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NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
bird that flys, not a horse that strains 
along the highway, not a steer in the 
slaughter pen, not even a rodent in the 
agonies of vivisection but has its rights of 
appeal at the high court of Christian hu- 
manity today. He who bears the burden 
of the world’s woe, has he nothing in 
common with these burden bearers of 
the marts? 
The situations in the inn were strange- 
ly ordained in wisdom. ‘The lowest 
need not hesitate to come to the manger 
and none are so exalted as to demean 
themselves by kneeling where the Magi 
cast their gifts. Beside this rude crib 
and the cross of Christ all cast and con- 
ditions of society come to an equality. 
Is there no boast of heraldry here, 
Joseph?—no social rank, no scholastic 
standing, no political prestige, no monied 
power, thou Galilean? Then there is 
no room for thee. The King came but 
the Kingdom was not ready, and yet 
they boasted of his coming. The Mes- 
siah came but no reception awaited him. 
And yet these very learned doctors 
boasted of prophetic understanding. 
And what is forever the fundamental 
risk? ‘That we are not ready for his 
coming; that we, like those priests and 
pharisees, shall go our placid way of pre- 
judice and not know that he is here. 
“He came unto his own and his own 
received him  not.’’ Stereotype that 
truth of every age. Oh, these dying 
millions of a chosen race, looking for the 
hope of all. ages who yet troop the cen- 
turies with eyes unblessed in seeing his 
day, beaten and baffled by their problems 
in the dark with the Christ agonizing 
still over the city! 
No room for the Christ in Judaism, 
no room in the constitutions of state, no 
room in commerce, no room in classic 
training, no room in congressional halls, 
no room inthe church. This is the 
tragic sin of the world that they will not 
have this man to reign over them. 
Oh, the subtle, soothing, seraphic 
spell Christmas casts over Christendom, 
until our senses are dazzled and our senti- 
ments stirred and we say: ‘The Christ 
child has found room at last. But has 
he? No, yonder he goes forever with 
no place where he may lay his head. Nor 
pealing chimes, nor chanting choirs can 
still the voice of him who says, ‘‘Inas- 
much as ye did it not to one of the least 
of these ye did it not to me.’’ Within 
a stone’s throw of our gorgeous yuletide 
praise, where worshippers inventory 
many millions, the tax ridden multitudes 
suffer and starve and the social problem, 
that the Christ solves, reaches still mon- 
umental to the skies beyond the highest 
spire. 
And how is it with us personally? 
What room do we give him? Sleeps he 
in the manger of the mind? Is he 
simply the child of an obscure couple to 
us or is he to us Immanuel of prophetic 
fire? What holy interior throne in our 
soul does he possess? 
** Oh, my brother, are we wiser, 
Are we better now than they? 
Do we give full room to Jesus 
In the life we live today? 
““Room for pleasure,—doors wide open, 
And for business, —but for Jesus 
Only here and there a manger 
Like to that at Bethlehem. ” 
Leave him in the manger no more. 
Lift him from the lowly place and en- 
throne him on high forevermore. He 
comes to us not inthe obscurity of a 
Galilean couple, he comes to us with the 
matchless record of the Christian cen- 
turies to endorse his claim to our hom-« 
age. If he came today and entered our 
humble homes he would change them 
into palaces beyond compare, and if he 
seated himself a common chair would 
turn into the throne of the universe. 
Then “‘Swing the heart’s door widely 
open.’’ Let this festal season in spirit 
and in truth ringin the coming of our 
King. Open every avenue of the soul, 
for if hope and heaven ever came to hu- 
man hearts it came through the Epic life 
of the Son of God. 
** Allelujah! Christ is born! 
And the world rolls past its dawn, 
Up into the eternal morn! ” 
Reception Biscuit, packed in tin boxes, 
enclosed in fancy baskets, 50c¢ basket, 
Hooper’s. + 
Suitable Xmas or New Year’s gift: 
the Breeze sent to some distant or near- 
by friend for one year, $1.00. Ea 
. Standard Diaries and Old Farmer Al- 
manacs for 1909 now ready at 
Floyd’s. * 
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2 Manchester x : 
The Pilgrim Wanderers wandered to 
Lynn Tuesday evening, a delegation of 
23 going from Manchester, and about a 
dozen from the Farms. A _ delightful 
evening was passed the party returning 
on the midnight train. "The Manches- 
ter Pilgrims taking part in the entertain- 
ment feature of the evening were Harry 
S. Tappan, who sang, Mrs. Janet Aus- 
tin, who also sang, and Patrick H. Boyle, 
who read. 
Allen Post will not meet tomorrow nigh 
as usual, but a special meeting will be 
held Monday evening, Dec. 28. 
Miss Helen Gorton of Beverly is 
spending Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. 
William Follett, Smith’s Point. 
The Wheelock Kindergarter School 
girls,---Misses Marion Scott, Edith 
Northrup, Marion Kitfield and Fannie 
Knight, are having a fortnigat’s vacation. 
A feature of the closing day of the 
school, Tuesday, was a mammoth Christ- 
mas tree, at the Parker Memorial, all 
the students taking part in the merriment. 
Presents were given to every girl in the 
school and Miss Wheelock remembered 
every one with a beautiful Christmas 
card. 
Letters remaining unclaimed at Manchester, 
Mass., P. O. for week ending Dec. 18, 1908. 
Miss N A Clark, A E Dumas, L Diggins, 
Phillip Furrell, Miss EM Perkins, Mrs Mar- 
garet Pierce, Miss Catherine Quirke, John J 
Riordan, R W Trumbull, Mrs W B White. 
SAMUEL L. WueatTon, P. M. 
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