Christmas Section pags in review ‘he passage of t! Christmas message across into Euro through countries where men Dare seek the abolition of she Word of S vation, on to mor> peacoful lands, Ewitzerland. to Fran:e, to Beligum, | Netherlands,. and chen across the Er lish Channel to cur own home lat and up north to the Scandinavi Chris‘ian lands. We shall be sitti acwn to our suppers in Ontario wh those chimes ring out in city, cown a village throughout dear old Englia: up into Scotland, and then over t Irish Channel to the land whenss many of our fathers came. And th could we bust hear, ths messag? Christmas would for four hours carried from ship to ship travelling ward us; then we can again take the passage of the msessage across C country. A full hcur before we h the Christmas chimes in Toront> th wgll have rung ow from cathedr and churches in Nova Scotia and N Brunswick and "Thse" Island, and on to Quetec where (thanks to sta dard time) the Chrisimas message w peel out at the same hour as And after we have we can, we will follow thas message as it pas: on to those we love on western plai and Pavific slope, girdling the wol with its message, so much day: ‘"Peace on carth to g350 day will The second bell on Red River wa that brought out by Rev. John Wes the first Anglican priest, in 1820. Whe he had tuilt his church in 1822 h placed bell on a log frameworl and there it rang uniil the spire wa finished and the bell placed. It re mained in St. John‘s Church unt 1862, when it was replaced by thrs other bells ‘"sent from England for it Then che John West boll was los Nobody seemed to care as to what ha become of it, but Mrs. MacLeod foaun it in the spire of little St. Church, where on Nov. 15, 1862, fc some unsiated reason, i< was place become of it, but Mrs. MacLeod Tound it in the spire of little St. Clemsnt‘s Church, where on Nov. 15, 1862, for some unsiated reason, is was placed "after dark by fire and lantern light." There it was the bell of the offic‘al chapel of the Fort. "It summoned to worship on the firs day of the week galant Gentlemen Adventurers of the Honorab‘»e Company, clad in brsadâ€" cloth, with their ladies in silks and satins," and when Fort Garry had a British garrison the bell rang as the redcoats marched to church. But, unâ€" til Mrs. MacLeod persisted and dUsâ€" covered the date "1820" upon it, none knew that it was "John West‘s bell." The Bells of St. Boniface, immortalâ€" ized by Whittiér, apars altogether from their own romance, are notewor‘thy for two records in Canadian history. They caused the first strike in what is now Western Canada, and they crossed <the Atlantic five times! Made originally by Mears at Westminster, they were shipâ€" ped to York Pactory in 1840., They had cost £101 15¢. The bells were set This past year has broughs a most reéemarkable and valuab‘> addition to the literature of bells in Canaca, the story of the "Bells of Red River," writâ€" ten with loving care by Margarct Arnc<t MacLeod of Winnipeg® Rarely have I seen so much romance compressed into so few pages. Th brochure is the result of years of research into the early history of Manitoba. Sheâ€"wanted to know what had of che first bslls on the Red River. She was tol{ that it was impossioale; but she had faith and vision and energy and natience. and she persevered until she h2 Small brot] in hnis His tumm: flung i bed â€"< crossly To make belated Said mot said Mary things This dreéss shoes Lay She tolls of her finding of che first bell on Red River, that sent out by Lord Selkirk to Father Provencher in 1819,; after his re‘urn from Canada broken in spirit and health. That bell had been lost so sight from 1841. No one knew its whereabouts; but Mrs. Maclkeod found it in the basement 0: the Church of St. Francis where it had lain cracked and discarded for ninstyâ€"seven years. There is no doubt as @0 its authenticity. It bears the date "1819", the year in which it was made in London, England, and blessed before it was sent across the northsrn seas to York Factory, and so down to the Red River. It had done its work for Fach>»r Provencher and his sucâ€" cessors until 1868, when it was thrown from its place in a horricane and disâ€" carded. chimss and the the Chris mas m is possible if w stant pealing of Christ had come "This afternoon : y3u will, listen Broadcasting 8y the Church of P hlehem, and | mas Eve service Carstendom. * patience, and she persevered found out. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMIN®S, ONTARIO The Bells of Christmas Bv Fret fgll aroun t 2 ao‘cliock througsh th Then SLtem 1O the Holy Wi In he ie Scandi: shall be ; in Ontario in city, cow Nativi 11 spire wa mally gi And Which peop! and decl ‘*"*This is b2> aired." Small brother turned over and in his His tummy too full. In‘ 4 flung heap Pu t (would you believe it?) when father came home wWith utter amazem>nt he scratcthed his kald dome, For there was the flat all as ncéas as a pinâ€" Ssay! Aren‘t mothers handy when daughteors sleep in? Turk:y is important, Pie and such are great Popsorn strings you have When you decorate. But I guess Chrisimas Christmas wouldn‘t be If you didn‘t have a boy Bringing in the tree! Father gets che turkey, Mother makes the pieâ€" Each one has a Christmas job To do, and so have I. Sister strings the popcorn To decorateâ€"bus, gee! I have got the biggest jobâ€" Bringing in the tree! The rug shnoes are too sImMmdii, I‘m sure that I never can wear them at all. This book I have read, and I wonder if brother wWill take it right back and chen get me another." By this time young brother was tp and about And making for breakfast a heartrendâ€" shout. "AW,{Ma, hurry up fer I want to go skaiin‘, The guys are »outside, there‘s a crowd of them waitin‘.‘" So mother hikes off to get something together, And Mary stands round doing â€"noâ€" thing whatever, And all chrough the filat is string and red paper Wih which dear Old Santa had cut things about? This dreéss I mu; WwA Bishop AT A | eéend rugs wWere aAll and string various morst cling. housewife got is a MESS." caushter got up (being prodded by mother) lazily viewing this, that and the scan â€"_â€" daughter shudder and hink it‘s the +o bed." bedâ€"clothes which father had crossly vacated ; make for the office a dash quite belated. t mother: ‘Come, Mary, let‘s scraighten this out." Mary: "Oh, WHY did w leave Bringing in The Tree ; the day after Christmas, when 11 through che flat a were wrappings and boxes and s uch stuff as that. fifth The Day After Christmas ich il call from ILhzsIr LUurreLs LWaili â€"soatmen on the river, he hunter on the plain!" MacLz2od‘s little volume shoula i wide cireulacion. It is ara rich m to the story of the Red River ~ Canada. m UE id ch a caper. day after Christmas! P3or ther began almost despair the disorder to W1 1nd thet with impatience [ nine 1 ] (Anonymous) ‘od i MESS and it needs to ie went :o England and the Mears to recast the emains were shipped to second «rip across the he Roaman Mission m their turrets twain must change and oo small, ship. and the men startâ€" on their 700 imilles of ation to th> south. : reached Norway House. had given her, yawn stiration. Seven years he spire of the cathedâ€" t‘or them. There thney 14, 1860, th burned and the bells ill covered with tinsel Hudson Bay; bu‘" she I Nowfoundland, the zed, sent to Portland, ind to St. Paul, Minn. p was of this it would be cheaper back to England than a Red â€"River; so bhack ndon, and finally, on e. reached York Pacâ€" y were brought down, ‘ravolling, to St. Boniâ€" e placed in a frame and were rung for che ristmas Eve, 1864. But teen years, before the td and the bells forâ€" ; right placs. In 1908 placed in che new to, even in the busy t. Boniface of today, message, as they did ot up (rather cardy looked round with said: grippe, so TI‘ll go back id poundads 3ï¬ unâ€" oo much even for Bishop Provenche: McDermott <3 take recast | on Bay wfoaound hat cluitter and â€"AnOonVmous to have a L n This flat quicklyâ€" eroaned the forâ€" 1908 neow anv «BP § 0W Thursday, Decembe: nd,. 19