. Catherine
Marshall gives us a good remind
er in her book “Let’s Keep Chris
tmas.”
You can’t think of anything
they need
(which is rather strange
when you take time to
think of it.)
Maybe there is nothing in a
store that they need.
But what about some token of
love —what about love
itself. . . .
and friendship. . . .
and understanding. . . .
and consideration. . . .
and a helping hand. . . .
and a smile. . . .
and a prayer?
. . . Christmas is not in the
stores—but in the hearts of
people.”
E. C. Baird defines “The Chris
tmas Spirit in a beautiful way:
“I am the Christmas Spirit
“I enter the home of poverty,
causing pale-faced children to
open their eyes wide in pleased
wonder.
“I cause the miser’s clutched
hand to relax, and thus paint a
bright spot on his soul.
“I cause the aged to renew
their youth and laugh in the
old, glad way.
“I keep romance alive in the
heart of childhood, and brighten
sleep with dreams woven of
magic.
“I cause eager feet to climb
dark stairways with filled bask-
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Jan. 11, Fri., Folkston Here
Jan. 15, Tues., Surrency Here
Jan. 18, Fri., Camden Co Here
Jan. 22, Tues., Screven There
Jan. 25, Fri., Wacona There
Jan. 29, Tues., Nicholls There
Feb. 1, Fri., Hoboken Here
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ets, leaving behind hearts amazed
at the goodness of the world.
“I cause the prodigal to pause
a .moment on his wild, wasteful
way, and send to anxious love
some little token that releases
glad tears —tears which wash
away the hard lines of sorrow.
“I enter dark prison cells, re
minding scarred manhood of what
might have been, and pointing
forward to good days yet to come.
“I come softly into the still
white home of pain, and lips that
are too weak to speak just
tremble in silent, eloquent grati
tude. ,
“In a thousand ways I cause
the weary world to look up into
the face of God, and fo^ a little
moment forget the things that are
small and wretched.
“I am the Christmas Spirit.”
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May the season hold many
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AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
May the light of each candle
reflect your happiness
this season.
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