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P; J. MORAN Timmith anal Pluniber_ as B.d-la`? St. We gest stogkin s;1:?i you""can;`=T imagine,i .-.c%: of s Hear y greet`inL 3! rrie`{"i`a.n"cii':% . Dunl9pLW8:tV.,Nnqaivlvjloasfor` Hotel G. S. Webb,` proprietor Market Squarg, Barrie. Christmas 11 _ :_co1fgg ,_j . but it leaves ft, with: newed memoxial, .01-;Ol11l_.'[ :, most cheris ~poIIeI-- 5:-. sion --- your ::::;,!zigndshEK-.; and understigdin L_._ ' 'roN _ _ I V ' . I KHHULIIIGUV IUUBl.V$`OO V | . ~ "'1" How does it celebrate, in these post-Armazeddn 433?: the S"3't L 1, .` of all anniveriariee? A ' L in. ...; J -1.. the Church or the Nativity where were i. no` Ptotegtant ,Churc1!. membeiu of fthe British community oinghcarolstm Christmae Eve by permission of the Greek Patriarch. . _ .m 9, ., .,. -1 AI.-- u_-....2.... --.:.|-..... at I-kn Snnmaninnv sentiment of mace nd . _ The pgincil `in V le `chu'rch beginp. art 10.30 .p.m., accompanied with , music, and la m_ until midg1ght,,when 3 gure reprguenting the infant Jesus is carried inpolemn state 1:9 the'Gmttg.`where;&nother nervnce, lasting until 2.30 a.m., is held. 01 the urea: ratnaxjcn. A M .. _ _ Thin is one of the happienevideneee of the increail Ientiment of peace and goodwill since the bad old day: of the Turks, who purposely inamed ancient religious L diereneen, causing disgraceful uoenee. which arenow fading {torn Western Chrietianeate only a small minority amongpt the Oriental Iectariane. whose festivals fall on yatioul data; ve-being eelehrntedgtogethefo ~ ' T - A- - _.-..- 1.--.n.;I ..*....-ma thnhlnind nf 'MnnIemn andlews:' 1 whose festivals Ian venous dates; !|VB`DIf.fmg wsumgugg ....e..,.._.. ._ _ . _ e h Moreover, Christians are a mere handful among the 3n_1e`eI..of. Moslemn and Jews; hence December 25 is the festival of few in the land whiehiethe cradle of. the faith VVVUvI-w- uvw vw --cw wv-v- . _. of millions. . ' l` ' . " . 1, ` s _ -~ :; ` _ = _ _- A casual observer would not realise the j8PP1'a_h of aggre`at"festival, eatoeptthat he might see an occasional passer-by ;earrying-_hoinep-azpine branch for a Christmas tree. Yet` on every hand in this land aresoenes7'f`recalling the immortal story. For instance, walking in the Via Dolorosa, at Jerusalem. a visitor passed a carpenter's shop, where a boy was assisting his father. all unqonseious of his divine prototype. ` ' V V .,._ p A ' * _. ~. ` There is_a bright turquoise sky. the airis cold and as clear as crystals. while by night the waning moon casts a silver sheen over the rocky.- rounded bills, as when the shepherds watched their ocks` near Bethlehem. and the Magi followed "` ""' T It was a scene of the visit of the Megi. seuiptuiw t ed on the portal of the Church of the Nptiyity. which . saved the edice in the seventh ` century from the _ destroying hand of the Persian invederlwho thought the carved scene was in hondur ottheir nation. - 7- _I.--..-s. 2- The only surviving fourthecenturyi `church is the scene of a great Latin ceremony, thenrnoat im- portant in the country at Chriutmeotid6,'theItma- % jority of the population of Bethlehem eparticipiting, reinforced by 400 tourists from America and visitors from all parts of Palestine, who crowd the little town for 24 hours. But the atmosphere; is the}: of _ quiet and reverent rejoicing. . . . . , t, - `QLLIA -...... Al ..I.m.at>Kl\l'\- HHIVU Elli: av vvo vac: Iw -vu-w- Bethlehem to-day is a l'ittle tow of abou_.t 500` small houses, constructed of thq dull, Vgreyitone which abounds in Palestine. ` ` ' V _ ,. u .91-- .Lg FCUVIIO ` The town is situated upon one of the stony hills which are the principal feature of the barren-looking country around `Jerusalem, but which`nevertheless_. provide good grazing for sheepand goats. _ ;_l I""""'U""II -. ' -mm`. is no need tedwell `uoonvthe interest of. this unpretentious little town. for ever-yone-knows ' that it was-ln the sufroundlng elds that _Ruth gleaned both ears of eornend romance, and in those _ same elds thewetching shepherds received tidings of the supreme event which focuseee the thoughts. of millions of all races and nations upon this holy place.` , - . " 3 - --4-- LL- .._.....L..I I..un@a'n'O- at n ysuvuo . Va great hill, is a walled enclosure of some two or three acres. planted thickly with olive and other trees, Nearthe. town, upon the rounded breast of a_ the verdure "of which seenps` luxurious amidst the vharrenness of the surrounding hills. V ` ' Thin,` we as. toad, is en. identical `eld in which the Ihepherd|:wa.tched their ocks on the eve of the first Chxjiutmaa. > 3 T ' - ` The Church and grotto of the Nativity within the town in ane building , more reaembling a fort. reu than a church, an {area the exterior is concerned. The most notable _ architectural feature of the interior is the four rows of marble columns which are said to have belonged .originally to the Temple at Jerusalem. But the columns are of the Corinth- ian order, each cut from a tingle block, and are pro- lzyablyof Graeoo-Romanorigin. . A ~A~A- -- A-L- __-_..'....-._A. S- -5 w. --.---v- _ V In the Gtotte In`: on the pavement is eaid totnark the actual spot where the Saviour of `mankind wag` born. Sixteen eilver` lamps twinkle over that etaxfend are never extinguished. I churchca in Palestine for more than'600 years after v vvu v---w- --_._ The only `repteeentativee of any of the western "Nwa`%:utgohel!::gr':::h:rki the -departure; of the Cruoadero; the Franciscan Fathere, play the principal part in the ceremonies commemorating the divine event; T - . Theceremoniee are begun at 1.30 p,m._ on Christmas Eve, and continue almost withouta brealr until 2'p.m. on Christmas Day.- , Th Latin Patriarch, coming from Jerusalem, it metat Rachel : tomb.` near Bethlehem, y the parish priest, the mayor, members of the municipality, and other notables, who accompany him to the Church of the Nativity, where the entire'P9Pulatio_n of the town, reinforced by eight-aeera, "and pilgrim, have rathered; ; -, . p_A__-.u -...1 .4 `L- .2..'..:.... .'n .a.I_- n-..-.12;.._-_ ___u_-_ 2.- _--__ A- vonv wwu ----- Sinee..the?J:e;egiiIhment of-the Latin Patriarchate in 1347,1;h Franciscan; are auistedby the Patriarch, hit canons and ueminarieo, and representatives of other Latin inntitutione alnq participate. - ' .nA ~ Anna.` - 5...`. la-u--..---, ---- A pfooeuionvivo Emeq. and. to the singing or the Benedictua, makes its way to the Franciscan puhh church; where 9. aenfvioe is held,.after`which' the procession nfofm. gnlpgqcggdgi to the Ggdtto of the Nativity. A - 9,. -4'.` _.I__L._-|. I_-..9__A -; `A nix `tw:>;thouand_yeb.ta"a.g6 this little town of J udea was the ___.._ -:`..u- .......i.nv. :...a. r`I..:.4-man (nu!-ivnl-` ' Luau: upuu Lwv I.uwuauuu_yum-u `-3- u-V -. -- uoege of the wgridfj rgt Christmas festivai.` 9.. LL--- ..o'\..L Loo-nan of ....u~.5......;%J....;...e.LJ.~.. :.* .n,g_>_t_ prayd - qf .h]i`s friend: 7-y8tjo_3g_gIgo.n;.'4 iigggwf? Fin"?r3iqo7giu'i;.?;{giioiEg r : _ A; LOWE; B eis:the;;spot7one.4..which theethoughts of all the ..Christian .world..a1"e. centred at this season. . Thithere the i[Wise_,fMe n ..foOwed- -.tl;e` Stare neatly; two thousand` years ago, ` ` _jjtha,t`th,y`nxight lay theinofferings at the feet of ` . V? L ` . V~Ch`rifstianit}*"s founder, e ' 7 Ex}; . ' ' . : . ' - V '""a.`3.'.'3 ...:.'..`{n`...':?`...`.":."xu.' "x".'..'.`1 ..`.`.`.'n.E."..... ""$..`..'?.`.'.'.u`;".';.':`..'& oentimeht a nd ',-, _.-- J __.-2-_`L _.I2_..._ cal "onu1n.1..uh beu Ins. "&.`3.'.? o:"'e."mcu"".?:'.`..'."::"x'3'i"nE'i'n'n'1 o':'g'.'u." o.v.c""`1`."u`..':ne's's11'}"a';':`n' ;ny?u :'.'x'mon~v-i:'L`mn 5::........ 9" ,play ; popular cases}, 1 think it is, Christians Awake! ' Salute the Happy Morn. ." VBLE- _-_...I-.. f`L_:---nn In-vnn- mung: cuoI:I-I-no` uukan gunman A-n LI... LL`--- * -n-up -.- ; Other folldw all throughithe night` and the foxllowing day,vuntil at last the Franciscan Fathers lead the people out of the town to the Shepherds Field, where the eerempniea are concluded. ' ` _ {HE carols at Christmas! ml-low lustily they will be sung! In what`-halls and g `_ and hovels! High and low, rich and poor, philosophers and peasants, -. will all sing them. and feel the soft,.gentl`e touch of the spirit of Christmas! We must all thank those roving bands of rninstrels of Norman times who gang? old legends, narrated them, embellished them with the glarnor and glory of imagination. Then, too, we must thank Wyilkin de Worde for making the first pEngli'sh collection of carols and starting us o right! English carols have a `pithy, vigorous meaning. Some,` no doubt, are rude and written in what to us sounds like strange language; -but they are full of, ideas, and are rich with a certain quaint humor, and what for want of a better word, we may call shrewd good sense. _A__L_,__ ;-._!_.I!--I -_a. _--a. 4.- _.I LL- _.n.-L -ulna` u-akin an;-I IIUIIIUI, auu IWIIBB [VI Wullln VI in uvbyvn vvvl u, WV snub veal: an-sun av-` -v---- Some time ago a certain periodical set out to nd the most meiiiorable and quotable quatrains in the English language. .The results were guite revealing. ' Gray and Burnsand Tennyson were in the lead. Now if one thinks about it Auld Lang` Sync ? has a world-wide popularity hard to excel. But it is quite possible that _a certain Christmas carol has a larger populality, for it is sung from Greenland to'Patagon`ia as well as from Land's End to John 0 Greats, from the icy zones of the tloitliito the coral islands of the South Seas. Which would you guess, is the popular carom, I. tnlnlc It 13, unnauana nwai-ac: oauuu: Lnc nappy Morn." \ ` - 0 ' . -This popular Christmas hymn was written when George II was onvthe throne, ` by one Dr. John Byrom, the son of-a Manchester linen-draper. It appears the a doctor's daughter, Dolly," wished for a Christmas hymn of her own, so the good father setabout the task of writing one for her. The rstpdrait of the famous hymn ispreserved in the Chatham library. John Wainwright, the organist of Manchester Parish Church, heard of the composition, was much, impressed by it, and set it to music that has sent it singing round the world. While Dr". Byrom `sat in his parlor, probably musing upon less musical matters than carols and more weighty matters (to him) than fame, the music of his carol disooursed upon the air. Who can tell the delight of the writer as hejistened to the choir s `rendering ! And who can guess just what -Mistress Dolly` said! A Since that Christmas Eve of `I750 Christians, `Awake, Salute the Happy Morn, has sung itself into the consciousness of the `English-speaking race; and no doubt it will be sung this year on nearly every con- tinent. Certainly Europe, Australia, and America will rejoice with. the resounding song.` The music of Wainwright set the miracle to work, even as the music ofisir ~ H. Walford Davies has helped to immortalize Phillips Brooks O Little Town of ~ Bethlehem." AJTa1{nritr (hrintmag ymn K` r at happlneee. Let them believe In sent: :1 in your 1-ellnlnn"-llrfon Harland. ?5 TW:f:. ` f.'.,, v,. I. V S . .. \ 7,~: r._ I .- . ':'4I0v-"-ms-c;-I-a -an--. -ax mv.m..~_-'~-r-I `.~v-'\-.~rm~.4" -_-~ ~ TI`n a1I.l,.1ost two thousand years, nobody has found a simpler; more siqcere way of greeting than by saying, Merry Chr1_stmas. 'So we wish you again the time-honored wlsh and hope that much happi- ness may be yours through `the years. .ll I IIIOA A . _v.._ -._-.g -' 9.... U-AAVUI n v-Av `yuusa 1`i;e rial re Asigagge` cc}. .I5EI\ Q Il-l`l\IIfI5\I ll,, Another ichrigimazs, Tan- othei` gr"eetin-glgiadded to Jhe long liS_t.of this or- gaguizafidtti?-" efars--and ngver b`afor,__ tnore sin- eerelw ~ 3 ` -. ' b o`g6mbo'r 22. 1927 ER chq`erio!;_ mush t-"0" be have `. `. V ul `f6rLI_ .9L|f . . Not what wefwish you, but the,.sentjimnt be- hind the ex&res$ion, is what coun ;\.'a;Hearty Chtistinas jvg re"etings: to. you!