"v iirniienssmttirowseusirnrsrt- "r _‘ T" -W~_ A g ’ » o ‘ -By Ripley for“; -~~~"=~*-<v-e ' I‘ " "v " " lrlltylclro a . _ - “fur”, - ciriusw AS1920 a a’ : 1-8. ' _ . The President, Directors and Officers or i "THE ROYAL BANK 0F CANADA make all things news-Rev. 21:5. M, we; d]; }|,1@ pfli 1190f). {b8 happiness which; lie was lbrinsiv-s Ito the poor that. Jesus based his desire to offer to the Customers and Friends of the Bank their Best Wishes for a Hapfiy Christ- mas and a Prosperous ew Year. “mannequin-pl i e,..:,, I _ ... ‘ v Send-an Answer. . You A Savings Account for Your Child The habit of anvil: ‘ v ,,. X ‘vie -. ‘ A noble pair to Bethlehem came, Joseph and Marv were my name; '1'“? Muht s lodging in the Inn, But there no room was found within. Christ's Mtth lilacs was a cattle shOfl How oonifortless His little bed! frlitlffillalildiiflld manger He was In ancient owaddiing bands arrayed. iAJld cheer-less was that resting lace " chnllsnked an no His nredouitiisls He pointed to Msery relieved; and the elimination. of everythin- the crowning tealturo of Hi5 iwonir’ He ifound in fills "pod news for the ipoor." (The ‘phrase 'i-Ie ‘borrow- od ihrom Isaiah. but I-lle made it His own.—the splendid promises in {serials for "the moor M18 broken- hearited. captives. blind and bruis- ed" appealed to Hun. Time has ‘laid dts hand uponJ-lie word and dulled its freshness. "Gospel" and "evwogellicau" one no looser words of sheer happiness like Jesus‘ “good news"—~they are technical terrms used in "handbooks and- in controversy; while for Jesus the ‘igoodnews lfor the poor" was a nlew word of delight and inspir- terrninstion to s Teach your child t0 save regularly “i985 of spending l’ lessly. Opai a “V1088 account For l’lll'l’l to-dvcin where his money grow. By the time he race, reaches mgmr‘ . Who left His glorious home on 'lbe =- 31’: ca we“ u Th: lovely mans-ions in the shy. will“ No vianids rich for Ill-m were the power to B’ ' 6 hls own WAY m But cattle sound about Him fed; His comforts in His life were world. 4B p,“ Cpltal s 0.100.000 ' few “" ‘ - iii-WW And at Hinhdrth were rough and new. y.‘ lyliillihq” '. i! For liiim who came _f.o save our otalmtolbehesrrh WlienHewas I! llirihlgeu ' csusixilow THE BANK OF g NOVAI SCOTIA i7. Jiiilcum, hlnnzilf-r. ClilAllLOTTETflhVN Branches also st Alharton. Albany, Ileilequc. liordsn. Emerald, Kenslnytoii, Mun- fsryue, Olelry. St. Pelsfl. Suuris. Surnmerlldc. Victoria v ‘.- Ghristmas Gilt Suggestions A pair of Eyeglasses. Lorgnettcs. Ey e glass holders and Chains. Tycos Thermometers (highest grade.) O pe r a and Field Glasses. - Waterman’s I d e a Fountain Pens. if G. F. iiiitcheson " é Optometrist 2i A caretul selec! tion oi every line if Jewelry marks our stock. We will be pleas ed to have you call W. N. firms JEWEIER ilye-dlasses _ $2.00 to ill. From Eset Point to Cape Bear is a big territory, yet right across thlsepsee ~ Pulse Big liaiority of " ilys-Glsi Sinlifl because PAR M n '§ no are the FIN ? aBLELand hels he RADUATE OPTI l (attendance courses.) In lioiitrgiro Call and seefor ursslf his - s 0P TICAL PA o. o. rnmr l 1 l l Yet he in Heaven wore n crown, And saints iiim rvorshbpod falling down, (Before Christ, angels’ glory paled; The! WOPEWIHPBd ‘HUB with faces veiled. But Haliiimselt thus humbled W. Sinners to save from endless woe, Prepare them for a place in Heaven, Which to ibelievers will be given. The world rejoiced not at His birth, For sinful were the sons of earth; Qm.""'<--—--—~f"-O ' i001‘ Christ they did no vigil keep, The Jewish nation. was asleep. One thing indeed for Him was fair lie had a loving mother's care, Who oft her darling son caressed, And fondly to her ‘bosom pressed. And by them Joseph nobly stood, Providing daily what he could; lBut it is clear _ that they were P00!‘- With the wolf almost at their door. Thoush anon heeded not l this event, ~ An angel was from IIeaven sent, To tell that Jesus Christ was born And that the Esst Hi5 star adorn. And suddenly a glorious light Dispersed the shadows of the night, Ffhe sight the shepherds rmuch amazed, As they all at the angels gazed. A host ‘of angels came from Heaven, To tell the favor God‘ had jKlVClI, 'I'hat Christ in a. manger would ihe found, ~. »- i - ‘ Though nations were asleep pro- Wfound. ,, r .l v " ' resce unearth they sang a1 The worTdWrom found, lliis blessings give, . ' Believing souls may joyful live. ‘ Christ first to shepherds was re- Goli has tad r now He'll rich ve ed, _ While from the world he was con- ceal . , iIi was the poor ones found Him. first ' Of them was most that followed Christ _ But Gag‘? providence will not For three rich men came then to They 01:2 come from a country Guided 3'1. glorious Star. Their gifts were myrrh, frankin- cease, gold, _ To Christ presented, we are told. And" then returned to their own land, As God Himself did them comm- and. Of Iils birth Herod heard ear, And of the star that did ap r; He saw in Christ a rival king Who would on him much mischief bring. And Herod is now in a rage, His cruel soldiers all engage, Bethlehemfi» infants young to slay, ‘With Christ aimo__, them do sway. But Herod is a bit too late, God's purposes to frustrate, ' EBut they shall all acomplished tli ibe. ln spite of wicked man's decree. The parents with their infant filed, By night to E8???- duwn they sped, Where God for them a place pre- pared And from the cruel tyrant saved. Then Herod on the infants tell. Because he was the slave of hell; lllound ‘In him was no compass- ion: He was Ln Satanic passion. In Rama. heard is wee. in; sore, Such as was never ~h before, Found mothers comforted won't he. . Because their infants dead they » see. ~ infants suffered death for ' s Beloved ‘Boriwere from the first; rand their are new" in Heaven- crowned, Throughout. sterility renowned. - . r . . lnfillrislt] was their " salvation I-i . By I-lis rich crass they all were saved, , Ilor thsvo iwes virtue in Ills death. From tlis foundations of the earth". ' pines our thoughts" were‘ oii,l10me_ " sure enough; on the» skating .-and, Xmas in lllli’ Colonial Possirioas By Douglas MoDougal Imagine ‘being ice~hound or tropic hound at Christmas time. The for- mer predicament is hardly to be preferred to the latter, in that it is really too much of a good thing. But these sensations I am going to try and telLyou about in these in- teresting differences; two Chrlst~ masses spent in our colonial mos- sessions," one on Alaska and one in Phllllplnes. , .< - , On Christmas eve in our cam? near Slltkrnwe were a gloomy bunch indeed. As we‘ sat aroundour dim oil lamps and smoked cui-‘irfusty llliristiiiaitireetings ' Let me wish you the kind of n ‘Christmas That Christ came to bring to the earbh. I W11 ofineiigce and 800d will and contentment, Of merriment, laughter and mirth; Let me wish you the great joy 0 giving, " L?! m0 ‘Wish Wu a child's" heart made glad; Let me wish you good cheer, and true friendship, In the best Christmas day that you ever had. The "Lost Chord and, of fcoursiefflonythe“ GIRL. about our former Chi-istmasses and really said more on this lonesome night than we ordinarily would have divulged in ii crowd. Toward ldnlght we wrapped up and We!!! r a run down the long road. The cold moon cast blue shadows on o...‘ [now-clad drills and niece them glisten with an eerie light like they had been sprinkled with diamond dust. Another year found us in the Philliplnes, surrounded by a lot of tropical beauty which did not all- pea. to homesick boys. Early in the evening we attended an anti- qu ed movie which was shown tw ce a week mostly for the Ameri- and Britishero who are resid- _s of‘ the islands. At midnight t e natives celebrate muss, a cus- orn which is the result or ions j Spanish rule. and after that plctur~ esque scene there is nothing to do till tomorrow. Christmas day is spent In much the some fashion its it is in the states. There is the ex- change of gifts and visits which used to cake up our Christmas day and which is-still practiced in some places. The nartives have long ago learned to say "Christmas Gift" iii crisp American, whereas they used to be rather timid and await the reticent manner. If one is lucky as l was, one is acquainted with officers at the rharraclrs and is in- vited to a roast chicken dinner on which the army cooks have spent hours. The day is usually wound up with a bend concert on the beach, and no prettier sight can be imagined then/the warmly and navy olioers in immaculate white, their ladies in their best, n few Castlllan beauties and many native women in Pins oloth dresses. All in all, this is the nlessanter of the two cele~ brailone, _ Satan has mode man; his slave And none from ihlni but Ohflst can "sever _- From int" ‘alone will come re- . e ' (And everlasting joy and peace. Fronr__l>leav~en down the Saviour came,‘ To deliver us from sin and shame; To Him that Heaven to- earth id brill. A [Christian's song o! praise we'll. r s ‘All glory be to God on high. "Bush frost-meat Ohryt from men received, a it! dsoetlafi. lflllllld s ldfil '. Who t! iiiis so‘ do x t Mo; sac .60 t: ‘ . Who ushered in the Gospel day. l‘ brow to wearer-Halo " 1nd Holy Qpirit, Jflfi‘ are one. to hissed aouinaldo (gift of God) in a rather i ‘Seated one day at the organ, coasting’ parties. andmotliers pies, I was weary and ill at ease, To‘ ' hear us exchange yarneifonb would‘ . have thought; (we 'a."wihole_ ’ "ofangele. ~ =We told dstnries ‘And ‘my fingers wandered idly, Over the noisy keys; I knew uotwhat I was playing. Or" what Twas dreaming then, But I struck one chord of music, Like the sound of a great Amen. It flooded the crimson twilight, Like the close of an Angel's Psalm, And it lay on my fever'd spirit, With a. touch of infinite calm, It quieted pain and sorrow, Like love overcoming strife. It seem'd the harmonious echo From our discordant life. it linked all perplexed meanings [into one perfect pence, ~And trembled away into silence. As if it were loth to cease; l have sought, hilt I seek it vainly, .'i‘hat one lost chord divine, Which came from the soul of the organ. Arid entered into mine. It may he that | Angel, ‘Will speak in that chord again; It may be that only in Heav'n l shall hear that great Amen It may he that Death's bright Angel " Will speitk in the chord again, lt may be that only in Heav'n, l shall hear that grand Amen. Trymigaiii lf.you fight and are defnted, Try again; Though the pathway lead through sorrow, Grief, and pain, Do not linger, sadly signing, There is nothing else like trying, Let us meet the foe defying; Try again Death's bright If you faint along the wayside, Try again; And the second time it may not Be in vain Theres a promise made to cheer You; There's an Elder you: When you pray there's One to hear Y0"; Try again Brothsr- near As life wanes on. Ill its cares and strife and toll Seem strangely vnluelessmvhile the old tress ' which grew by our youth's home. the waving mass Of climbing plants heavy with bloom and dew. The mourning swallows with their songs llhewords, All these seem clear, and only » worth our thollshts ' I ‘ U. wsium. ' JlmA-ei» n4-b‘\ . _ Joni-summi- -Ilobsrt Browning. -Iunes A. Ross." as pa, _ss _- _.'" _ s..'.'§"i'i""rl;'."'rl'lt" " At Christmas (New York Times) Wlien I'm going home at Christmas There's a jolly sort of music In the singing and the ringing Of the rails beneath the tnsin, As the whining wheels go grinding Up the long track, stretching, wdnding, Out the shortening miles of dis- tance, To a wild refrain!‘ ‘- Clangerangal Claingasongii’ Going home again for Christmas! Claruzarnngia! Clangaranga! And the folks a-waiting there! 0h, the hearts and houses open To roceiveirne . and a maiden, Wiiih the darkest eyes descending Down the wide hall stair. ‘ Clachfiracka! Clackarsclos! They are coming home for Christ- mas! Clackarecka! They are coming From "the East and North and South! Home again to Christmas dinner, To the great bowl, white and foamy, And a suckling pig, well-roasted. With an zfpplo in his mouth! Clacharacka! Clacksrackn! Sing the rails! At home for Christmas There is mistletoe and holly, There is laughter everywhere C-huckaruckn! l itrn dreaming Oi‘ a dark-eyed maid descending, Willi a merry sort of shyness, Down the wide hall stairl QUARRIER BICKERS “Theyiresenteii Unto liim Gifts” War is asleep. and Peace lav now supreme, . . . . Hie still is victor over all the ea And Saviour of mankind. The Cradle-just a common cattle w! . . . . . . . . But yet the star-dire Oriental. Stim- That phoned the wise men Prom theEast ., .. .. .. Shane brightly over where the in- fant slope iAir df refulsonit glories from aniove Reflected all their bmlghtdloss on its face - To celebrate Ills fbirtih. The wise men came acid lsaw I-llm sleeping were. .. With that. Oneal. Mother watching o'er l-fiis bed, .. .. Hls lowly llibii—flilid"lillio Him they 'Ilhelr choicest gold, and ' myrrh‘, and frsnidneusls The "arose-dim instrument on which he gain . . . . Hie precious little to walzlh away the sins of all the human ruse. dsyeithemiamk t hears to us His nevonfslite in; lows. . . Hits faultless kindly rife, His deeds divine " Hlls cheering words, Ills humble, dendrite heart, His ml! feedings and lids biunnn Were ended thus. p n ‘Iihie Crown-summed li-Ia sits in slant-there. .. ._._ The Lord and Masterovw sill-its 10M .'. .. mtresdyitofoi-gensndtossvqivs Aililtiioletilntlolowflln "How, illoe ‘Hill faithful deflower-s are to l-Ell The "cradle" first-perfume a lov- ation. .. ..l.. Hie knowledge of God is not a inualtrtei- of quotaltion as ours very often tends to lbs. He is conscious always of the real nemrnoss of God. He seems to wonder how it is that man can forget God. We do for- ‘fegsions has to tell us that “God did not mnlke the rworld and" then g0 ulwayj’ The mlnctical working religion of a. great many of us reetsonra feelmgtihnt Godisa verylong rwiay off. Our- practical steps tolday lhetmy that wo half think God did g0 ulwa when He had made the wurldi. Iyrayer to n5 is not n real t-hing-it ls not inter course face ito time; far too often it is like converse/Lion over a tele- phone wireof infinite length which gets out of order. Even rlf words tmvol along that wire, there is so much "buzzing" that they nre homily recognisable. No, says Jesus, God is incur, God i; here—-rio neitr that Jesus never feel; that men have any need of a priesthood to come between or to help them to God: 330d does all that. ls no common. ooncerng, no mutter of food or clothing, no mere detail of the ordinary round of common duty andcornlnon Him-father and mother, son, wife, frlondwnotli- inig of all ithlmt, lbut God is there; God kntJWs l-fiout at: God is inter egtod in it; C"! is enjoying it. How is it that Ill i’ ‘n reject the counsel of God...rctu - God's plans and idorts (IJu-ke 7:30i'.' How is it that they iiorget God altogether? Jesus is surprised at this dullnegs 0f men's Illlilndg (Metric 8:17): it is it mystery to Hint. The rich fool. as we call him, though it is hard ho seewhy we should call Mm a fool. we; he is, so like ourselves hell for-go ten God eumehowand we svtrtled {wlhen God spoke, and spoke to him. Thart_story "seen so pftern/imong imam-the slim-y of itlio rthmflsbhdlting the seed (Malt Ilzwhoiilakesilegus remark on the difficult-y which a rich rmsn finds in entering the Kingdom of God. God Knows, God Cares. God knowsrthirtt is whet Jesus repeats. God cane; snd God can do thlnss: His bs/nids are not tied by impotence. frhe knowledge of God is emphasised thy Jesus- "Even the very balm o! your head ore all nrmrbered" (Matt 10130): “your Father lrnowetli" (‘Ill-Ilka l9i30ll "seeth in secret" (Matlt. 6:4); "lonowetlri yourlhearts‘ (lI-IllRF 16:15); fldfldws your stir-iii; gles. know; your worries, ltniowr V0111" Worth: God knows all elhou‘ YOIL Ad‘ "fl-ill things MN DB-kllllr with God" Matt. 19:26.. The-m l: nothing lle will not do for His chrlldrren. Will oi lather refuse hi» child bread; will God not glive what is soon? (Maire 1:11). Is it tor ‘big a thing for the Giver of life tr BlNQ food-which- i; the difficult thine to give? (Luke 12:23). Look alt God as Jesus drruws llifmr-lfiitll‘ ested "in flowers, God takes carre o" chem and thinks elbout their col ""6. so that Solomon in mill hi; 8'10?! l; not equal to them (Mar 6:80). God knows this iblrvds ln thi neon-knows ‘there is one feww there today than there was yeste- day (Matt. 10:29). God cares in- theml: how imudh more will l-l' cure for you (Mlaltt. 6:261? Ye arr of more vailne than mlany sparrowr (iMntlt. 10:81). "In shedding of God it is notice nlhle that Jegus chiefly emphasis es God's lnlteirest ln the individual. as givinc the real clue to God's his-tum. On the whole lheno i. var-y little even insured, still lest explicit. in the Gospels, aloout God a9 the great architect of satin-e,- hsirvlily anytihlng on the irlmresi famil» lar to us in the Pssllms and Isaiah ~—"'I‘he qeolsllllsandllaamdr it: and ills hsndsflormsdmhedry "M" (Pl. 9515M "He taketh up the isles a; a very little thing" (Ilsa. 4on6). Thurs (is little of tibia in the Gospels. yet it is in: OIOXOIO" isle n» one A For Printing , 1001B‘ ., ., , ' "TUCIKMIIOIPX: W,‘ I '_ get God. Al-lgufltiuia in his Con- There ‘ ,'lli¢_1?(te_nml 5 Experienced g_ Banking Service AFERFECT commercial hauling lorvico is only evolved by "Mi, once. an s value to its customer increases proportionately with u“ widening of its knowledge. The Union Bsnlt has been en | _ in commercial banking for moretifi: halt a century and has attsinedsclesr perception of its duties to the healing public. u l UNION BANK OF CANAD Charlottetown Branch J. R. Dier, Manager insertion to or; sneer. AT CHARLOTTETOWN, the Bank has Branches at the following points in Prince Edward Island: Albcrton l Georgetown Kensington THE CANADIAN BAfiK" OF COMMERCE PAID-UPCA TAL 315900.000 RBERVE FLlplliD $ 000.000 Souris Summer-side Vernon Bridge Montague Morell Murray Harbor a a ciiniinorturrown BRANCH. c. toner Miles. Miniser- prlied-in the ir of the etlorim beetglves the real valiue o! i- (.Maltt.",_8:'20). T 0 »' disciples. in tihnlt Jesua uses,_it_ so much‘. I their ambloty iwakelliui». He does hialps thifl . reststrtificerfifs 11100 l notunder tand their felnir. Wihoee aiwayior our mlfldfl- i t: g“ sea. le-it " Whose windlsit? busy we rhinlr-wgvefli“ 3",“- Whose children are you? Oamwt God i5 sf great w‘: Swill; Mme you trust. your hath-err to control so busY- m H9 0 "a 1 t ills wind amid Hie sea? Of course why shoud He not. lbie at e sulre i lt is p0g9lbl6 that He said more His children’! He 5. 8x21?" about God as the author of Nature a friend has leisure for i" e11 than our trasmenmairy whorls give‘ and s. father for Hi5 dnyiadmlllarls us; but, it may be that it is be- Glad. “s09 filflflgiilifl- lfiilh “J” muse the emphasis on God's care leisure for vyoyu? fgalcuwir gt ind lllotve for the individual is hard- of Hlstoryn ~ Y . - t ~ er to believe and at the same time dent Christian Movemml - I QT?!‘Ttibiiflridvdrflbflhfififfilviflhflfiiififlffifi~ “Who sows no seed, no harvest reaps" ,1 The BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT ~- An independent Future A "rail mon-hly payment. m“ l‘ lumll Wm- P!“ l" “dymcawln shore to young and old n Canadian Government Annuity 0f "m $50 to $5,000 a year for life payable monthly or quarterly. Ily N Pllmhml on a single life,or on two lives jointly. EIIIPlWI" “Y Plutb": for their employees. . ‘l-"i-"Jlf-"é-"ilffiiiifll-‘i Banzdo Apply to your postmaster, or write, postage free. w 9~ T- i Superintendent of Annuities. 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