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- "1 ~ ‘Et. Matthew tell; u; in his (tespel. who came to l’ Jerusumtt on tint first Christmas. ‘They hnd seen His slrrr in the olltrlhey said. and were come tn worship Him. Amt the slur, which they hnd seen in the cast. went hefure them until ll rtvnd nhore the plnee “here lay the t .l< ‘ . Then. rev-um lit. hlnttltevs, they "fell duxrn, nnd “or ' (melted thtir lrronurrs, they presented unto Him gifts; fluid, nnd trunk- ineerme. and myrrh."

is n lung wny from that ntmpte ﬁr’. told nnd retold In every 01c :\1\.~.l everv hzud in the world for two thousand ycnrn, to the hectic Ittnh t tin t‘ musdinte of ltlll. The ntmiottt nl“ ezaeltntzgin", presents ll llti-a sttlztlilt i n nlninhle one. and is productive, surely, of n certain / l-\vili. Sn fur ns it goes. it is good. re ntust be a grenter lesson. however, in this story of St. Mn ew. which has gripped nnd held lllllllﬂllll) for sn muny '~ " "ies. Sm v there are other gifts thnn the etivetert gold. the ])‘.‘LCl . tnt resins thnt the wise men of old lnid nl the feel of the Sm. y the hold thnt the story hnr- hept on nzen is not due me _ to the fuel tltnl it entnhlisltetl u plensnn! custom that lightens n dreary world two thousulttl yours inter. lt lies in the fuel that at this very outset of the Christiun era there was an unselfish net nf giving; the very ndvcltt of Chrintittnity on earth was nutrketl by u desire on the tttfl of three wise men to give nnd to serve. Wits it not this very spint thnt Chrisliutuity wns tn try tn hz-ittg to n selfish eurllt? llow better usher in at religiutt one of whose lending ethirnl tenets is thut it is better to give thnn to receive? THE physical presentation of the gifts of gold. frnnkiticrnse. nnd tnyrrlt we fairly reproduce todny in giving tn one uunllur : ilztr malerinl gifts. even though they he but greeting curds nnd l- zrr- rhit-fs nnd toys. But the gifts to the. Savior were n symbulim, z :. ut to print indelibly on the soul of lttttn u spirit pt‘ giving. - __

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.. cc ‘tut in: an en. 'n pnlentale er :\ |lilllL:.l!llilL‘l' stunts-time precious --fnith. nnd eournge. nnd

e sheuld remember thnl this gcslttrt- is u liennt gifts, n tuere remittder of the ot‘ ngnrsr lo share with othrrs and tn re: nnrrmv c tlines of self-seelcittg into n greater world thul is t‘

eome to that first Chrisltnus cnntc not empty- “rut tn give rulher thnn to gel. sn we nughl to tndn_v ready to give not only tnatterinl gifts.

. t nun-e precious gifts of fnilh nnd vnttruge nnd

wt. who sought tn lind nnd destroy the lnfnnt Jesus even while men sought Hint tn present their gifts, waxes ntighty in the

> . If there he not n ntyrintl of men nnd women to (letttntt-

a "i Itness ngztittst his covetnttsness. tuercy nguittst his ruth-

. ' t love ngzxittst his hatred, do we unl ntnkc n ntock of Christ-

not be. Let eneli hring his gift of goodness nnd nterey und

':e and conrnge and kindness this Christmas. in fnlt fnith

v will overweigh in the long run t rdslnen of llernd; thnt

power ler liiuale lritunplt lies in llv: t of giving rnther than get- ting, the spirit of Chrisltnns.

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