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Pembroke, Georgia
‘I SAW THREE SHIPS COME SAILING...’
I sow three ships come sailing in,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
I saw three ships come sailing in,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
Pray, whither sailed those ships all three,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
Pray, whither sailed those ships all three.
On Christmas Day in the morning?
And what was in those ships all three,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day?
And what was in those ships all three,
On Christmas Day in the morning?
O they sailed into Bethlehem,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
O they sailed into Bethlehem,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
The Virgin Mary and Christ were there,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
The Virgin Mary and Christ were there,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
And all the bells on earth shall ring,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
And all the bells on earth shall ring,
On Christmas Day in the morning.
Why the Christ
Child Blessed
the Pine Tree
As the old story goes,
long ago the pine tree was
subject to seasonal changes,
like other varieties of trees
. . . losing its green frip
peries in winter.
One day King Herod, in a
rage of fear, sent his armies
out to slay all infant boys,
lest one threaten his crown.
In Israel a carpenter,
Joseph, and his wife, Mary,
with the Child Jesus, fled
the country before Herod’s
wrath. At day’s end they
came to a green wood where
stood a pine, heavy with
needles, that every summer
gave small birds a nest.
Half its trunk was hollow.
“Come,” said Joseph to the
The Pembroke Journal, Thursday, December 21, 1967 —I
little family, “we will find
haven here.”
The pine tree, full of pity,
dropped its blanket of
branches down to cover
them, and there they stay
ed, while Herod’s armed
men rode past, their hands
stained with the blood of
innocent babes.
When morning dawned
the Child Jesus awoke, and,
looking up at the high pine,
blessed it:
“Great pine, henceforth
you will always keep your
summer raiment and be for
ever green. Through the
ages multitudes of birds
will find sanctuary amid
your branches all winter
long.”
' And so it was we have the
j evergreen Pine, loved by all
' living things.
r The legend tells us, too,
J that if you cut a pine cone
i through part-way, you will
r find within it the imprint of
• His hand.
j Symbolism
| Os Colors in
| Stained Glass
f The beauty of the stained
* glass windows in churches
; can be attributed to the
I vivid contrasts of clear col
or. All of the colors have a
k spiritual aspect, according
to the practicers of this an
| cient craft.
The sapphire blues of the
£ heavens reflect steadfast
| ness, devotion and the es-
J sects of calm meditation,
k Ruby reds are the hues of
life, itself . . . enthusiasm,
| courage and sacrifice, and of
u love. Red is the color of
£ valor, action — the wings
* of the seraphims and the
“ gift of the Church’s mar
? tyrs.
T The gold of the sun is also
V the color of silence and
u strength. Poets and philoso
£ phers refer to the “golden
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J- winter landscape, a church *.^^>;*
w steeple seeks the sky
a .... and we see the quiet
contentment of Christmas, spreading
w its joys everywhere. That your
W <§*. joys be many, is our holiday
a wish for our valued
It / friends and customers.
J J. C TUCKER
Auto Garage
Blitchton, Georgia
thread” joining this life
with the next. And yellow is
associated with joy.
Green is the color sym
bolic of Spring, of youth and
renewing promise. It typi
fies rebirth and newness of
life.
All these, and other col
ors, are complemented by
the simplicity of w.hite . . .
symbolizing innocence and
perfect purity.
How Legends,
Carols Began
Many Christmas Carols
have animals and things a?
themes. An example is th^
well-loved “Carol of the
Birds,” of French origin,
wherein birds bring the
sweetest music to earth.
Such carols live forever.
Carols simply are songs
with a religious impulse and
thus come from the world
over. Each century has giv
en to the treasury of carols,
but none is more revered
and sung as the much loved
19th century carol, “Silent
. Night, Holy Night.”
’ Another lovely carol is,
“Carol of the Flowers,”
where flowers speak of
1 love in all mankind; and
■ from Germany a ship carol,
’ called “Song of the Ship,”
in which Mary is likened to
; a ship, bearing the Son of
Heaven; the “Cherry Tree
Carol” where the Virgin
Mary is afforded sustenance
’ along the way to the man
. ger.
I FEATURESKOBIN
; One of the first Christmas
■ cards ever published, a small
(two by three-and-a-half
inches) greeting printed in
. London in 1862 by Goodall and
Son, features a robin presiding
■ over a pastoral winter scene
i framed by paper lace.
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