The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1942, Page 25

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1942 PAGES 1 TO 6 = SECTION FIVE What is_ more joyous than the Spirit of Christ- mas? It rounds the circle of the year and ushers in ifs season with the jingling bells of fine hilarity. [f rings the chimes of golden melodies and casts a spell of happy reverence. ; Christmas is universal; If brings and gives fo everybody. Youth and age frolic together, rich and poor alike, rejoice.” It fills the homes of Christen- dom with the rarest joys of life. The children laugh and shout. Youth revels in gifts and giving. On Christmas day the blind see, the deaf hear, the dumb sing, the lame walk and the friendless find a friend. The spirit of Christmas fakes out sadness and brings in gladness. I casts out dread and brings in hope. It brings to life the finest sentiments that dwell in human breasts. I stimulates ambition, begets love, bestows mercy, prompis generosity, adds fo friendships, drives away clouds and gives the sky a brighter blue. It brings the urge fo nobler living. Itis Christmas time-rejoice in song. Christmas is here and the world sings out. From far and near, in Christmas lands, song is heard. From the shores of the Aleutians To the shores of the Solomons Our men join with those at home, in song: The songs of home, we hope will reach the ears of those far away and give them cheer. phe Hark: The herald angels sing: "Glory fo the newborn King! Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled.” Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the friumph of the skies; With the angel host proclaim; “Christ is born in Bethlehem.” Christ by highest heaven adorned; Christ, the everlasting Lord; Late in time behold Him come, Offspring of the favored One. Veiled in flash, the God head sees; Hail the incarnate Deity. Please, as man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Immanuel. "Hark, the herald angels sing: "Glory fo the newborn King.” X While shepherds watched their flocks by night, The Angel of the Lord came down, All seated on the ground: And Glory shone around, And Glory shone around. “Fear nof,”-said he—for mighty dread- Had seized their froubled mind, "Good fidings of great joy | bring To you and all mankind, To you and all mankind.” Y