A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 11, 23 December 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)

A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT.

Oil, Ciiristmns is coming again, you say, rind jou long for th” things he is bringing; .’tit ti’.o costliest gift may not gladden tho day, -‘or help on the merry bolls ringing. • ..?mo getting is Ir.sing, you underSonie hoarding is far from saving. Yvhat you hold in your i ;: ;nd inav d p from your han i; There is something bettfi- than har- :::■ r. ’.. ■ for e give, And only by giving we. live. lour Inst x <•.•;>•<; p’-erents nre scattered :m i gone. li’i: have al'.::-." forgot who gr.ro them; But tho loving tlim-ghts you bestow live on As Jong as you chmso to have them. Love, love is yom ricin s, though ever poor ; No money can buy tlmt: treasure; Yours always, from robber and ru-t--secure, Your, oivn without stint or measure. It is only lore that wo can* give: It Is only by loving we live. For Who U it milrs through the Christmas morn — The Light of tl;" wide creation? A dear litili' Child in a stable born. Whose love is the ’••orM's salvati.-m. Ho was poor on rt.rih. but He gave > all That "o;> or’ j;f P worth living: An-4 hnpny the < 'brraf nt- < Day we caii T : ra? ■!'■ snent for His s.a!:--- in giving. He shows us the way to live; Like Him, let us love and give.