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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY," DECEMBER 17-, 1932

A can From The Cloisters

By Rt. Rev. The Lord Bishop of Norwich, K.0.V.0.,D.D.

Christmas is the Festival of Peace ﬁnd 110W 0n eurth. and of God's iovc in heaven. I fear that there are many who look upon God as “m9 "mm POWBI‘. Judging men's con- diict- ready to correct and punish, 811d caring lttla [or our individual

'llves except in a cold, austere, c.1- most oﬂicial manner.

Parts of the Old Testament, taken alone, or misunderstood, may lend colour to such a view. But its writ- ings read u whole, with the hopes and aspirations and spiritual yearn- "!!! which it contains, are always pointing forward to something be- Wiid» to Some ‘ One who should come, and tum hope into fact, u-

- piratlon into reality, sentiment 1mg life. ~ 511d When the iulness of the time was come, God sent ms son, me Son of His Love.

Touching Humility

We ‘think at this time of the Wlidiiiis humility of that coming, which not only appeals to every mother's heart among us, but," w a1] who love the little children. And then we go on Xiom Bethlehem ‘and discover in Christ, piogressing from ch ldhood to manhood, we dscover from His character and H.s words and ways what God is like. "He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father."

we must not forget the glory that was His bciorc the world ivcis.

'_X'i1i.- lbsciii. Ones

Christ taking our nature upon Him on Christmas Day gathered in one all the members oi the human race of which He is the Crown, shnnng w tli all what He, thcr Head, lids won ior His brethren. We uppioach the manger o! Bethlehemen one by one, and claim our part in all that was there

our family on thLs family festival. some are across the sea, some we seldom meet now. some are gone to the far land from wh ch there is no return. As we sing the old Christ- mas hymns we wsttully think of those with whom in the days that

But in Christ we all ave one, and

The Sight 0f God

As the light perpetually presses upon all objects and seeks entrance evoiywhere, and will come in at whatever wndows is open-nay, 1i but a cinnny or, pnhole be tlierc. will comb in as much as ii. wil- 511i- ien-so G0d’s beauty, truth, right. power, are continually pressing {or

with the light o! God shining into human soulis-Rev. Samuel 110118‘ follow.

in Him we look 0n to the 218d day of reunion, when God snail wipe away all tears from our 0W5,

fade.

I A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

71-h; “m; has grown cold with its burden of cure,

On the sad and the lonely, the wretched and poor,

The voice of the Christ-child shun full; ‘ And to every blind wanderer opens the door .' o1 n nope which lib dared not to dram of before. with the lunshinc o! welcome for iiil._

’ A The feet of the humblclt my wﬂk in u» field Where the fact o! thc hoiiclt ind trod,

This, this is the marvel to mortals revealed,

When the silvery trumpets of christian have vealed That mankind are the children o! 00d.

_Phlllips Brooks.

o THE, FIRST CHRISTMAS

(Iccrec from Caesar Auyustuir, that all tlic ivorld w mid be taxed.

2 And this taxing was first made ' when (Yyrcnius ivus governor of Syria.

3 And all ivcnt to be taxed, every

4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the City of Nazareth, into Jmlea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David.

5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife being great with child.

plished that she should be delivered.

8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the ﬁeld, keeping watch over their flock by night.

'9 And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them,- and the glory of tlic Lord shone round about them .- ami they were sore afraid.

good tidings 0f 11101:! j '1'. i: fr? ' shall be lo all pcnpi-x. II For unto you is Ir ‘ii 1111:: r711. in the (‘fly of Davin‘, u Miriam", ii bu". is Christ the Lorri. 4 I2 AmI this shrill lw u .-.".',-11 111111 v

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I! Glory to (Jorl in Hir- hig/hcsl.

and on earth pence. your! will toirlirrl men. ‘

to another, Lei us now g0 oven unto

babe lying in a manger.

I7 Ami ivlim they had soon if.‘ they made known abroad Hm sni/iny which was told them concerning (his child.

18 And all they that hcurr! it

wondered at those things irhii-I: were told them by the shvplivrrls.

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CELES TIAL MUSIC

S. Stewart Dewden

Motoi" cars, policemen, and virLL-L organs have driven the vandal-lug lizii-plst off the road. The vagrant musipzuii with his huge tnrnishvd lzurp nuns Ll fairly flifllllliil‘ liLllli’ 1111111 111111" ll. few wars ngm and lie luuri i)r'(‘ll so for centuries. llr? inn. iiirccllv (irsccndcd from the JOi1g~ Icui" nmi "he Txouvcre and Lin; n,

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WILD AND WICKED SONGS?

‘Stories and poems lnnumoraliie have described how a great homu-

liold dining together in tlic hail, .

zilreziily ivrrll-licntcd with wine and

l)O\\"§1l'li’lg in appvatsement of the WPLlPOll, and may nave been tempt- mi to ﬂt zhc-reto a second s:ring_ so convvrinig it into a fTillFlCfii instru- mcni. The “wild o‘ slung: be- hind Scotﬁs mlnstri", flows not imply a pos-zic exaggeration. saxophone 10-day sniil to ndirc 1m endless number oi primizlvc impulsrs, mostly oi an rrotlc char» nvicr. In ages \\'llll'i'i seemed nioie vnucvrncci with killing than mn- oodling, Lliu harp sot every iicrvi-

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Whoa the song o! the sonic is cunt. _

n “Jxfmlmgggegttgc: gxrﬁnghtogw; 7 And she brought forth Iicr ftghﬁﬁlltﬁzmtgngaigc (lllilll loii- 1 l 111» “n11 1.1m oi 1i. The feotslbtmlic Christ-child tails out with deliiht Iirstborp 80"’ and wronged Pi"! i" Imlh made knoirn ‘unto us. \u<i you" i“ -\i' i‘ 1H i111 ‘ Th“ mankmd m, m chum“ o, QM swaddlmg clothes and laid him 1n a _ _ - 4 111M “w. . i1“- lziiiick ul it ,. ,1 manger: because there was no room I6 Ami UIPII Willi? "'1"! I'll-ill‘, . s1. 1*. .1... 111-: .,.11.:.1y gm.

for {hem in u“; in", and found Mary and Joseph nml ihc

Sinless indeed, butt empted as we 1 aie, knowing what is meant by the Ila-Yd Places in the Nﬂd 0i’ i119. God nlc, would be sot aflnme by some - .1 dmwa Very m" W "5- He ‘mew wild saga, sung to the harps 11c- irtlln the inside the difﬂculties and compnnlments. Wild and nicked the U‘ “g5 m“ hurt- And Hi? has anmc of the old liarpisfs songs m” ‘low fmgouen "hem- worm but to his credit must bo laid .7.’ Seated on the eternal throne stlic m,» m“ that he probably ll(\ixjrid e 55m of M941 Wh° 0" Christina!» Day lillfOdiiCC Christmas carols, hymns < idanuned Him-Se" with "5- and imcl songs, into lay companies. I mild‘? i5 PIE-in iiiili G011 @011‘; 6M8 Swim liuzidrcd yours. ngo, the harp H Mn’? d"? sparfolllmiié Til/Ki; G011 was probably .ns indispensable 1m came mmiﬂf “mo”? “5- adjunct to Christmas festivities ns , Yet all our hope would be gone if is 1,1,0 mrukss “h3g3 .7 ' ‘ God ll/Bre like one 0i’ mirsclves. only Except ior the lyre, that closely , On 1i ‘nrgrr, grand/u‘ sczilrr; Ila could rclcitud mcmbcr of ilic same fiimllv. i; fit-t 1.11110 us the help m1 lllTLi. ‘Ilia-re the llllfl) is the oldest of stringed i is myﬁiﬂlﬂv 0f ll :1 Being, If iii‘. can insii-iiim-iits. Ai the same time that understand tbg earthly siiflillilldllli!‘ some Colin cut the ﬁrst noicli in a 0f Christ liiid in ills Moilinfs fllTll‘-, hollow reed, sonic orionh. iinmobilizz- \ ed by a heavy meal, Lwimgcd his o

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