—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 21.1968
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From Where We Stand ...
The Christmas Story
St Luke Chapters I and II
And the angel Gabriel was sent
from God unto a city of Galilee, named
Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house
of David; and the virgin’s name was
Mary.
And the angel came in unto her,
and said, Hail, thou art highly favour
ed, the Lord is with thee; blessed art
taou among women.
And when she saw him she was
troubled at his saying, and cast in her
mind what manner of salutation this
should be.
And the angel said unto her, Fear
not Mary; for thou hast found favour
■\vith God.
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in
thy womb, and bring forth a son, and
thou shalt call his name JESUS.
He shall be great, and shall be call
ed the Son of the Highest; and the Lord
God shall give unto him the throne of
his father David and he shall reign over
the house of Jacob forever; and of his
kingdom there shall be no end.
Then said Mary unto the angel,
How shall this be?
And the angel answered and said
unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come
upon thee, and the power of the High
est shall overshadow there, therefore
also that holy thing which shall be born
of thee shall be called the Son of God.
. . . And it came to pass in those
days, that there went out a decree from
Caesar-Augustus, that all the world
should be taxed
And all went to be taxed, every one
into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from
Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, in-
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to Judea, unto the city of David which
is called Bethlehem; (because he was
of the house and lineage of David) to be
taxed with Mary his espoused wife,
being great with child.
And she brought forth her first
born son, and wrapped him in swad
dling clothes, and laid him in a man
ger, because there was no room for them
in the inn.
And there were in the same coun
try shepherds abiding in the field, keep
ing watch over their flocks by night.
And 10, the angel of the Lord came
upon them, and the glory of the Lord
shone round about them; and they were
sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear
not; for, behold, I bring you good tid
ings of great joy, which shall be to all
people.
For unto you Is born this day in the
city of David a Saviour, which is Christ
the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you;
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying, Glory to God
in the highest, and on earth peace, good
will toward men.
And it came to pass, as the angels
were gone away from them into hea
ven, the shepherds said one to another,
Let us now go even unto Bethlehem,
and see this thing which is come to
pass, which the Lord hath made known
unto us.
And they came with haste, and
found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe
lying in a manger.
And when they had been it, they
made known abroad saying which was
told them concerning this child.
And all they that heard it wonder
ed at those things which were told them
by the shepherds.
And the shepherds returned, glori
fying and praising God for all the things
that they had heard and seen, as it was
told unto them.
Across The Fence Row
“With 50 states and the U. S. Congress
passing laws almost every day there has
still been no improvement in the 10 Com
mandments To which we’ll add Amen.”
—New Rockford (N D ) Transcript
Dare to be wise; begin l He who post
pones the hour of living rightly is like the
rustic who waits for the river to run dry
before he crosses. —'Horace
The chief constable of a small English
town was also an expert veterinarian. One
night his telephone rang. “Is Mr. Blank
there?” said an agitated voice. Mrs. Blank
answered, yes, and inquired: “Do you want
my husband m his capacity of veterinary
surgeon, or as chief constable?” “Both,
Madam,” came the reply. “We can’t get our
new bulldog to open his mouth, and
there’s a burglar in it.”
Debts' the certain outcome of an un
certain income.
Local Weather Forecast
(From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Hairisburg State Airport)
The five-day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday calls for
temperatures to average near or below
normal with daytime highs in the 40’s and
the overnight lows in the upper 20's. Nor
mal high-low is 39-24.
Precipitation may total one-half inch or
more as ram mixed with frozen sleet or
snow about Sunday or Monday.
THE REAL JOY
Lesson for December 22, 1968
Background Senator* 1 John 1 14 Ravalotlan
153 b 4 11 15b
Devotional Reading John 1 I*l4
In the December 17,1967 issue
of the New York Times Magazine
section there was an article en
titled, "Singing Those Christmas
Holiday Blues.” For an in
creasing number of people, it
said, "Christmas is the worst of
times. For them,
this is the season
of mishaps, de
pression and
anxiety.”
For evidence,
the article cited
records of
the New York
Police Depart
ment which in
■a., dicate that the
Rev. Althouse num^e r of traffic
accidents is always higher at this
time of year than any other. The
F B. I. also reports that there is
an annual Christmas season rise
in the numbers of murders and
negligent manslaughters, as well
as robberies. The National Retail
Association adds that December
shows the highest incidence of
bad-check passing, slow accounts
overdraw, and applications for
new accounts by "deadbeats.” On
top of all this, says the article, the
most common symptoms of the
holiday blues arefamily quarrels,
excessive drinking, loneliness,
and despair
joy gone sour
Another national magazine
surveyed leading American
magazines last Christmas and
found that they all seemed to
reflect the opinion that "Good
cheer has given way to gloom;
the champagne has gone
flat ” In one of these maga
zmes, a psychiatrist offered this
explanation: "There are'those
who feel they should have such
enormous enjoyment during a
holiday that they become de
pressed, anticipating their
inevitable disappointment. Yes,
having to enjoy themselves can
be a burden enough to kill the
j njoyment ”
Yet, Christmas is supposed to
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be a time of joy, isn’t it? Doesn’t
John say of the incarnation,". . .
•we are writing this that our joy
my be complete”? (I John 1:4).
Don’t we sing "Joy to the world,
the Lord is come . . .”? Don’t
our Christmas cards speak of
"joy” and our Christmas customs
and decorations presuppose -it?
The answer to all these
questions is, of course, "Yes.” But
die joy which turns sour for so
many at Christmas is not the
same joy of which the scriptures
and the carols speak. It is because
people seek the wrong Christmas
joy that they fmd it such a dismal,
discouraging experience.
Secular Christmas
A local high school advertises
a "secular Christmas program.”
"How can that be?” we ask. "How
can you make a religious experi
ence secular?” Yet isn’t that what
we have done with Christmas?
Keeping only the name and the
sentiment, haven’t we made it
mostly a secular celebration,
divorced from Christ, oblivious
to the meaning of the incarnation?
Isn’t it true for many that the
creche is simply a symbol of a
forgotten reality, a nostalgic re
minder of how the holiday sea
son got its name?
The objective of the secularized
Christmas seems -to be: enjoy
one’s self and have a good time,
to be merry and gay, to be swept
along in an atmosphere of good
cheer and inexpensive -good will.
The order of the day: "Eat, drink,
and be merry, for tomorrow wje
go back to work!”
Reason for joy
But one cannot be joyful for
the sake of joy itself. There must
be a reason or the joy will turn
sour. John has a reason for his
joy. He rejoices in the knowledge
that God revealed himself and
bestows the gift of eternal life in
the coming of Jesus Christ.
Through this one man, Jesus, we
are made one with all other men
and God himself. In this day of
death and division, is that not
something which has the power
to inspire real joy?
If a man will truly consider
the meaning of Christ’s coming,
he will find a joy that cannot be
taken down with the' tinsel and
the tree.
(tasad an ouilmas capynghtad by tha Oivisian
•f Christian Education National Council at lha
Churchas af Christ in tha,U S A Ralaasad by
Community Frass Sarvict I
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THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
nuum List and prepare their
animals to meet all show and
health regulations Copies of
this Premium List are available
fiom our Extension Office or
from the Faim Show Office at
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To Practice Holiday Safety
The Holiday Season presents
additional fire hazaids with ex
tia decorations and use of many
extia lights and extension
coids Useis of Christmas trees
and evergreens for decorating
aie urged to keep the trees in
water 01 moist sand and keep
away fiom open flame. All
members of the family should
be instiucted legarding the haz
ards of decorations in the home.