CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 306, 23 December 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)

CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS

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! -rre.tter the gift the greater the obiiga- : 'w,."vi™r , \"r!. ' r . I"* l " I .> '""' ''" ; '- "' '■••" '"'iuw-im-n. 5n,,,,.,:,,. h'..~ ',id"th.:' \ ' .".' I '<■■■ "" '"' »'„.,.,-ver we can. i,,mX a T.' h ' ! '"" ,! " f " r '" : '' '"" EMMANUEL—GOD WITH US. I: . I!KV. E. IS. MEYER (Regent's Park Ihe iiuman race i< on p j|-, r i m; 1,,,. to '' "' . ■' - :, ' ,: destiny, as yet very dimh ' ■■:■>-•-1 v• -.I. hi;; ,; .;.,,.. ||(1 . t ra\ei alone .",,"'. "' ! ''"'•"».- ot :lr .ntire S.-riptur. ;.".'• ■'; inhn :, v, ; ,. >~_ | Je , UIII ,. ~; , ''• "" -'•■ liri-i thi- -pre, 1 ~;' go|.| 1,,- ---"••"■' "„: *;„,,! i„ ,-.,.. u „.„ ,„• !nlIliJ:l '•M' 1 ;:-" ii c. 1 h,- | ~:•,. born of 11.-avcii -I. il I , -. , r.-vc I, • '"•""■'" ' Ni-teuce 11-iiill bee.mill ■ a ,ie ,1;. '■'■■- mv- i-ommi ; ! -,i„-i.|e in it- :- J;-' '"■ Kl'll Ul.eh; . ~,.;. ],„. ~„. ~,„., ■•■'"■ -' !• "1.... l' am" «i';:l '„„, alwa.v-. ''"'■< tlM'o i; n |." | ~,, hi 111-UT bed oi IV; -,-, 1,, ■~ ~„ 1 the ( :-,,-- ... , a',\a,v are '»- an aut.hori-cd ;,. read into th,,-,. v -"r,i- an i .::; , ,~. great t.tie. on ~. snany .!,.- to ,1 ty. Emm.iii.n 1. i iiri-' m.i- lie- n ird aga.n-t the New i Yv.ir: a-i 1 a- the older among us lo ,„ ; mad, in ~ar rank-, it ;- b irdly po.-i!,!c !to anticipate the future the immediate , future of the New N ear withou; Ihe i -hii-l-i,-:- ~f an aimo-i in\ ulunt ir\ dr.-a I 1 n-. for He :,..- -uili el. \\ i,\ ie.ii- ; ~-- j'' .dure ot frieii l-:i.p. the il irkcnitl • I -iiadow. the inevitable Can -,--.- ---- go,-- with ;.- Who :i.i- never filled | with I inn. All ch.u; j.-, win n 'lie i- pre |-.>nt. .- advance. I.cl the dead p.,-; : bur;, it- ,ie.i,l. our of it- grave -!ia!l conic | fairer form-, liittii.r bor /..ns. lottn-r c.s i per,en, ■-. nol.br opporlun :.■■-. In ( in;-: ::- eir.vr.ipt all that can be im-U'tned c' -dory and -tr- ngth. ■[':»■ km i-.- ijic- of the youth of the ; :ndi\ i liial an 1 the race miv lie far 'below. Tin- iiomes of our an'e-l..i>. the I meadows of phantasy an.! dream ire dim in the distance; the lower paths of the mountains can never he retrodden. Unlet us. .1; Col's fellow-pilgrims, dare -o ; hrouoh oitastrophe. cloud, and -torni. : with -ho ined'aVie .-..mfort of Hi- -troiie. ~ ; and -Miipat'av. wbo-e Div.ne M.iuiu... i i!w.: a 'v- 'an f all o-.ir brotiicrs ol fr.-t, ; age and clime for c\ erm ne. 'the foundation of home j LIFE. il'.y the HISIIIIP (H- NOllWK'll.l ( hn-'nia- is very >peei.illv th • feslivii-getiu-r tiie -c.ittei il in. tilher- of many a 1 .mdy. 1 .1,,,;! i i; : icre i- any i'lei ltil.it minile- more .-we,-; thoughts th. i:i | If. then, we cm heartily lb ink (Jo I | f,r the e;ft of our lioines. we w :il no' -acred, happy, pure, unselfish cc:i:re- o; l.inCv hfe. to ihe hrth of Chri-l com in.-in T.i ■ •• 1 ti.i-da \. Not ;.'! ;he birth ni Chri-t dil i a, ih.i.-tit \. the U]irig'.itne-s. the alleii.ui. and the eon-ldera telle-- upon win a iio.-.ie iif" depends, if .' i- to ]„■ -, en' ~: i> b,-;. btiiiJ it oa Hi.ii -iable found i thjn and give :: that linn support w h:c i , oiild root if -c.-urely an 1 em remh it ae.,in-t a —mi:, and rear it in ail itilll] beauty and bn.-: for the -weeine--.1ii.1 the dignity of motherhood arc ihe ] ;,,. spot!.-- holiiie-s „;" Christ's birth. :'„.. b.veiine.- of IL- .'cMiiood when tho e,a, - of liod wa- upon Him. li harm of HI- lio\ iiood when lie wa- subject : v li;- mother and Jo.-epii at Nazareth and .tHieaM'd in stature and in favour with i.od and man —all ihe-c lntrodm. .1 tilworld to ;i new and Divine conception of 1 do not mean that tiie birth of Chris: alone could 'cue produced this great change: but !'■>'■ birth -.-rye 1 ;,> in; m dil .- ;ill that foll.iwe.l. <in.l not merely as ;; ne -,•--1 rily introduced all i-b. tiiat we owe to t hri-t'.- iif.- among men: but iti ;,.,- matter ..t ;he family the purr liirili an 1 ,-ii-l 11i...id and bowiood of I hi-.--diree'lv -erved a- the iir.-t example ol iii.il which in the end 11,- l'or-on. H's life, and Hi- teaching elletcd. If. then. gatiiere.l round tin' family hearth we prai-e i;,,.l to-day. !•■: our I hanksgiving 10-i;c three resolve.- to ;i-: First, let ud, terminc to protect our home- and try lo make them ali ilia) by <o,,l"- grace :;,,••, heeonic wherever fathers and moth : !i.,t an- n-ipiii el :,, cr.-.i i o real home-, and chiblren .!,, ii.,- impatiently throw oil' the protecting di-ejp.'ine ~f home lite; M'condly. Ie: v- -■-' our {.{■>■- again--. home lite, and ir\ to make mir own ■ionic -v.-ii tiiat we could a- any moinenf welcome t bri.-t into i: : thirdly, in tinmidst of our t hris:nia« gia.lne-- lei uin hear; and in pra thai loving kindne, ' reiiieitiber the poor, tin' -uiTeriiig. ami the -a!, and tho-e who haw n,j -m-h homes a- oiir-.