Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 25, 1922, Page 5

i i { NORWICH BULLETIN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1922 ATTENTION, LADIES MME. LACKENBACH annources the opening of her Bsauty Parlor, at$§ W:nhiv?hn Square, Wednesday 27th. Your inspection is co vited. Boavenirs will be Given to all sustomers during opening week. VARIOUS MATI'ERS Ctiristmas Day! A _Light motor vehicle lamps at 4.53 to- NOTICE. ALL BILLS AGAINST GREENE- “;'-h e e VILLE HOOK AND LADDER CO. MUST e stores a big elevent r BE IN SECRETARY'S HANDS ON OB Walnm Saturday especially the jewel- BEFORE JAN. 1, 1023, ELMER E. JDHNMSON R e The offertory at the Christmas c3rol 100 CHILDREN AT MERCIE! sérvice at Trinity Episcopal church was COUNCIL, CHRISTMAS TRER |for the Near Fast Rellef. Over 400 kiddies from .all séctions.of| The violin obligato with each mame Norwich. and of all creeds were enter- cal number at the Centrel Baptist talned Sunday afterfoon .at the Chbrist-| church Sunday was played by Henry mas, tree party held under the auspices| Brynan. Mercier Council Nm 12. cuhollu, La-i Miss Efzabeth o Colymbus at. St t ? othy Allen had charge of Lhe c)znaren Ths Yuletide decorations in churches on Sunday were very beal ful and attractive. 1 was. the mte-t mrty @uring the church hour at the Uniked ever held in Na by &fl! Of| church Sunday. ganization. Bvery _chil merous_gifts and when s-nu Chul md We:t-her vrgx:!evi h“:.lva remembered every child, there il re- mained sufficient toys and candy for( FCH other children. e a gray one. The celebration was opened at 3 o'-| Rev. Richard T. EMiott of Abington clock by Miss Katherine I, Buckley, the | has accepted a call to the North Havet chairman, who told several Christmas| ongregational church. which has had Sorles much to the delignt of the chil-| no pastor since Following. the storle§ all forecasted Christmas, but October. . Commeneing on Tuesday, thd New London office of the motor vehicle de- in singing Come All Ye Faha- mrtment will be open from 8 to 5 ang -Mlhem"m\ gs.mmnymmxw 1.30. ;‘“!-‘ oty ““”’h}’:‘#’"{ ‘| | Parents, who have been asked 2 for oes Daving been Srovided by Mrx, | i ey S o1 o Wholey, The chlldren, thes PIRVEd. Wil got a reliof after today. mere formed In & Ife, the gifts forming| . The total valie of sitomotive xpors bpposite them. i‘rvm me:l United States. during r The grand march fo)lv:ed ';fln‘tg mu;“u% 138, :as s gomeaced Fame, b:ycxmmus Bt ‘& loon, mcrec.se of over 12 per cent. dy_and apn orange. The g&rl; .23| E: were given dolls, Christmas|gér at the state pier, has béen transter- stockings nuea with candy, muts end|red to New, York city as port enginger o'vehiee and an orange, for the United States shinping board. hn o-mma!thelbh‘m‘ to] His office will be at 45 Broadway. work, of the committes . in *| . Disclosure that ten towns of the state ind e kindsess of the follawing, me hw?amtrmdlllu:::hhlre between 60 ts, who entered the spirit of the| ;5" 70 per cent lower than they should alding in the gathering of the be was made recently by State Tax A stock of toys, candy, dolis.|Commissioner Willlem H. Blodgett, n&,flkrflmud to lha dma.rm 'gpm Rl othercgnt e ae fonsayts, wies 8S s Bros, | fumber of bankruptcy betore Porteous & Choeo! Shop Clair Federal Réferee Edward lL Yeomans 3‘,..,"" b ,,,m Bikley Brgn,| during 1928 as compared with last year Dariel Hi o Norwich pilice d 252 Der cent as compared wWith ent also aided in the plans for the| 1920. The state library has received from nc hall was beantifully decorated]John L. Way, of Hartford, two diaries the wys were piled about the bri-{of Captain Edmond Wells of Gilead im lighted Christmas m,. that oc-| Hebron, during his serviees in the r.u;td er of the French and Indian wars, during 1756 me m cnqge theland 1757. fl'flfl—' W Mise| Tne state banking commission . will me I, Mlei. irman 'S hold 4 hearing mext Wednesday, after- Eirmann, Mrs, John. Murghy.inoon at 3 o'cluck on an application for (5 Jpnes Gupttovia, Mrs. Neltle, Me-| 41, oval of a charter for the me- g Jgeeph , Farrell, Mrs. JAmes) foced” Madison Bank & Trust Company 3 Bernard Coyle, . and_, the | 37 “eaaien. g,’“ 5 m’“"g. ] . Divers kinds of flasks for toting li- » and Annle Mrs. Coyle had charge of the misic Juring the entertainment. Christmas is beyond the of even the most optimistic of th: managers. x . Miss Marghret Mahan, dauehter of Postmaster and Mrs. Bryan F. of Broad street, New London, was one of the girls living in Rockefeller hall of Mount Holyoke seminary at South Hadley, Mass., which was destroyed by fire Thursday trorning. OBITUARY, . Mrs, Thomas Mahoney déath of Harnora Earight, widow Mahoney, occurred ., Sunday on at .15 at her home 364 Pros- Street after an illness of two months, rs, Mahoney was born in Ireland 79 4go, the daughter of Berpard En- Hght and Hanora Mulcaly, and had been E resident of Greeneville e hedral. o ThomAs in. the. cat! E!cnmm Va., by Father. Andrews. Het | ceed Jonathan Eno ;u-una died a number of years ago. sa; gi:tdj hfififi d“m; bw;:’r: both :tfi mml ::, ceived by Prohibmon Drrmr Macken- ':':‘:nve her tender care in her declining j Zle. ears, and in her last iltness. . In g life in Greeneville she will learn of her death with sincere re- freat. Mrs. John hdnt. en, $1,400, . W.. W, with the shsh and mud it looks more Boebe reams e store| g Mahan{ ing. PERSONALS Ord . Leseman i§ in New Jersey the Christmas holidays. Rébert D, Byrnes of the Hartford Courant is a week-end visitur at home here. Miss Fennesy Canty of . Boston is passing the Christmas holi@ays - with her aunt, Mrs. Julia Doyle - of Church street. 2 Mrs, . Wolt, Blinderman, Miss . Frieds Blinderman and _Everst. blinderman are in New Yérk attending tne wedding of Mrs. Blinderman's niece. Mr. and Mrs. Edward W, Cnappell of Winthrop street, New Britaim, are vis- iting relatives. in Norwich, Fitchville, Leffingwell and Gardner LaXe. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur S. Purvis and daughter, Mary, of Bayonne, N. J., are visiting Mr. and Mrs A. % Utley on Mc¢Kinley avenue for the Christmas holidays. Mrs W. A m&mand is visiting her davghter, Mrs. J. R. Lewis, of Methuen, JMass. She will also visit her brother, W. A. Bill, in Lynn, , before return- ing to Norwich. Mrs. Frank Tyler of Maple street en- tertained over the week end, her brother and_sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel and Mrs. Samuel Beebe and the Iatter’s. son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Beebe all of Meriden. Mr. and Mrs. George Miner of Boswell hvenue, have as guests over Christmas, their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Plerce (Lucile Miner) and their infant s6m, Kenneth Palmer Pierce of New Haven. Mrs, Miner who has been passing several weeks at her daught home, returning to Norwich on Friday, being accompanied by her daughters family. atte Francis D. y afternoon at 2 rnneral services for flra Harris were held Sun o'clock from her late W. G. Dolbeare, formerly fleat mana-| Lak X During . the -u:vleu Mrs. Na- thanle] Clark renlered two Solos, of Ages and Jesus Lover of My Soul. many béautiful noral trtd- was in the Rogers cemetery Gardner Lake, Rev, Mr. Tupper con- ducting the committal servies at the grave. The bearers were Earl Lewis, Frede: Winchester, , Sidney Dolbear, Silas ingwell, William Stott and Jo- seph Gaskell, . Arrangements were by Cumamings Besides the re!mm previousty noted in_ The Bulletin, Mrs. Harris Jeaves fo grandchildren, 3nd - two greatgrand- children, all of Arizona, Ray Gettlich Haisen, Funeral services for Ray Gottligh Haisch, infant son of Gottlieb and Ma- tilda Haisch of Danlel street, were held y afterndon at 2.30 o'clock from the_home of his parents, Rey. R.Daml Trick .officiating. Burial was m Yai mfi & Allen were in charge of the :;% gor Arthar T. ewuu n.d:y at. Plainfield, N..J, afternoon at 3 o'clock of Henry Allen & & EBOGRAM AT - o TURERGULOSIS SANATORIDN TUnder the auspices of the Commecti- cut.. Council, Catholic. wm '-hA va- tients at .the state tubes fum enjoyed Friday ,q'an a ‘ ful mausical pro‘ Wwas. as fo E 8 i Rosanna' r’moqnm.pzé— argaret Drie- 2 ¥ Bresn; 750, Raymond & Alexander, New Lon-| t | don, $1,027. the, t of, the Unked Eta!ul 2 v: conrt will have to be thrown out. alt of the récent dacision of n S. Thomas that I drrants mast be hcfil court of common pleas here. for ”” for ur Mrs. E. J. Jongs and Mrd F. W, & %;fil nul. i :Lmr*am.m;m p, Sobs of Mr. and M. Beauties,| was Marte, the! host- Geary; Harriet-and Kate, Lo- g Driscoll, schoyl % Neitle L Beé schopl 2 Ro?imm Pel- nch| B .h’» The, committes. of. the board of \lady| ] Buring tinoh hour Suilday /ertming Camp ""”‘éfi‘&‘;"k w Fisitors, consisting of Miss Jasie E. Bil pwhich™is an_annual n:‘t, mmuu. _John tnam:’u Ereatly \;fit orations in the wards and arranged for Win célebtit Birikdey . ffl‘fly mmm« ‘l.;! i)h% in . Poquetan cal’e— ie o u m by fl‘@ ;&1 the mfi: bt e BORN In this “eity, - Dee. 1 er. nrfir”ufln&x‘ m Joh 8. Nagle of $12 nfihfl i, sed Ind stady. A ol sl & Cfiflstm'&; '&n st demsehe ! i INCIDENTS IN sfififi |, Joe 2o iR W Ml E 'lll nm the Christmas holidays. lhades-fl& by Me, of Wareen m'@xp% g‘an ir fn% % Christ- vuwmnmw 9 %fi% n w‘l';fih are the privite th York on from where he pan, He City Nati his| The annivesary of the birth of Christ, the Prince of Peace, was observed by the churches of the city and town Sunday with 'special sermons and music. The chorches were beautifully decorated with flowers, ferns, potted plants and ever- green. The services in all the churches had large congregations. In a number of the churches Sunday gchool festival services were held during the afternoon and evening. The Weather was abnormal- ly warm. The Catholle and Episcopal churches Wil hold Christmas services with special sermons today (Christmas). CHRIST IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH TODAY ‘What think ye of Christ was the top- ic of thé Christmas sermon delivered Sunday ,morning at the Central Baptist church by the pastor, Rev. David A. Pitt, D. D, Rev. Dr. Pitt's topic was Matthew 22: 41. In part tne preacher said: Now as we approach this old and yet ever-new question, where snall we be- gin? Back with the prophets, or with the first Christmas, or, with those who knew Christ in the days or His flesh or with His greatest interpreter, the apostle Paul? ‘Why not begin with the faet or Christ in the life of the church tosay? How inextricably the thought of Carist is in- terwoven with the eye of tne church. Not only do we yearly ceiebrate His birth but’ we meet weekly for worship og the day that commemorates Mis vic- tory. over the grave, His, preeminenge is seen also in the ordinanees, i bap- tism, and the Lord's supper. ‘The can- didate for baptism declares his faith in,.the Lord Jesus Christ and every time we celebrate the Lord's supper we do it in remembrance of Him, Note His unique place in the hymn book and the Secriptures. In our hymnal 100, or one-fourth, of all the hymns are devoted to Jesus Christ, and the most beautiful hymns in the book are found in this sectios. ‘What would our Bible be with Chri: left out? I once heard Henry V: Dyke preach on a “Christiess Bible. He began in Genesis with tne promise that “the seed of the woman -should bruise the serpent’s head” and thus he reviewed prophets, evangelists and apostles ending with the Hallelujah chorus_of the redeemed in heaven and I assure you there did not seem much of the Bible left when Christ had been removed. Every candld observer must acknowl- edge the. centrality of Jesus Christ injbecame the world’s Redeemer. the Scriptures, in the hymnal, the ordi- nances _and the worship ot tne church. We worship “the God and Father of of our Lord Jesus Christ.” This is not ome of the seven wonders of the world. Rather it is the wond of_ithe world, when you consider His lowly birth, His homeless life, His hum- ble followers, His unjust condemnation and His cruel death resulting in the ap- parent defeat of Himself ana His move- ment. Who would have that on that first Good Friday that 1900 years after one- ~1 third of the human race would be cele- “| brating His birth and that “for His sake” is_increasingly the greatest mo- tive in all the world. The wonder grows when one remem- bers that His claim to a umque rela- tion to God and man has, been chal- lenged from the apostolic age down to the present. The clash of lower and the higher view of Christ's person is intimated even in the New Testament, but it becomes more evident in the sac- ond cenmtury, acute in the third and fourth, then in_the, sixteenth and again in_the nineteenth in unitariamsm. Now, unitarianism nas gdone much to humanize —eyangelical theology but it admits its lack of a gospel for the mass of the people at home or for the heath- en abroad, that is why it turned over the property in Boston, on whica the Morgan . Memorial now stands, to the Mathodls(s. That is why it asked one of the evangelical missionary societies to choose some missionaries and send them .out and . direct. them in the preaching of the. evangelical gospel and i the unitarians would help support them. That .was a most magnanimous action to take but it was a_serious admission 1o make regarding:their lack of a gos- pel to reach, the pedble. The more the church has made of ard Jem Christ_the more she has, prospersd and every great revival of the church has been .associated with a2 new empha- Sis an .Jesus Christ, ,That was true in the days of Luther, Wesley, Carey. anl own dey in gur emphasis of the gospel and Christian internation- Glover is yight. _Individual chfl'thns and, the church coflectively have, never made emough of . Jesas ‘Thé .more they, have made of the more they have prospered and. more has the. world . beep | helped orward toward, the. kingdom . is js but_a hing, as to the answ: centuries, regarding Jesus Christ. flah is more than the histarical in ourselves, and :ammpu. the cuumh our untry and, the world? nafign can eonfwr?ont us the _year than this, “What think ye of Christ? —_— nnm‘x'sswp SBERVICE AT _TAFTVILLE CONG. CHURCH|:, e| hem [CHURCHES OBSERVE BIRTH OF THE PRlNBE OF PH\CE Tidual dependeme on a Saviour, and here in the very ‘spirit of the Christmas standing beside tie and we are hearing| lhrnu-—h the centuries the song of vi tory, This is the larger picture, the true perspective and meaning of the Christ- The unselfish life of Him who went about doing good has its larger fruitage here,.and in that truth we can know victory as we hopestly try, for the great truth of His completed life s with us. This wonderful fact is the special foundation for our Christmas cheer and the gift spirit and service. The happy faith of childhood is not lost in the larger picture. His continued presence and help, polnts out the way, and not only. points out the way, but comes in- to our humanity with.cheer and the whisper of victory. ‘Thou are the way, to Thee alone, from sin and death we flee; and he who womld the Father seek, must seek Him Lord by Thee. " The - sabject for the evening service was The One UnseMish Day. WHAT TB’E MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS INVOLVES At the Greeneville Congregational church, Sunday morning, Rev. Charles' H. Ricketts selected the following theme for his subject, What the Christmas Message Involves. The text was taken from the Gospel of Luke, the Secusa chapter, 10th and 11th verses, “Fear not, for, behold, I bring you good tid- ings of great joy, which shall be.to a\ people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” The following is an outline, of his thought: 1. The fight attitude of mind for receiving the message, ‘Fear not” The right im- pression cannot be made if the mind’ attitude towards it s wrong, Fear is the greatest ememy of the human mind, but perfect love that came at Bethle- ‘“casteth out fear,” 2. The Chri mas message comes to us_ without o seeking. Even the greatest blessings may be Sought and sought earnestly,! but for the most part they come with- out seeking, sunlight, air, the blessings of home, the love of friends, and the gift of a Saviour. 3, This free girt| CUBA-SOUTHERN RESORTS Train mi?ally 5 Everglades Limited Lv. Boston 7:30 pum. Thro cars to Tampa end Misol. Leave Penna. Terminal, New Yor Havana Special Palmetio Limited* Florida Spefltl' (Bt Jm 1 Colonial Expi nection at New Yor these Coast Line Fla. Mail Winter Tomrists Tick now on sale, oliow: Atlantie Coast Line AdJress J. H. JOHNSON, N. E.Agt. 294 Washington St Bosten, Mass. d und Saviour reconciliation to cacl represent the rich and the shepherde being nothing the wise men b cold frankincense and myre The learned and the ignorant wise men représent the learni East. As a rule the shepher shephérd becausze he is not the of learning. These men represent the Jew and the Gentile. The twp poles of the human race for. pocial conditions | The basis of the reconciliation: The conflict has been personal in the sense that the conflict is from within. OUnl a_person who js common to i can | serve as a go between for reconciliation Jesus puts Himself forth as this person who can serve for this purpose roduct a2 | BELIGION IS BROTHERHOOD SAYS REV. G. F. BAILEY The Christmas service at the First Congregational church, was attended by & good sized congregation. The pastor. Rev. Gurdon F. Balley chose for his text Luke 3.10. Behold, I bring you good tiding of great joy, which shall be to il People. Under the theme, There is No Monope of Christmas Message, the preacher said The promise of good will to the world we es none of its value, because it is avail- 4, able for all people. He has trained us to share the best things of the world t > Eether, the sunlight, waters and air our of adoptic common highways are all open and usabie | second ¢ by rich and poor alike. We can xn_n"l our intellectua! products better when we share them with our fellows. The who have private property in t ance fiotl that it is useless hands, until they call in others them, put it into use, in servi world. _Religion is more comm than individual. We have our versonal experiences; but religion is dead until it | rinth is shared. We cannot sell it, we caunot | Hi give it away, religion is brotherhood ar brotherhood is sharing with others ‘The speaker ciosed his sermon with |re the vision of Sir Launsal (not what we | give. but what we share, for the without the giver is bare.) Under di tion of Organist Herbert L. Yerrington a special musical program was given which included two anthems by the choir, T First Christmas Morn by Newton Break Forth Into Joy by Greenish offertory solo, Frederic H. Wyant, te beautifully interpreted The Holy dvent realiz>d the blessinz you looking for Hu COMING OF CHRIST WAS THE GIFT 0} Girrs n As came in the form of Personality. Many by Adam. Mr. Wyant has a meost plaa.s gifts are made at Christmas that bave|voice with excellent range and the Ettle value, moneywise or otherwise gess of his enunclation, The greatest gift that can exalt a home|word to be hear. The church was very is a little child. All eise in compari-|artisically trimmed with everygreen and son _palls into imsignificance. The | pine. enables cvery | to extend the =piri greatest of all was the Christ-Child who 4., The gift of Christ was not exclusive. “Which shall be to all people.” The religion of Christ is best adapted,for a world re- ligion because it tolerates no. caste, It is destined to, “cover the earth as the Wwaters cover the sea.” - 5. Mark th place of His advent. “In. the city o Dayid.” . David consolidated the He- brew people into the monmarchy; Christ unifies his people into the Republic of God. Both monarchs were born jn Beth- lehem, and both died, in Jerusalem, or in its environs, and both of them had a common ancestry. 6. Mark the offices this child was to occupy.” “Saviour which is Christ the Lord.” anointed to be the , supreme ruler of mankind, and whose was to be everlasting. spiritnal throne THE LARGER CHRISTMAS TOPIC AT TRINTTY M. E. CHURCH The Larger Christmas was the & of the Christmas sermon delyered at the morming service at Trinity M. F. church by Rev, J. Harlow Graham. Rev. Mr. Graham took his text from Luke 2:7, No room at the Inn. In part Rev. Mr. Harlow. said: Custom sets apart this day. to. many and varied experiences and expressions of human _jovs, and fellowships. | Aronnd the firesides memories revive and fam- ily friendships deepen. It is a day of. homecoming and _of homeloving _every- where. . The Christmas tree and the Christmas gift, the Christmas bells Md-ggfl‘]’ the colored lighting, the hearty greet- ings in Christmas cheer all combine to The Oue| On the platform and m fromt of the pulpit was a solid bank of also several Jerusalem cherry ‘rees. T)V. posts were twined with evergreen and along the side wall festooned from win-|the dow to window were long streame-s of evergreen, the lower half f the windows being hanked with the sam: Mirs jda Beebe was chairman of th= deewrating committee. CHRISTMAS BRINGS TO . EACH A DIPFEEENT MESSAGE Christmas bringe to each ent message, sald Rev, E. his Sunday morning service a: Mt vary Baptist church, Rev. Mr. Jdfl.fl-\h took as his text Luke was no room for them at the inn. In part he said: Why tkere was no room for the par- ents of Jesus in the inn at Bethlshem | has been a conjecture. But copsider the prejudice of t against the Jews at that time, wa khould when console ourselves that it was more preju- dice than Christ's poverty. Some supposed that it was His pcverty which caused the exclusion, the financial inability to meet the demands of the inn The expectation was that Christ ! would come as a royal prinsc and not | keeper. from humble lineage. Notwithstanding the cause of Christ's the fact s that He was ex- exclusion. cluded. There ar: many sxcuses for ex- cluding Christ from the keart, , friends, why prc)ud]oc Carist? Why Him, Who is eternal for the ma- a different message. The message make or to set forth a Christmas at- mosphere. We think kindly and we feel glad and we pause to live our best selves with kinsfolk, friends and neigh- While the Christmas spirit abides, no circumstance can make life | common- place; régrets are forgotten and griev- ances against life or its maladjustments are heid in abeyance. It is ipdeed the glad and tonic sedson of the 7&? But theé fact that Christmas is aiffer ent is §s own suggestion for the ex- pansion of %s spirit into all the year and into all of ljfe. The Babe of Bethléliem jis born in a manger, How, meagre and, bed some will be as sweet as that to Mary. Iz, guest, that will not like to keep com- rany with Jesus The worldly guests ex- clude consclence , admit everything worldly. They desecrate the Sabbath day for the moving picture hall; they iude Christ for the Sunday baseball games; the ex- clude Christ for moonshins, ard the ball ~|room,. 4nd. welcoms every gate of heill _When, God said Remember the Sapbath 8y to keep it holy, He meant that you should refrain from all woi pleasure 18nd sinful’ recreation. But you cannot jour out, nid room for Him. When the edraggled that 3 s - the historie selUfE ot the mn}k ,,E”lm ittt Kl that did not Jgott ¢ & ¢ 'ma; wi’:o Toom in the inn” * ve efu;-L o ;wuu,hnc.,n i ’K.u r e tBiriE o§° iotst 1at5_gh ristmas s Jtri- L o el:g: ter of chil- out 1+, T . m Saviour was born, He did nst only bring olf at Sweh me--| oy, but the shadow of the crose, which ;m seen when Mary held out her arms, and the sun at the back of the babe Christ, lhr!;h: shadow in the shape of angels sung a sont to the lhepm it was a messazs of peace and good will to all the earth, Haye we m No, there will be no permanent untll the King of Psase be admit- udtomauu;o;the hearts of maa, Christmas entertainment wh! fl.utoh;éhm held this (Mondas) avenlfig been Ppostponed indefinitely, i3 ¥ ‘G announcemént made THE cohiid oF chisk ; AND TS PURPORE PRI Al A . B 2l pastor, Rev. Dizon A. M'qzt 100N vire 5 M mbta s life goes on We otight to be forming the hablt Bt looking upon the g:n oeculyn with ks ¥ e8s ant R e o The apostis with all X tear- and Inspi - S S T lang i the carliest intimation of divine mgrcy reterrel to it. At length, over the favorod plaina of Bethlehem angels hovered, and sangz to the shepherds, “Unto ‘you is_born this day, in the city_of Davih the o, the view to deepen our the great event comnécted with ft. Ob- serve the person sent. “God semt forth we Romans Why reject Him who is all joy? Christmas day brings to each one of us to Christ, and to eas> their wicked | series of the Unspeakable Gif: the external and vealed not moun-ain ur fr asa ]-4‘!1[. ruling the world w iron from some great | the holy of b The Gift of Gifts broag sin. We might may with “There is no sin” and t fled. Agan we might sa {to overcome sin, sin is first we know 1o be false breeds pessimigm and hence retrogres- sion. Life must always go forward. God |has given man free choice. If be ac- |eepts this Gift of Giftz. he accep:s a Mib- .erty which only the followers of Christ +know. Sin comes from abasing God-giv- en liberties. Acceptance Prince of Peace, however, brings forgiveness “And she shall bi , ad thus shall call His name Jesus, {shall save His people from their sins” The Gift of Gifts brought hope for the future. The belief of that time was that when the law should be ki fectly by every one, Mesyah w come. This the people knew was an jhuman impossibility, therefors no one |tried. What a hopeiess futare? A prom- |ised Saviour, yet'impossible for Him to The Messiah came witbout ome of perfect law keepinz. He came Inot as an earthly monarch, but as the | Hope of the Future, as a, Saviour of the world, and the Spiritual Ruler of the {hearts of men and women. Can we but help saying in the words of Paul, “Thanks be to God for His Unspeakable GIft" of the BIBLES GIVEN TO UNITED CHURCH CHILDREN At the Sunday morning service at the Tnited Congregational church Bibles were presented to 15 boys and girls. Dur- ing the servipe, Macillyn Ruth, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Jen- kins, was baptized by the pastor, Rev Alexander H. Abbott, . D. D. The church decorations were entirely of_evergreen. Rev. Mr. Abbott preached & Christmas sermon on the topic Wisdom Makes 2 Search. The pastor's talk to the children was on the topic The Last Month. | The special music program was excellently given. Because of the Christ- mas musical vegper service at the Com- munity house in the afternoon the regular sessions of ghe church achool and the home time meeting were omitted. Broke Leg in Fal. Mrs, Rosie Maria Dilestie, aged 71 years, is 4 patient at the Bacxus bospl- tal. Mrs. Dilestio recently fell, break- ing her leg. Her home is at 133 Cedar street. It is said that closely packed ledves ::l) make a better fire for cooking than