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BY THE RT. REV. c. P. ANDERSON
B,.b.p »l Chicgo .rd Preiidia, Bi.hop „f Th. Epiwop.l Cb.r,
in n.. United Stn.«,
-I wish you . Merry Christmas and a Happy Ncw Year!"
How many million* of people will utter theue benevolent aenti-
within the neat few week*! Even tho.e who do not ,top to
iuquin- about the onein or 'neanine of Chri.tmaa will be caueht on
inI o this atmosphere of good will. The air will be full of it For
li- being, it will be a different and a better sort of world
Yon Am Jn.t As “Bit As You Think
•ad Do
Everybody will bo wishing everybody else merriment, happines.
end prosperity. Carols will be sung in the streets; children will be
gathering around their Christmas tree., to receive and ei-e their
.ifts; our homes will be touched with the Christmas spirit of loving,
kindness Even those homes which are clouded with poverty, which
out Of keeping with Christmas, will no, he entirely forgotten and
K fort, will be made to reach them with messages of substantial
kindness and good fellowship. The hospitals will be remembered
; „d iho penal institutions will have some evidence that Christmas is
unlike other seasons of the year.
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♦ There arc
X festivals, «
♦ The world of industry will he affected. Many firms will in-
♦ 'l* 1 ' “ b f ntV °‘““ t generosity which goes beyond the term, of
♦ their contracts The churches will be thronged with poo.ile, sing-
{ "* th ;" r , Fd "*; «■”«. «M ye faithful, joyful „„ d
f triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. Conic let us
sdore Him, Christ the Lord!" The great Thanksgiving, the Holy
Eucharist, the Clirist-mais will he celebrated in the presence of
myriads of adoring worshipers. Christmas is a great day its in-
| fiuor.ee reaches out to all of us.
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did it tome from? What is the origin of Christman?
these who say that these great and popular Christian
rowned with worship and < ucharists. were borrowed from
♦ , wa " c . UMOm or trom tho mystery religion wnich flourished in the
civilization of long ago. In this connection la it be admitted at once
that the Christian Church in its march down the centuries has not
hesitated to use anything that would serve its purpose.
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♦ Everything is grist that comes to its mill. It is one thing, how-
X ever, to use a thing; it is another thing to say that the great
I Christian festivals owe their origin to the materials which the
♦ ch “ reh employed for it, own purposes. The Christian Church used
the Greek language and Greek philosophy. It used Roman law and
organization. It used the religions with which it came into contact,
but it owed its origin to none of these things. The origin of Christ-
mas day is a person. A unique child wos born; His name was
Jesus; He was born in Bethlehem; He was born of Mary; He was
born in a mnnger.
the Chi'd was born the world Megan to be changed,
liberty, fraternity und equality beRan to be born. Slavery bepan
to be abolished. War started out on its long journey towards ex
tinction. Schools and hospitals and Ruilds bepan to come into ex
istence. A new sacrednes- beRan to be attached to home and wife
find child and mother.
These things did not all happen at once. They have
pktely happened yet. The Kingdom of God is in the process of be
coming, but the world cannot be indoctrinated with the person and
♦ teachings of the Christ without becoming a different and a better
world; and that which was the source and origin of the best that
there is in our civilization and ideals was the Child Who was bom
in Bethlehem of Judea in tho days of Herod the King.
Why has the person of Christ had such unique influence in
the world? It is because men have Found God in Him and have
ol-o found in Him their highest spiritual attainments. This is not
.‘imply a church doctrine or a creed. It has been a matter of spiri
tin' experience. Those who were associated w.th Him began first
liking Him, went on to love Him and ended by adoring Him.
T(, whom else shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.”
This is the testimony of experience.
The meaning of Christmas is that the greatest fact in the world
God—that He is good, not bad, that He is benevolent, not malevo-
'•‘nt: that He is love, not hate; that He has disclosed Hiimelf in
the person of Christ; that He so loved the world that He gave his
«niy begotten Son and that as God so loved u-«, we ought also to ,
l° v e one another. He Who gave, the gift of Christ to the world al- ,
so welcomes gifts from us. The only gift that is worthy of Him i
' s one that can be given by rich and poor alike; it is the gift of our <
hearts to Him. As we thankfully acknowledge God’s great Gift to ’
the world, let us in return give our hearts to Him, our money to the (
needy and our love to tho*e for whom Christ lived and died. <
Wh.t Make. U. What We Ara?
Recently there came into my peas-
cssion the photographs of five broth
ers whom I have known very well all
my life. Tho pictures were taken
when the eldest of the five was only
eight years old.
The frisi thing that impressed
was the resemblance of each one
all the others. Anybody, looking
them, would have known at. ot
that they are children of the sai
father and mother.
striking was the fact
that today, when their average age
ii forty, they seem to have changed
very little. I had no difficulty in
laying the baby pictures on the desk
and saying; “This is Joe, and this
There is only one obstcale
progress of any community that is
definitely fatal, and that is lack of
civic % spirit and team work on
part of'it» citizens.
A few years ago « small town
the sticks; today the only towns
or communities in the sticks an
those made up of sticks and a “stick’
is one who refuses to do anything
himself or get together with those
who will.
A town is just as big as the people
it. The trouble is that it is easier
to be little than big, and nature, left
alone, does not improve without aid.
A big job requires big people, and John.”
this day of keen competition,
“putting your town over” is no little One might almost jump
undertaking, and if there is an over- r,U8io *b from such an exhibit, that
abundance of “little” people in uny ‘'^Pcricnce and will-power have very
community, it won't be done. “Little to do with character,
people are those who say it can't be * know that each of these five
dene. “Big” people are those who boys has been changed, ond by the
interrupt those who say it can’t be exercise of his own free will.
done, by doing it. —-
Thinking Milledgeville is the best , The hot tCm P° r ot the eldest ha:
ace on earth isn't enough. It helps, ^ cooU ' d hy ‘“’l Control; he ha:
but thinking so doesn't make it so, bopn,nc fnr "weeter and more toler-
unlcss you follow up thinking-with an .
doing. Tho impatience of another, which
I ’rde him quick to start new thing!
and quick to leave them half finished,
Hs Icen transformed into ttcady
By exercise and self-discipline the
phy :« al weakness of a third has been
built up into solid health.
and hi:
You say, “I think Milledgeville
should do this,” or “We should have
that.” You read these editorials and
ay, “That’s a good idea," or “I think
that’s right.” etc. etc., but what do
you do about it?
As you read this, you say, “1 hope
so-and-so sees this. It hit» him right
on the head, he is always talking a v
lot, but never does anything,” and n
you may be right, but how about | |i
yourself? Maybe you don’t even y
talk, and when you do talk, do you of them
talk your town “up” or “down?” If \ onto n til
are big. you will tnlk it up; struggled to push it into place, only
otherwise, you will say to younelf, j to take it off ond start all over again.
"Oh, let tho Chamber of Commerce, j "WeTI toko that Imby," said the
the Lion. Club, or somebody else do j „ He will be a worker."
I 1 discussed this subject once with
To be "big” you do not have to ; a rhrewd observer of the human race,
be a merchant, a doctor, a lawyer or j He mentioned the man who had been
a banker. If you think you arc little. the loader of his class at college and
potatoes, you will be little potatoes, j has never been heard of since.
No matter who you are or what you “Perhaps he had tome hidden ill-
do, you
thrr told me that lv
cent to an orphan n ylum to
n little hoy. For n couple of
they wntchr-d two hundred
ungsters playing on the floor. One
trying to fit the cover
n. Time after time he
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
IS THE WISH OF THE
Star Store
L. SMITH, Muapr
We appreciate your business and trust we tan serve you
throughout the coming year.
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PAY YOUR SUbT^
SCRIPT10N NOW
Merry
Christmas
just os big as you think
and do.
Copyright, 1929, A. D. Stone, 1
production prohibited in whole or
part.
This "Town Doctor” Article
published by The Union-Recorder
co-operation with the Milledgeville
Lions Club.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR
By John Joieph Caines, M.
A SNAPSHOT
ness," I said. “Pcrhajft he just could
n’t amount to anything.”
My friend disagreed vigorously.
“He could have changed himself,’
said. “Deep down in his heart that
why he hun failed.'
Personally, I believe this. The pic
tures of my five friends tend to
firm this belief. They are what they
were as children, but they are also
different.
Each has moulded himself, and not
merely been moulded. Not birth
, but will power, has made them
what they
Our first Christmas in Milledgeville and our wish is that
your cup will be filled with over (lowing of the good
things of life al ihc glad season, and that in 1930 you
will CLEAN WITH SNOW.
Snow’s Laundry
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FOR SALE—My bout, and lot o
r Ivor road—lot 134x215—Horn
-recently renodelcd—AH coi
lencea on paved road to city. Will
•ell at a bargain. Mrs. J. H. Blain
pboae 148-J.
The practice of medicine is not a
ibu.iness, in the strict sense of the
I word; it is a profession, based
•zeal to serve humanity, tn prevent
'sickness and suffering, to minister to
| mankind and to postpone death
iltng a*, humanly possible. Your
family doctor does not claim to do
m*irarlcs; h-i makes none of the pre
tensions of the quack. He does not
advertise, for several good reason:
First, he does not need to; his *
‘■peak ■ for itself. Second, all quacks
advertise; having little or no nctual
skill, they mu-1 make people think
they have, by boasting of talent which
they do not porsess. Third, the doc
tor loathes humbuggery, and docs
not wear a mask. Fourth, he is in a
profession, not a business; his work
is largely humanitarian; a great per
cent of it is for charity.
Sometime.- the editor gets mad bc-| a