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^4; <jv • i.yT’ ,>^V l^lr.ittlCBMBBi^ 1^. .J8;C. Si! ■’t ■/ tl ' :J--- ^.-“1 •, w ? '. r Pt f-y i s- ^ >NN ► I .\ '■^ I \.^ f^ 4 . • ■ rHAT is more joyous than the Spirit of Christmas?1t i^^e year and' ^g|^^^^;^;ishgrs in its se^sdn j^itl pt^ne hilarity dies and casts ^ \ Christmas is eyerybody. \buth poOTj^like, rejoice, gars ar^ot Christendom with the r and shout, \buth revels lighter burden. The flush of youtl William hMaswx^ roat^s^^Sc circle of ith themngling bells nd beauty cgiflie again to maternal love and mother is queen of the Christmas time. Grandmother feirgets he^cares and grows young again. Grandfather shares the/^ys of his children ,^nd grand^ildren, ii/ / \ On Christmas day the blind |see; the deaf hear; the' dumb sing; the lame \walk, f / ' ' \ ^ ^ \ the friendless find a friend. Hpvels^catch the spirit of the palace ai^ fireless hearths i with warmth again. On th|tt day the poor are rich and the rich^ave pleasures that money does/not buy. Thgjick drink ^sunshine with their cordials and seem tp^fcef'the certaint^ of re ningdieal^ Unstayed by locks and^Bars, Christmas flows even intd prison cells. A , .7 nd brings in gladness. The Spirit of ChristmasTakes^^psaanes! It casts out dread anafl^rings in hope. It bring ell in human breasts. It stimulatei ainbitipn, begets love,bestowsmercy,prompts gep4rosity, adds to Vriendships, drives away ^ouds and gives t:he sky a brighter blue. It brings the urge to(^nobler living. With each returning year Christmas leavC^a better World. ©, 1929,Western Newspaper Union and glow finest sentiments that Itjpihgs the chime^/bf olden melo- * ^'a^pell of Hap|>^ reverence. *» universal. It brings and gives to N and ^^lic together. Rich and .^Rulers are remembered and beg- enr J^t7fills the homes of children laugh ^jngT Father straightens his sh6^1ders under a