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I From near at hand and from distant lands
9 visitors to Bethlehem. There were kings
shepherds. They followed the same star. streets/6f
the little town these columns met, and talk wisymeniina the\
shepherds as to the nature of their mjssitfh/ They exchanged/iuch asl they \ /
had about the birth of the KinqpMCTngs and where He be found; / I 1 y\.
One of the royal down from his to a skephera who iaid, \
'We were in thejietdwatching our flock and suddenly an angel appeared. We were \
very mudjJfrtffitened. And the angel said to us,/mar not, for behrild, I brin< you good
tidings of great joy, which shall be to all peode/For unto you is born this da / in the city
of David a Saviour, which is Christ the LordfAnd this shall be c/sign unfo you; fe snail
find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger/ And then s iddenly the
sky was filled with a great light sang, 'Glory to C&od in highest and on
'* ' V ’ "And thpdight faded and we began/o talk to each oiher and we
decidedio leave just one man with/the flock and we wenf up to
ef hMfem to see this thing which is cdme to pass and wh ch 1 10 Lord
hysAiade known to us. And we were in great hpste." 1
And ng w h° SQ t high above the shepherd got dc wn from the
back of his camel to hear the story more dead/', and the shepherds!
c ' us t around him to learn what signs he and/iis party had raceived!
w h' c h brought them from far countries to Bethlehem. \
|IK || And the eldest of the wise men explained,/"For us it Was c starve 1
new star in the heavens, and/t seemed to us that the star beckoned, and !
gathered together treasures of gold and frankincense and nyrrh." !
A°d he to the great retihue behind him <md the \
ijL camels heaviMaden with bales ana bundles of p -ecious stuffs. 1
e^herds^e etried d, "V f e have |
brought nothing. We came straight Aom the field when the/ angel spoke t<j> us. And we \
were in great haste." / I \
And all the shepherds were/abashed in the presence/ of the three kings aid their \
servants and their camels bearing the burdens of rich gifts. They could see anc detect \
the place of their destination/at the end of the street. /The star shone cirectly on the \
stable. And because it was only a small place and the party of the kings was Ic rge the \
shepherds made as if to ste£ aside so that these great rr/en from a distant and might go \
first with their precious gifts for the King of kings. But the eldest of the wi ;e mert waved \
to the shepherds to join ms servants and not to humble Ahemselves. \
"Whether it be froty far or near," he said, "we are on the same missic n. W«i should \
enter into the houSe together." /
But the shepherds were still reluctant, and one of them answered, "First must come
■ your precious gifts of gold and fre nkincense and
told you we bring nothing. We came straight
id even if we had not come in great hasfe there
sess fit to bring as a gift to the King of kings. We
ry here until you have given over treasure."
ark and siill, but in this street there was c babble
e sound/of camel drivers calling to the great
that they might dismount and unfasten the thongs
:e the treasure chests and the sacks of incense,
aval cade drew up before the do ar with clatter,
tumult; The shepherds were silent, for tiey had
wonders in a single evening, and not Ihe least
of these were the kings of the East and their camel train.
And in the street the servants opened cedar chests and revealed great bars of gold
heavier than the stones which lay in the meadow where the flocks had been left to graze.
And the eyes of the shepherds opened wide again as when they saw the light of angels
and heard the voices from the heavens.
Through the narrow door and up to the manger itself strode the kings and great
bearded men bearing treasure. The timid shepherds followed and ranged themselves in
the back of the room against the walls of the stable, for they were affrighted to t e in the
presence of princes and of the King of kings.
The eldest of the wise men said, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we
have seen His star in the east and are come to worship Him. And we bring with us rich
treasures of gold and frankincense and myrrh." fIHMUHHfIHMI
And Mary, the mother, looked up at the great throng and paid no
heed to the gifts of gold and incense but placed her finger upon her lips
and said to ancHo the kings/'The baby - 1
01’ Santa Claus Was Born in U. S. A.
PUROPE brought Christmas to
America, but America gave
Santa Claus to Europe.
When the early Dutch settlers
came to America, they had never
heard of Santa Claus. Old St. Nicho
las, who brought them presents each
December 6, changed rapidly in the
New world.
His name became abbreviated and
altered to Santa Claus, and his ex
ternal appearance underwent great
changes. From a lean ascetic he
was transformed into a jolly, fat
old fellow. His pale face became
the color of rosy apples. He laid
aside his canonical robes, miter and
pastoral staff to become clothed in
Wen Used Holly-Bush
To Beat Unruly Wives
If wives knew history there
Wouldn’t be any holly in the Christ
mas decorations. A stick cut from a
holly-bush was a husband’s most ef
fective means of restoring discipline
when his wife “answered back.” He
always left the prickles on the slick,
too.
Fortunately— for the wives—this
custom belongs to the dark past and
has long been forgotten.
a cap and brilliant red suit, trimmed
with ermine. The new Santa Claus
traded his famous gray horse for a
reindeer and sleigh. He also stopped
giving presents on December 6, and
started distributing gifts on the night
of December 24.
The changes in his outward ap
pearance were reflected in his
change of character. When he came
to America he left behind his rod
and bag of ashes with which he
beat naughty children, and adopted
an entirely lovable personality.
Completely transformed, he again
crossed the ocean to be welcomed
everywhere from Scotland to Aus
tralia.
NERVY GUY
Bug Santa— Great Scot, that cei
tipede has his nerve with him!
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA
JUST THANKS
“Being a husband on Christmas
reminds me of Thanksgiving.’’
“Why?”
“Because, about the only thing
one gets is thanks.”
Epiphany Saw Arrival
Of Three Wise Men
Twelfth-Night is the evening be
fore Epiphany, or Twelfth-Day
which is the festival celebrated on
January 6, the twelfth day aftei
Christmas. It honors the arrival of
the three wise men at Bethlehem
It is held by some that Twelfth-
Night commemorates the appear
ance of the star of Bethlehem to
the three wise men. In any event,
the festival symbolizes the manifes
tation of Christ to the Gentiles.
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SUNDAY I •
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
I (Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for December 22
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by j
permission.
SHAKING THE SHEPHERDS’ JOY
(Christmas Lesson)
LESSON TEXT—Luke 2:8-20.
GOLDEN TEXT—Glory to God In the
highest, and on earth peace, good will to
ward men.—Luke 2:14.
Tinsel and toys, snow and sleigh
bells, crowded department stores
and rushing throngs, gifts and greet
ing cards, Christmas dinner and fel
lowship with family and friends—
is that all Christmas means to us?
All these things are proper in their
place—exciting and interesting—but
they are not enough.
They have never been enough and
certainly they will not do this year,
with a world in chaos. We need not
lose any of the thrilling enjoyment
of Christmas by properly observing
the day; in fact, we shall only en
hance its meaning and bring out its
real glory by keeping Christ at the
heart of our Christmas.
The opening verses of Luke 2 tell
us of the coming of Mary with Jo
soph to God’s appointed place at His
appointed time for the coming into
this world of His Son to be made
flesh and dwell among us (John 1:
14). Our lesson tells us of
I. Good Tidings of Great Joy (vv.
8-14).
God had good news for the people
of this world and He gave it, as was
His custom, to those who were faith
fully discharging their humble
duties (cf. Judg. 6:11, 12; I Kings
19:19). God is still ready to reveal
His glory and grace in the “office,
kitchen, mill, barn school-room,
and open field—places where people
are at work on daily tasks” (Doug- |
las). You need not be in the great
church in a large city to meet Him |
on Christmas day. He will reveal
Himself in all His beauty where you
are, though you be in the humblest
surroundings and at the most menial
task. Look for Him!
Jesus came as a Saviour. “The
world did not want an adviser. The
world had advised itself almost into
hell. The world did not ask for a
speculator. Everything that man
could do had been done, and men
sat in the darkness of their own
wisdom. The world did not want a
reformer, a man who could change
his outward and transient relations,
an engineer that would continually
devote his time (for appropriate re
muneration) to the readjustment of
the wheels and the pulleys and the
various mechanical forces of soci
ety. The world wanted a saviour”
(Joseph Parker).
Note that the army of heaven
came to declare peace, not war; but
only to those in “whom He is well
pleased” (v. 14, R. V.). As long as
men serve the devil and displease
God, they will have no peace.
11. Great Faith and Consistent
Action (vv. 15, 16).
The shepherds did not say, “Let
us now go and see if this thing has
come to pass,” or “which we expect
or hope will come to pass,” but said,
“which is come to pass.” They
went not to test God’s word, but in
the assurance that they would “see”
what had come to pass. Blessed
faith! Let us too believe God’s word
to us.
But “faith without works is dead”
(James 2:17). The shepherds might
have made many excuses for not
going but “they came” and “found”
the Saviour. Perhaps you who read
these words have failed at that
point; you have not come to Jesus
as your Saviour. No more appro
priate time could be found to come
than right now. Believe, then act
on your faith.
Some of us who are Christians
need also to learn of the shepherds.
We talk a great deal about our de
votion to Christ. Especially at this
Christmas season we render much
“lip service” to Him. Let us make
it real, and our lives virile and
active for Him.
111. Good News for Meditation and
Proclamation (vv. 17-20).
The gospel is literally “good
news.” What a blessed privilege it
is to have such good news in a day
of evil tidings, of darkness and
despair.
There are two things we ought to
do with the gospel of God’s redeem
ing grace. We should make it
known to the ends of the earth, but
we should also do as Mary, “who
kept all these things and pondered
them in her heart.” We know she
had special reasons for doing so,
but may we not suggest that you
too make this Christmas a time
when you will ponder in your own
heart what God has done for you in
Christ?
The shepherds also set us a Christ
mas example, for they “made
known abroad” the coming of the
Saviour. Will you tell someone else
today? Will you, like the shep
herds, be “glorifying and praising
God” this Christmas? You will if
you, like them, go to the manger
and meet Jesus. If you go to this
world’s empty show of celebration,
you will return empty (see v. 20).
May the blessed peace of Christ
be yours this Christmas. That is
j my wish from the heart to you.
'
'T'HE off-trails of football that
rarely lead to the major head
lines can take you into a country
just as interesting as Minnesota,
I Stanford, Texas A. & M., Boston
college and Tennessee.
For example, during the late
World Series in Cincinnati I ran
across a number of
old - time football
W? 1 players who told me
I about a back by the
■p, | name of Jackie Hunt
of Marshall college
| in Huntington, W.
“I played against
George Gipp,” one
old-timer said, “and
I’d rather have Hunt
Grantland Rico played against
Cliff Battles,” an
other reported, “and I’ll take Hunt
over Battles. He is just as good a
ball carrier, a great kicker, a fine
passer and a star defensive back,”
When good football players tell
you about a fellow who is better
than Gipp and Battles you begin to
take notice. So two months ago I
crawled a trifle out on the limb for
Jackie Hunt.
Being on the off-trail, away from
the beaten pack, Hunt was hard to
follow. But he was the big factor
in beating V. P. I. and also in
scoring 19 points against Wake For
est, a team good enough to beat
North Carolina, 12 to 0. Picking up
what I could here and there, (after
all, there are over 400 college teams
playing 200 games each week), I
discovered Jackie Hunt was doing
all right.
The next investigation discovered
; that he was the leading scorer of
the country, well ahead of such peo
ple as Harmon and Kimbrough and
the rest.
About Jackie Hunt
About this time I ran into Jock
Sutherland, the Dodger mandarin.
“I know about Hunt,” Jock said.
“We wanted him at Pittsburgh. He
was the best high school back in
America that year. Big, fast, pass
er, ball carrier and kicker, loaded
with exceptional football spirit. But
Hunt wanted to stay in his home
town at Huntington with Marshall.
Re felt that Huntington was where
he belonged. Even as a high school
player he was an outstanding star.”
More than a few leading colleges
tried to explain to Hunt that he
could take the headlines away from
j Harmon and Kimbrough, from Rea
gan and O’Rourke. Hunt wasn’t in
terested in headlines. He loved foot
ball, but he wanted to play at home.
A 185-pound 10-second man who
could do about everything, this West
Virginian let nation-wide fame roll
by as he went on scoring three or
four touchdowns in almost every
game for dear old Marshall. This
attitude was more important than
all the touchdowns he scored, which
lead the nation.
Hunt and Snead
A few days ago I received a
screed from a sport writing friend
from West Virginia who knows his
stuff.
“You may remember,” he wrote,
“that I’ve only slipped you one tip.
Years ago I told you that we had a
hillbilly by the name of Sammy
Snead who was on his way up with
the greatest swing in golf. That
was before anyone knew anything
about Sammy Snead. You printed
what 1 wrote to you. Now I’m tell
ing you that Jackie Hunt of Mar
shall college is a better football
player than Sammy Snead is a
golfer.
“I know his schedule isn’t what
Minnesota or Michigan faces. But I
know what he can do. I’d like to
see him, on equal terms, play
against Harmon or Kimbrough, for
I know he can do more things bet
ter with a football. He can run
with either and outkick and outpass
both. And you can’t find a better
defensive player.
“Hunt is in ine same spot Dutch
Clark once held. ‘A great player,’
they said, ‘but no schedule.’ Dutch
Clark is still the all time All-Ameri
ca quarterback in your book and al
most every other book. Hunt is
bigger and faster than Dutch Clark,
and can do everything as well.”
No Fake Ballyhoo
This is no fake ballyhoo for Jackie
Hunt, whom I have never seen. But
when Doc Spears, coach of Dart
mouth, Minnesota and Oregon, now
at Toledo, who has seen Hunt play
two years, adds his testimony, you
have to listen.
Doc Spears doesn’t believe there
is a better all-around back in Amer
ica. And he has no exceptions.
“One of the greatest,” is the Doc
Spears tribute.
Hunt went to Marshall college
knowing it would be almost impos
sible for him to make an All-Amer
ica for this one reason—the sched
ule. The important question would
be asked—“Huiit may look good
against V. P. I. and Toledo and
Wake Forest, but let him try to
run against Big Ten teams. What
then?”
There is something to this angle.
But 1 know several pro coaches who
I would just as soon have Hunt, when
. he graduates, as either Harmon or
> I Kimbrough—except for the matter
[ of publicity and gate receipts
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Happy Hours Ahead
A gift to make many happy hours
for pipe and “makin’s” smokers is
the Prince Albert Christmas pack
age—one full pound of ripe, rich
tasting, mellow tobacco. Colorful
noliday wrappers put these popu
lar presents in gay Christmas set
ting—and a handy gift card is en
closed. Your regular tobacco deal
er has the one-pound gift tin of
Prince Albert on display. Remem
ber! Prince Albert is the cooler
burning tobacco—the National Joy
Bmoke. —Adv.
r
| Helpful Laughter
Laughter is a most healthful ex
ertion; it is one of the greatest
helps to digestion with which I am
acquainted; and the custom prev
alent among our forefathers, of
exciting it at table by jesters and
buffoons, was founded on true
medical principles.—Dr. Hufeland.
For Busy Shoppers
Winning popular approval with
busy Christmas shoppers are the
two handsome gift packages of
Camel cigarettes featured by local
dealers. The regular Camel car
ton —10 packs of “20’s”—comes in
a colorful, holiday dress. Equally
striking is the gay Camel package
of 4 “flat fifties.”
Both packages contain 200 ciga
rettes—are easy gifts to get, per
fect to receive.—Adv.
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morning thorough, comfortable relief,
helping you start the day full of your
normal energy and pep, feeling like a
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your night’s rest or interfere with work the
next day. Try Feen-A-Mint, the chewing
gum laxative, yourself. It tastes good, it’s
handy and economical... a family supply
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