HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-12-20, Page 27greet' hrislmas .full with good-
will
joyfully, h �OOd-
will to all and we greet you warmly,
with. our wishes that health, happiness
and goad cheer may be yours.
RON 'WINGFIELD
peneral contractor
Oaf Trusses and Pre446
T•HIS,GROUP Qp REINDEER .won Mrs, -E, Pearson first pri. a in the ;i
� e�ansit�al Christmas
• window painting contest at the Wingham and• District.°I os ilial. Mrs. Pear '
• were entered in the novice class p son s rindaer
(Staff Photo)
Ail Waco;
OF Christen
The Wtsigham Adesseemimee, M-y,Diciaber is, _poipp g
ehna tines is is time when emit
of our seise` tingle watt a spec
tui glow here are so many
things w *e bear, smell, timate,
and touch, And each of them con-
tributes to the warmth and happi-
ness that is the Christina, inas spiirit,
Peeking into forbidden c i*ets
and dresser drawers, to see what
size the hidden presents are ond
how they are shaped, Listening
to the ancient choral/ on the tai,
Iiia and the hells from our •own
church down the street, Smelling
the scent of cookies as mother
takes them from the oven. Feel°
ing the warm, toasty glow of the
fireplace on Christmas eve: the
touch of a dear one's hand which
means more then all the presents
'under the tree.
Yet there is something more;
Iet° coal it Faint and Love. That
Love vas born almost two thou -
440;1 rears ago in a . stable in, -
Bethlehem 'because there was no
room for them in the inn' and the
Faith is the quiet confidence that
that night in Bethlehem is, most
wonderously, this fiery night, in
our country, In our. town. In our
home.
` ,PENS`
Icelandic people must e-
tizerr import C;xristmas .trees
from Norway or make their
own, because few trees of any
kind grow :in Iceland, and
every home must surely have
a tree.. Children often .ielp. •
tie foliage and branches orf
shrubs to a center pole to
make .a ,tree. Then they, dee
orate itwith homemade
wreatitsand paper .ornaments.
DECEMlsl68
IS TOB MONTH TO:
Rood the 'Christmas story. ,
Saw thee wood,... Soot :.mutt,.
nias'seals .r' y . Put out feeding
stations for the birds :. ,, Take
the, young folks ,Christmas .car.
•oling . . Surprise the' family;
with a television sot for Chr, ;
rias .. . Pisa to :pistil Christ-
mas
tree for sale .i* future,
years * .. Learnto ski .: Y sit
b+ the tiro
We aro
filling the
holidays up
with high test *thanks" to ,v,ry ine,
JOHN KIND
GULF SERVICE STATION
Josephine Street is l 357-3860
Holiday special, We're delivering
season's reetings -to friends everywhere.
Serving youhas been our pleasure.
rs
Lfitznyl,
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By ltev. W. Lee Truman
The average person =think it is
"Gospel truth'' that Jesus Christ
was born in a crudewooden
stable on Dec. 25,1 A. D., and that
he" shortly thereafter had gifts
presented ., to him from . three
Oriental kings 'Caspar, -
rhior and Balthasar.
ha ' � ��
I<f you havetaken the trouble to
read the 'New Testament r you will
not fjnd titbuse,assulned laminar
deter inny form, The best that
Batt d iisi;ihat they are the
products ' of pious imagination,
and'inall probability contrary to
historical fact. ,n
Let us begin with the wooden
stable. It has been shown so often
in paintings, pageants, and on
church laVv4, that looking at the.
original evidence (the Bible) we
see that Mary gave birthto her
son, "laid Him in >a manger, be-
cause there was no room for them
in the inn."
Since a manger is a . feed
trough, the implication is that
Jesus was born in, a place where
livestock were usually kept.
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Christmas to
each and every one of you. May the
season's glad tidings brighten your days.
Serene good wishes
and sincere thanks.
LYCEUM
THEATRE
Kelly, Janice; Rick
and John
Jesus was born inethiehera,1 lit
cattle in. that part of the world
were not usually
kept in tis° kkind
of wooden barn seen by religious
artists. They. were kept in caves
hollowed out of the soft limestone h.
Cliffs:.
Even the .tradition of the
' wooden stable` ts�. unknown in
eastern Mediterranean area , is-'
eluding Palestine ` itself. VieY
ive-always, takenfer.
gra
that ,Jess- was lwrn jn
undoubtedly like the one that
under the Church of the Nativity
in, Bethlehem, `
To assume that Jesus was born
in 1 A. D. is the basic premise of
the Julian Calendar. It, was this
calendar that divided history into
B. C., Before Christ, id A. D.,
anno domini which . means "the
year of our Lord" in Latin.
Sad as it is' the Roman monk
Dionysius Exigus, who put to-
gether the mathematics for our
present calendar in the 6th Cen-
tury A. D. was not verygood at
his arithmetic. The best guess is
that he missed the year "one" by
at least six years. Herod died in 4
. B. C., and Matthew -Says - at
Jesus was born in the-tayi
King Herod, and that two years
later the king was responsible for
the slaughter of all the innocent
babes in Bethlehem. That puts
Jesus' birth about 6 B. C. St. Luke
notes that the birth took place at
the time of the decree of Caesar
Augustus . requiring all residents
to enroll for taxation. Historians
have pinpointed the time for this
as sometime between 6 B. C. and
9 B. C.
As for the date of Dec. 25, that
was chosen by the church in the
4th Century A. D. as a fitting
occasion to celebrate the "Christ
Mass", the liturgy commemora-
ting the Savior's birthday. The
biblical evidence points to the
time of year for -the birth of Jesus
as being summer or fall. This is
when Palestinian shepherds take
their flocks into E the fields to
graze by night.
As for the wise men.. St. Mat-
thew calls them "wise men from
the East" and does not: say that
there were three or 50.. magi
(meaning "august") in the land
of the Medes. The fact that there
were three gifts brought gave
rise to the assumption that there
were three gift bearers. It is evi-
dent from the text that they were
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1S)ton s
Ag the Yuletide Season draw near we take thig opportunity
to wrath each one of you a very Merry Christman
and a Happy New Year
Gem'EntJeweiiers
Evelyn and Bob Hicks
iille*MW014swli6tae INISa+ it 1 ` ss0i INIMIW dNi Wil a
riests astrologers, a
scholar well known during the-.
fs�rst centut'y,in,Bethlehem. •As for
their r#asi�n�es, it:.• mes. front. ; a
monk who in the 9th Century cre-
ated Kaspar, :IV elcboir and Bal
tsar.: He thought the
mild have .names, so he
plied tem, . ,
Celebarat'Cbrismas isl. a. epi'
rl significance, .not an:his-
torical •observan. e. It ;
t � * thea;.',;
logical statement; and. not. an .arr,s
chalk event. ,Celebrate. with joy
a' Gob& Nevis,""
We .hope year
holiday It fUI.d
with: fine •
friends, •good times.:
Wann wishes.
Ross Anderson
Belgrave
HARDWARE and ELECTRIC
Ontario
May this Christmas, Ewing you
spiritual peace and contentment. It's
been a,pleasure to serve you
May
r the
spirit of
Christmas
bo an
ever-present joy to you.
ERNIE MERKLEY AND SON
GULF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
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It is our warmest wish that your holiday
be filled with pEiaeo of mind,
good health, and much joy.
Eclwcrd Elliott
INSURANCE and REAL
TATE
of Canstmas
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[ire hope the Christmas
promise of a bright future
is fulfilled for you and your family.
l'or your valued patronage, we thank you.
Stainton Hardware
(W ghom) Curve