A Lancaster Forming. Saturday. December 20.1969
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The Christmas Story
St Luke Chapters I and II
And the angel Gabriel was sent
fiom God unto a city of Galilee, nimed
Nazareth, to a vngin espoused to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house
of David; and the virgins 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
thou 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
with 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
to Judea, unto the city of David which
is called Bethlehem, (because he was
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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.
Tor unto you Is born this day in the
city of David a Saviour, which is Christ
the Lmd.
And this shall be a sign unto you;
ife shall find the babe wrapped in
jwaddhng 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
weie 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 wat
told them concerning this child.
And all they that heard it wonder
ed at those t hings 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 therm
Across The Fence Row
THE MISTLETOE
In ancient times, before the Christian
era, mistletoe was gathered during the
winter solstice and reverenced as the sym
bol of future hope and peace. Enemies,
meeting beneath spray of it, would drop
their weapons and embrace in a gesture of
friendship. . . . Thus today’s custom that
a maid under a mistletoe may be kissed.
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No opportunity is ever lost; the other
fellow takes those you miss.
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Getting up m the morning is largely a
matter of mind over mattress
One’s brain is no stronger than its weak
est think.
Local Weather Forecast
(From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Harrisburg State Airport)
The five-day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday calls for
temperatures to average below normal with
daytime highs in the upper 30’s and over
night lows in the low 20’s Cold throughout
the period The normal high-low is 39-24
Precipitation may total one-tenth inch
as snow flumes over the interior on Satur
day and as light snow over the whole area
at the end of the period.
monies wa» heard again: "Ladies
and gentlemen, let ns remain
standing as our guest of honor
comes forward and with this
golden knife cuts his birthday
cake.” The trumpets blare once
again as the doors of the kitchen
swing open and a huge wheeled
table is pushed to (he center of the
room. On it, towering high above
, xi iv vi,n, the waiters, was the largest birth-
It was the m°*t lavish birth- day cake ever bakcd Tier upon
day party anyone if*}} tier of creamy icing reached high
or Imagined. The banquet hall into the air
had never been njp** BThere was a hushed confusion
colorfully decorated. at the be ad tab i e) g row ing louder
hurrying back and forth belw an d more con f used as the long
the kitchen and the long t , minu ( es ticked by. People began
end- to shift from one foot to another,
procession wondering what the problem was.
nlat. Then there was anembarassed
8 P announcement from the head
foods table. Red-faced, the master of
°m,' ceremonies turned to the audience
the tables and said, haltingly: "Ladies and
and gentlemen . . . uh . . . we are
punctufted with having difficulty in locating the
f „ i„„„Mpr ...uh . . .guestof honor. ’ Then,
Rev. Allhouse Adding to°fhis as if he were calling a child
hubub were the stranis of severa! honor please'stop forward
orchestras a ™J tn c b°'"® es nf p t l l ‘ and cut the cake'” It was not
forming in various part o a q ues t lo n, but a plea. An e\-
vasthall. pectant hush settled over the hall
“Happy Birthday” • • • but no one Stepped forward.
While merry people stuffed The uninvited guest
themselves with the rich food Smiling a forced smile that
entertainers p dances kept sliding off his face, he con
tables performing songs, dances, an « fflcious . looking man
stunts, and tr attention at bis side He, in turn, consulted
at a belt V No°one seemed to mind someone else. Soon the wholehall
the confusion,;bo w ever, * nd lt v^ces^al^confusing”" I THERE
grew.as the evening went on. Ig N 0 QUEST! PIE WASN'T
Finally, there was an ear TMVTT]?n ,»
splitting blast of trumpets and
people turned expectantly, ready *f course Yet is it anv more
<° lla “. to fantastle !han v.tat h.p“eL “=h
S “ieg» S a^d S vo£ ChrUtmas, a Bala.A, .da
that resounded through the great bration to which the guest of
hall, "let us all join in singing honor is not invited.
IDE FANTASTIC
CELEBRATION
Leaion for December 21, 1969
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'Plappy Birthday. (Based on outlines copyrighted by the Division
Hundreds of voices massed to- of Christian Education Natienel Council of the
gether with the combined orches- Churches e( Christ in the U. S A. Released by
tras and filled the hall with: C_ * fr " sScn "" l
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday, dear....
(There was an inaudible mumble
at the place where the name
should have been, but everyone
recovered and finished.)
Happy Birthday to you!
A great ovationfollowedthesong.
The guest of honor
The voice of the master of cere-
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To Enjoy Your Family a serious loss In addition to it
The Holiday Season as a good being in good working condition,
time to enjoy all membeis of it is very important that every
your family In these times there member of the family knows <ex
seems to he so many places to go actly how to operate it
and things to do that seldom is
the entire family together Dur
ing the holiday season the child-
len aie home from both school The pioblem with starlings
and college and will appreciate and some other nuisance birds is
more attention from Dad and a growing one and one that is
Mother In the past few years very difficult to control This
may farmers have said they was discussed at one of our
could not attend some of the faim meetings last winter with
activities because they wanted to very little firm recommendations
be home with their family This for control These birds become
sounds like one good qualifies- very common during periods of
tion of a good parent heavy snow cover Some build-
To Check That Fire mgs may be kept tight, or can
Extinguisher be scieened to keep them out;
In case this choie has been however, in many open build
massed, the one or more fire ex- ings and with outside automatic
tmguisheis aiound the faim feedeis, we aie still searching
buildings should be checked and for the control method It should
put in cider The winter season be lecogmzed that these birds
presents moie file hazards and may carry infection and should
the extinguisher could pi event be controlled if possible.
Attend The
Church of
Your Choice
Sunday
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
To Prevent Wild
Bird Infection