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CHINA MAIL CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT

Christmas Messages ·

"A HAPPY CHRISTMAS”

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forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel Tet neither Herod, nor his Court, nor Jerusalem want ed this Light, aor would barken to this message: they were troubled." Their astrologers had not seen this star, of which the Magi spoke: ther were satisfied with the findings their astrologers. They would zo: see beyond.

So we come back to the real mes- sage of Christmas which our old Christmas cards gave us: a happy Christmas. It is much more a heal- ing of hear that car world needs than wisdom of the worldly wise. It is ever the pure of heart who shall see God. It is the pure of heart who will really go over Bethlehem. The star will shine un- failingly there: over the hills the still Soat: angels' song wil

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"Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra par hominibus bonar coluntatisz- Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to mea of good will"

The sceptics will make merry at the story of the star. The lewd in the Count of Herod will resent the intrusion of a heavenly message amidst their revelry: they will be troubled. For a moment the voice of conscience speaks but they will stifle it. For themselves. alas. they succeed only too well The traged is that they seek to kill the Inzo- So the world weary of war continues at war. Would that on all the message > peace might des

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cend, filling their hearts with praise and with true love: A HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

"IT HAPPENED”

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out again like a mountain at dawn, impregnable. sunlit, hopeful and triumphant

God has spoken. God has acted. The Word is made Flesh. God is and we are God's.

If God is and we are God's then we are free indeed, not to batter is world intractable into such shape as our best wits can make it but as Sons about our Father's business to work in His vineyard. The free- dom of the son whose father is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is freedom indeed..

So Christmas comes agains Scrooge and Tiny Tim and you and I can hasten to the manger. While angels sing that God is God. and God is good we may lay.our bat tered lives and sorely wounded world before the humble throne of God.

THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS

(Continued from Page 2) virile Christianity not only at Christmas time, but throughout the year, we shall understand just why it is that Christianity has given us perhaps the most popular and happiest festival in the world.

THE SHOW WINDOW

(Continued from Pagë 7.) read an urgent appeal to her to play the part he had put upon her. There was something of indignation in her, and yet a strange unwillingness to Bout that appeal.

"Well, I'll do what you asked me. Arthur," said Rawdon. “I will see this young lady often, I- hope; but, as F've got an appoint- ment now, I'll leave you two to- gether."

When he bad gone, before Molly could pour out the indig- nation that had grown within 3xim, her, Douglas seized her steering her towards an arcade where there was moderate quiet-

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"My apologies!” be said. "But before you get angry with me, let me explain. What seems like a liberty to you was a mat- ter of urgency to me. I'm a bankrupt. I hadn't a chance in the world, except by fighting back at a time when all fighting was against odds. My mele has money, and when I told him I had had my lesson he said he'd help me out on two conditions. One was that I should show my readiness to do anything--any- thing, however humiliating-tb make an honest living and live upon what I earned: He made it hawking-just to show that I had the strength of will to stand—il"

"Yes, but why bring me in in the way you did? You don't Ieven know me!" cried Molly in-

dignantly. "It's an insult!"

"Please don't take it like that," "T pleaded, Douglas sincerely. said what I did say because it was something I hoped for. One of my uncle's conditions was that

I should marry. I told him there

was a girl I wanted to marry; I would tell him "who she was

after I'd passed the first test It was only a tale; but then I met you. One day Uncle Harry asked me if I had made up my mind, and who was the girl Your name slipped out; I'd dis- covered it from that letter you dropped out of your purse in the restaurant, when I picked it up for you."

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"My name slipped out!" claimed Molly. She had no memory of the letter incident.

"You see," said Douglas, ear- nestly, "I was always thinking.of you. You have meant so much to me; without you I could not “ have passed the other test. I was often going to throw up the job my uncle had put upon me; it seemed degrading, fawning upon people and having doors Then I slammed in my face, discovered that you were in that window. If a girl like you, educated and cultured, could stick to a job like that just be- cause it was honest work, well, so could I to mine. Every day I'd pass to have a look at you. just to see you were still there; if you hadn't been I might have given up myself But you were sticking it, and so did I"

"You" see how important you have been to me," he said with a smile which had a grave sin- cerity. “You see, the girl in the -restaurant was the only girl I could think of the only girl I' wanted to TRTY."

He must have seen something in her manner which reassured him, for he laughed boyishly.

It's only fair that you should complete the good work! 1 SKY, couldn't we go somewhere and talk matters over?"

She was Molly of the Happy Heart again as she walked beside

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