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strength and lived in subjection to 
the law of love. Thus He relates 
Himself to our humanity as a divine 
—human Saviour. Beneath all the 
festivity which so. fitly marks the 
Christmas season is this truth—Je- 
sus Christ came into the world to 
save sinners and to save them from 
their sins. In this truth we can find 
the solution of life’s darkest prob- 
lems and the spring of inexhausti- 
ble hope and joy. 
‘‘All the progress of mankind is 
but the fulfillment of God’s purpose 
personally revealed in Jesus Christ. 
See how Jesus has touched and 
ehanged society. As*the Babe of 
Bethlehem, He has consecrated in- 
fancy. As the Child of Mary, He 
has consecrated womanhood and 
maternity. As the Son of Man, He 
has raised the world’s ideal of char- 
acter and given a practical applica- 
tion of the law of love to human so- 
ciety. Life is not meant to be a per- 
petual strife and hurtful competi- 
tion but a fellowship, a mutual ser- 
vice, a strife for one another instead 
of a strife against one another. The 
Christmas spirit in its purity must 
circle the year as the embodied 
truth and righteousness and love of 
God. When we consider our indiv- 
idual condition and see that to Je- 
sus Christ we are indebted for our 
personal sense of Divine mercy and 
forgiveness and help and guidance, 
when we think of the hopes and :as- 
pirations and motives that He_ has 
awakened in our hearts, we have 
some just conception of what we 
owe Him and we begin to under- 
stand why we are moved to cele- 
brate His birth. When we reflect 
on what Jesus has done and is doing 
for society, the home, parents, chil- 
dren, the oppressed, the poor, the 
miserable; when we think of the 
promise of good in His teaching 
then we begin to see why the world 
should observe the Christmas festi- 
val. The world is unspeakably bet- 
ter because that Babe smiled in the 
manger at Bethlehem. Life is more 
humane and richer for us because 
He came. The burdens and sorrows 
of life are lighter because the ‘‘Man 
of sorrows bore our sins in His own 
body on the tree.’’ We have hope 
and heart to face life’s darkest 
hours and fight manfully its fiercest 
battles with doubt and wrong, be- 
eause Jesus lived, labored, suffered, 
and stood fast. Thus demonstrat- 
ine the presence of God in His 
world and the reality of His love 
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and care for us—His weaker chil- 
dren. 
‘“We have hope and heart to con- 
front death’s solemn mystery be- 
cause Jesus died and rose again 
from the dead. We have faith and 
comfort in God because He who 
came forth from the bosom of God 
has shown us God’s heart. We 
have nothing of good that is not 
bound up with the life, personality 
and thought of Jesus our Lord. 
Let us be followers of Him. Let us 
be humble learners of His truth. 
Let us know Him and the power of 
Ilis resurrection and yield all our 
life to His blessed rule. This is the 
true Christmas joy. To give our- 
selves to His service and so give 
ourselves to humanity and to God, 
this is the true and priceless Christ- 
mas gift.’’ 
At the morning service Rev. Mr. 
Warner preached on ‘‘The Message 
of Bethlehem,’’ with text from St. 
Luke II:12. He said that the order 
of Christ’s life was the manger with 
its lowliness, the cross with its suf- 
fering, the throne with its glory; 
these are the three steps to immor- 
tal life. The message of the man- 
ger is the message of salvation. 
Bethlehem stands for love. There 
God uttered His love to men in the 
person of Jesus. Bethlehem stands 
fore peace. The first thing Christ 
brought to the world was _ peace. 
The last thing He left to the world 
was peace.. Bethlehem stands for 
joy. Christmas is set apart not only 
for joyfulness, but also to teach the 
world the joy producing power of 
the Christian religion. 
The Christmas Tree exercises at 
the Baptist church, Saturday eve- 
ning, were of unusual interest to the 
younger people. The vestry had 
been transformed into a veritable 
bower of greenery and the Christ- 
mas colors on the platform a back- 
ground of green set off effectively 
the silver cross, outlined by electric 
lights. The Star of the East with 
rays of evergreen was another at- 
tractive feature. But of all the 
decorations none appealed more to 
the children than the handsomely 
trimmed and heavily laden tree. 
Prior to the distribution of gifts the 
following program was presented: 
Seripture and Prayer. Song, Xmas 
Songs of Long Ago. Recitation, 
Howard Fleming. Solo, Rocking, 
Bernice Lee. Recitation, Xmas 
Wishes. Recitation, Bessie Harris. 
Recitation, Alice Carter. Chorus, 
Xmas Bells. Recitation, William 
Matheson. Solo, Mellissa Stanley. 
Recitation, Grace Salter. Song, Be 
Happy. Remarks, Pastor. 
MANCHESTER CHURCHES 
BAPTIST CHURCH — Rev. A. G. 
Warner, pastor. Public worship, 
10.45 a.m. Bible school, 12.15, ves- 
try. Men’s class, 12.15, auditorium. 
Young People’s union, 6.00. Eve- 
ning service, 7.00. Prayer meetings 
Friday evening at 7.30. Communion 
first Sunday in the month. All 
seats are free at every service. 
ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONAL 
—Rev. L. H. Ruge, pastor. Sunday 
morning worship, with sermon, 
10.45. Bible school 12.00. Evening 
worship with sermon, 7.00. Prayer 
meeting Tuesday, 7.30, in the chaper 
Woman’s Missionary society the Ist 
Thursday of each month. Sittings 
can be obtained of A. S. Jewett. 
SACRED HEART CHURCH—Rev. 
Mark Sullivan, pastor. Masses, 
7.00, 8.30 and 10.30 o’clock. Sun- 
day school at 2.30 o’clock. Rosary, 
Instruction and Benediction of the 
Blessed Sacrament, 3.30  o’clock. 
Week Days.—Morning mass at 7.30 
o'clock. Advanced class Friday 
evening at 7.30 o’clock. 
The Ladies’ Social Cirele will 
meet with Mrs. Hattie Kitfield, 
Wednesday evening, January 3d. 
The Ever Ready Circle of King’s 
Daughters will meet next Monday 
evening with Miss Olive Cook. 
Observed Silver Wedding 
Anniversary 
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. K. Fleming ob- 
served the 25th anniversary of their 
marriage at their residence on Des- 
mond avenue, Manchester, last Fri- 
day evening. Wm. K. Fleming and 
Alice Wiggins were married by 
Rev. Mr. Lamson at Manchester, 
December 22, 1886. Four sons 
blessed their union, Frank and 
Walter of Lynn and George and 
IIloward, the latter 15 and 7 years 
respectively. 
The observance took the form of 
an informal reception and family re- 
union. Many friends called to ex- 
tend congratulations and leave ma- 
terial reminders of good will and 
regard in the form of silver, cut 
class and purses of silver, of the 
latter there being two. <A check of 
generous proportions was received 
from Dr. Fleming of King’s County, 
New Brunswick, brother of Mr. 
Fleming. 
Among the out of town guests 
present were Mr. and Mrs. Frank 
Fleming and Mr. and Mrs. Walter 
Fleming of Lynn, Charles Fleming 
from Salem and Mr. and Mrs. Eli 
Martin of Beverly. 
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