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VOLUME 52
Christmas, A Great
Occaslon
At the ceorgia Baptist Child
ren’s Home, according to J. L.
¥ortney, Manager, Christmas
will be a great occasion for a
round five hundred boys and
girls, and even men and women
who live with the children.
There will be twenty one lovely
Christmas tre-sin as many homes
where children live, and a num.
ber of other places on the campus
All these trees will be beautifully
lighted and decorated. but under
peath them there will be all of
the things that children might
hope to find at the end of the
rainbow. Ther» will be a great
stocking for cach child, filled
from top to toe with candy, fruits
nuts and the like And there will
thousands of indiviiual gifts
beautifully wrapped for the boys
and girls '
Christmas dinner will feature
a big turkey on every table, and
all the things that go to make
for a great Christmas dinner.
During the Christmas holidays
there will be parties, games, con
test, all to be introduced by a
beautiful Christmas program in
the chapel on Sunday night pre
ceding Christmas.
Christmas Poem
The time draws near the birth of Christ.
The moon is hid; the night is still;
The Christmas bells from hill to hill
Answer each other in the midst.
Four voices of four hamlets round,
’From far and near, on meed and moor
Swell out and fail, as if a door
Were shut between me and the sound.
Each voice four changes on the wind,
That now dilate, and now decrease,
Peace and goed-will, good-will and
peace, :
Peace and goodwill, to all mankind.
——Tenhyson.
Lo e eD S
And the angel said unto them,
Fear not: for behold, I bring you
good tidings of great jov, which
shall be to all people,
For unto you is born this day
in the city of David a Saviour,
whieh.is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be & sign unto
you; Ye shall find the babe wrap
ped in swaddling clothes, lying
in a manger.
And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God, and
saying,
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good will to
ward men,
" Luke 2 10:14
[rwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia FriDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1946
THE SONG
The long journey from Nazareth
to Bethlehem—a new Star in the
sky—heavenly music above the
: hills of Judea—the flutter of
angel wings—the swift journey
ing of the Shepherds—Mary and
Joseph and the new-born Child—
the coming of the Wise Men,
with their gifts of gold, frankin
cense and myrrh, 3
From these inspiring things
the Song of Christmas came
more than 20 centuries ago. The
vears have added new notes of | :
happiness Carols and song upon !
the air-—candles gleaming into
the night—secret whisperings
: and laughter in the home—greet
' ings going from friend to friend
deeds of love and mercy done in
the name of a Child.
No great symphony or compo
sition can match the song of
Christmas It rises above the
clatter and roar of the city; it
throbs through the scattered
: town and hamilet; it sings through
the sunlit islands of the South; |
it permeates the frozen wastes
of the Northland- In ever-widen
ing volume its strains echo a
round the world. ,
Before its magic the host of
host of darkness take flight. It
touches the slumbering chords of
memory; it heals old hurts and
scars; it binds loved onesina
closer and deeper tie. There are
I no friendless or forsaken within -
its sound; under its influence the
strong reach out to help the weak
Pzace and Love and Joy, these
are its loudest notes, and they
are for all men. Kor the Song of
Christmas is the greatest of all
songs because it is understood
by every heart.
O R T AR TR
Peace On Earth
c€ace . .
G '
ood Will To Men
Chn 1946
— s
Mistletoe Distinct
As Yule Decoration
Mistletoe, that distinctive Christ
mas green SO common in many
parts of America, is usually
thought ot as merely good holi
day decoration or as a creator of
open season on ladies fair for
otherwise bashful swains.
Mistletoe did notalways hold
this position in our lives. The
Druids call it ‘‘all-heal’’ and
thought it held many miraculous
virtues. The scandinavians dedi
cated it to their goddess of love.
Friga. Probably this goddess of
love is responsible for the custom
of kissing under the mistletoe.
The power to heal, to protect
sickness, to perform magic deeds
all these a:ud more are the quali
ties ascribed to this plant in leg
ends, traditions and eyen in an
cient histories and literature.
Mistletoe is a paracite, which
infests branches of various trees
of both hardwood and conifers,
but mainly on hardwoods, One
species is found exclusively, how
ever on conifers.
Another old traditionis that
the mistletoe supplied the wood
for the holy cross, as previous to
that time it was a forest tree but
after the crucifiction was con
demned to exist only as a dwarf
parasite.
Mistletoe Was taken over into
the, Christian -tradition in due
course and dedicated to the
Christ Ohild. An old rhyme reads
The mistletoe bough
At your Christmas board
Shall hang to the honor
Os Christ our Lord.
LittLe OL’ SANTA
The little ol’ Santa propped under
our tree is little the worse for Wear,
he'’s iost a leg and an arm, you see,
but ne one seems to care. Not that
we're unsympathetic, rather we are
juSt a bit nostalgic.
Time was when our Santa, bright
and new, benighly welcomned Tommy
and Sue. As they tiptoed downstairs
to see their presents spread beneath
the tree very early Christmas morn.
Though Temmie and Sue have out
groWn their toys, and entwined their
hearts with grown up joys, that little
ol’ Santa, propped under the tree,
symbolizes Christmas as Christmas
ought to be. With toys for children,
goed will among men-on earth, Peace
dawning.
Dorthea Waitzmann
He who knows others is élever, but
he who knows himseif is enlightened.
Lao Tzu
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