THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXII, Issue 8257, 23 December 1911, Page 6

THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.

Merry Christmas to friends! Merry ' Christmas to foes! The world's bright with joy, so forget all your. woes. The earth's' full of beauty, of love and good cheerMerry Christinas ...to.-, all, and a Happy -New Year! ,' ■ ■ '■ . This old, sobbing world: of ours is one;year 'older, than it was' when' tho '•■ last';C'h vristraas carol was- chanted. .It has had. another twelve months of expGi'lmen'is and expericneos, of advancement 'on.the lines of human research, scientific discovery and acquisition. But it has not outgrown Jesus Christ. For JETiiii, it lias discovered no substitute. -The- Star of Bethlehem is the only star that never sets.—Theodore Oayler. _ .Within the crib that stands beside my 'bod A little- forn ; i m sweet abandon bos. And as 1 bond above, with misty .eyes, I 1.-nov/hmv Mary's heart was comforted. () Work! of Mothers! Blest are we who know The ecstasy—the deep, God-given thrillThat Y'-irv folt. v/hcii all the cartli was still, .-In' the Judenn starlight, long ago.

On Christ's own Day, For Christ's dear sake, Pass round the wine, Hand round the cake, And pray no needy son of man May mourn an empty pot or pan— On Christ's own Bay, For Christ's dear sake I —George l Black. And well our Christian .sires of old Loved when the year -its course had rolled, And brought blithe Christinas back again, With all its hospitable train; . J Domestic and religious rite Gave honour to the holy night. —Scott.