HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-12-19, Page 12072 -39th Year.
CliNTON7bNTAR10,: ThURDAY DECEMWR 19,9?;
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May the Chiistmas, of 1918,
Sinee we are again at peace after over four years of war, be to all our readers,
even though in many a home there is a vacant chair, a time of thankfulness and hope;
A Really Happy Cristmas
Merry.
Christmas
TO EVERY HEART
IN EVERY HOME
0 Mother, the superheart whose
fine courage knew no waning
through the dark days when her stal-
wart sons faced death on the far flunk
• battle lines in France and Belgium, in order
that her hear thstone might be shielded..
To Father, whose heart is no wise less brave,
and to whom we have looked to keep the wheel steady
ttugh these turbulent times.
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• To soft -eyed Sisters and noisy small Brothers.
To the tiny tots who hold in their rose petal palms the merriment and
hopes of the houeehold.
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Merry Christmas
There is a charm, a lilt about -the magic words which cannot be described. They
carry a smile, a twinkle of the eye, a gladsomeness difficult to define, yet as obvious.
as the holly on one's coat. So let us this year put the sweet phrase -ton hard usage if
thereby we may regain something of our old spirit of unquenclmble cheer, for not
since the first Christmas Day nineteen centuries ago has the glorious heaienly mes-
sage carried such significance as it does this season.
on the memories of the dear heroic dead who have laid down their
- lives that freedom might not perish from the earth.
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ce On Earth ”
After four years of the most, devastating war in history,
during which the fate of the world frequently trembled in the
balance, we have "Peace on Earth" once more. Let us therefore
celebrate the Festival of the Nativity, fittingly, even though for
many it will be done with saddened hearts. For there will be a
vacant chair at many a fireside and yearning thoughts will
But out of these tribulations we may loam the secret of the
true Christmas Spiritr—unselfish service—and the real beauty of
Christmas will remain with us, never to be taken away. So then
may we keep firm faith for the sake of those about us and our-
selves, and. let us not forget to frame our lips to that cheerful
greeting
Merry Christmas
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