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f Thursday, December 25, 1952 TOE CLINTON CHRONICLE Six-Inch Sermon REV. ROBERT H. HARPER JESUS’ LAW OF DOING GOOD (Temperance) Lesson: Matthew 12: 1-14. Golden Text: m John 11. The lesson, through the teaching of. Jesus concerning the Sabbath, shows that conduct is to be judged by the extent that it lifts or destroys good life. That is inferred from his statement that the Sabbath was made for man. The observance of the seventh day as the Sabbath was Dr. W. W. Adams VETERINARIAN 614 Musgrove Street Clinton, B. C,—'— Phones: Office 958 Residence 991-W r not established to be a burden upon men but to be a blessing to them. In the incident in the field and later the occurence in the synagogue, Jesus exposed the narrow spirit of the Pharisees, and their extreme ex actions ^concerning the keeping of the Sabbath, and showed that the Sabbath was not intended to be a burden to men but to bring good to them. And he refused to rebuke his disciples for plucking and eating grain on the Sabbath, and he freely ministered to the man of the with ered hand. Apply the principle that conduct is to be judged by the extent that it lifts or destroys right life to strong drink. The apologists ^or strong, drink should show us what good there is in it. They cannot. If it does' not uplift human life, it should be condemned. The economic ruin thatj drinking alcohol as a beverage is bad enough. But the spiritual ^ruin it r brings is worse. Beware of the first drink. One of [ the old readers of our older genera-, tion taught us that* also that he who bewares of the first drink will never become a drunkard. CHRISTMAS FEAST ... The toys have been opened and church services are over. Now, It’s time for that Christmas feast and a turkey drumstick. Bethlehem Rites Feature Maith Jk m Ms®* v k. MERRY CHRISTMAS -AND™ HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR EMPLOYEES ••• hod »•• ‘ TV, > TO EVERYONE EVERYWHERE Hallmark f / # Manufacturing Corp. 4-... /'CHRISTMAS is observed In Beth- V* lehem on December 25 by the Roman Catholics and Protestants, on January 6, by the Greek Ortho dox and affiliated churches, and on January 18 by the Armenians. All Bethlehem, however, turns out on December 84 for the arrival of the Patriarch of Jerusalem- Cardinal of the Holy Land—who each year brings an ancient effigy of the Infant Jesus to Bethlehem which he leys in the monger with in the cave where Christ was born. Dramatically the procession ap proaches: heralded by a single horseman, his bahner streaming aloft. A corps of native police mounted upon fiery Arabian horses follow and then another single horseman upon a prancing black steed carrying the cross on high; the Patriarch in his cardinal and ermine, mitred bishops, clergy in embroidered vestments and white robed acolytes—swinging golden censers—precede the jeweled pa- vtldh of the Holy Child. Magnificent corteges of government bmciaTs,"'" • foreign embassies, bands, religious organizations follow, and finally, American made automobiles min gle with native two-wheeled car- Hie procession enters the Church v , of the Nativity. The public is not permitted to witness the actual placing of the effigy, aa that part of the Church—built above the Cave of the Nativity—is under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox church. \ The grotto-like Cava of the Na tivity in no way conforms to the ffioflcn^ecuaaption of a "ftaWa;” in biblical times, however, shelters >for man did 1 beast wart hewn In to rocky ledges—thus, the Stahl* ef Bethlehem. On Christmas Eva, members of / all denominations assemble to sing carols above the birthplace of the Holy Child before midnight mass is. solemnized in the Church of the Nativity. ' . Yule Tree Business Figured ifi Millions pHRISTMAS TREES are a multi- million dollar business. Throughout the nation, some 15 million trees are supplied to the holiday demand. Prices range from $1 to $5, and that adds up to real money. A Christmas tree, in the lake states, is usually a balsam or a spruce. The same is true in New England and the Appalachian sec tion. Elsewhere in the country, vir tually all kinds of evergreens are used. \ The lodgepole pine and Douglas fir are frequently used in Colorado. On the Pacific coast, it is prin cipally Douglas fir. In Maryland. Virginia and Wash ington, D. C., a scrub pine takes a .trimming. In other localities, white pine, southern pine, hemlock, -red apt white cedar and redwood are used. The business of harvesting fills annual crop begins in the fall, when cutters go into the woods after trees. It continues as truck- era bring hug* loads to metropoli tan markets. Many land owners manage their swamps to make them yield a crop of trees year after year. Thinning operations are another source of Yule trees. Farmers have discovered that they can get a cash crop from eroded seres by harvesting Christ mas trees 10 or 15 years after they are planted. 'Hansel and Grefel' Join the Procession The original score of "Hansel and G’-etel" was composed by Englebert Humperdinck as a Christmas piece. The musical fairy tala created a sensation. - Since Humperdinck was on# of Wagner’s most intimate asslstasls. his harmonies have been dubbed "nursery rhymes — Wagnerian style” and since fairy talas gad nursery rhymes are appropriate at Chriatmaa. "Hansel and Oretai” Timmerman Motor Company YOUR OLDSMOBILE DEALER "i r"