The Cedarville Herald, Volume 47, Numbers 1-26

-V \ f ' I FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR NO. 1, A WfiWSPAPJfcR DRVOTJBiP TO LOCAL ANlf OKNKKAL KXTI AND THE INTERESTS OP OEOA1, VILLE AND VICINITY. CEDARVILLE, CM10, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923 PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR Had we our choice we would all be properous and generous, enjoying the glow of satisfac-' tibn that accompanies the kindly deed. We are taugh t th a t it is more blessed to give than to receive. The truth is, it is often fa r easier to give than to receive and fa r more pleasant, At times there is a magnificent moral courage in receiving. Ob '££ s' Ghristmas is Coming By Richard L loydjones Yes, Christmas is coming, sometime. I t is coming when, . Christmas is a life and not a day; when it is an abiding spirit and not a one day in the year manifestation; when it is conduct and not a seeming; when it is a habit and not an exertion; when it is something within us and not without. Christmas is coming when a t all times we love to give more th an we love to ge t; when We love to'serve a t least as, much as we love to be served. , . - ’ . , , ■ #¥** ' • * » Christmas is comingswhen not only some, homes but all homestare happy when the spirit of good cheer binds all homes In its wonderful; warm and inclusive radiance and good homes are no linger' bound within themselves”. * , .*•< „ | ' 1 ‘ . 5* , ' * " 5 Christmas is coming when all children can play; wh« O t I t * ' • ' ' ■ < % ' f Christmas is coming when our associated charities Will no longer have to dispense dolls to the little daughters of drunken fathers; when men are not allowed to grow rich by robbing chil­ dren and mothers; by demoralizing weak fathers and husbands. Christmas is coming when men are brave enough and true enough to help their brothers stand up soldjer-like and fight the sordid powers*that seek their sejijish pots of gold by bringing men to shame and women and children to suffering and want. \ Christmas is coming when we allow no one to capitalize human weakness to beggar the individual and debauch public morals. * Christmas is coming when every laborer can look forward tp an old age without fea r; when widowed mothers do not have to live in dread lest some “benevolent” asylum will rob her of her children. \ ilk Dear Sanjta; Bring Us As the individual outlook has grown from love of self to love of others, so must the national­ istic viewpoint widen to take in the worldwide brotherhood of men. The tru th th a t Christ taught centuries ago is just beginning to dawn upon the minds or nations.. We are learning tha t we are our brother's keeper, - We see once more the vision of Bethlehem—th a t ,homely manger in which there came to us the baby Jesus with wonder- ous eyes illumined by the soul of God. 'Tis Christmas time— another Christmas, with others yet to come and .pass into, eternity—and still with all the years there, thunders down the ages the message of the Saviour, “Peace on Earth', Goodwill to Man." The message: now remembered, now forgotten for the moment, but gr'owinglin power and strength with each succeed­ ing generation. ‘ I t is the inevitable, it "is The. Word, the .' avalanche of tru th before which all obstacles must resolve themselves into their original elements to be merged, into the current of divinity th a t sweeps ever oUwardfor the salvation of Christmas is coming when judges look for justice and not for loopholes and petty technical'errors in the law. Christmas is coming when men seek not to take unfair avantage one of another but dwell in harmony, learning to love one another as He urges us to do; when men no longer suffer commercialized gambling places; when men no longer, with sunken eyes and fevered brain, clutch a t each other's throats for gold; when stony faces no longer sneer a t breaking hearts; when men are no longer set adrift on the waters of misery by fickle fortune; when their wailing voices are no longer lost in the rumbling roar of greed, Christmas is coming when frail human moths are no longer lured 'to flutter about false lights and drop a t last, burned and bruised, on the cold gray ptones of dissipation. Christmas is coming when women no longer let themselves drift easily down the river of foolish fashion which has its end in the sea of unrest and where the false god of envy waits* »■ Christmas is coming when we grow tolerant; when our Wasting jealousies.are woven into loye and helpness. f ,,Christmas is coming when democracy is, within rather than without our churches; when we follow the Master and not some sectarian interpreter of the Master; when all our churches grow Strong through simple sincerity and as He would have us, become one in His name. When every'man is a t his best every day in the year and ju s t one day in the year, when we LIVE as Christ taught us to Eve, then will Christmas come. CHR ISTM AS SU N D A Y , M , E . CHURCH Sunday School a t'9:15, Note the change of time. P. M. Gillilan is^our superintendent. Music by the orchesrfa. ^ Morning Worship at 10:30. Sermon by pastor. Subject: "Tid­ ings From An Unseen World.” Junior League at 2 p. m. Mrs* Eleanor Johnson is superintend­ ent. ‘ Epworth League at 6 p. n . Sub ject "The Music of Christmas.” Leader, Howard Rogers. Union services at 7 p. in. Sub­ ject : "ThcMcaning of Christmas' Music by the Junior choir undeV the direction of Miss Lucile John son Friday evening, Dec. 21, the Junior choir will give a cantata.. Wc will have an_ old fashioned Christmas tree, with presents for all the children. Old Santa will be on hands to'add Xmas cheer. All are invited. NO R , F . D . D E L IV E R Y There will be ho delivery of mail next Tuesday, Christmas day, for the first time since this branch of the mail service was organized. The local carriers have been notified which by no means is disappointing to them. "TH E CHR ISTM AS K ING ” The Christmas Cantata given at the opera house last Sabbath night more than pleased a capac­ ity house for many were unable to get seats. The cantata was a community offering as a praise service in song. Prof. John A, Talcott drilled the chorus and al- directed the work that evening. It was one of the events at the Christmas time? that will long be remembered. While listning to the „splendid rendition in song of this story we could not help but think of what a fine thing it would be if some of those numbers could be render ed as carols for the benefit of the many "shut-ins” amt older people who could not attend. It certain­ ly would bring pleasure ami joy to the hearts of many who are far over the brow of the hill of life and near the Journey’s end. T H E G IFT O F LO VE "The Gift of Love” a Christ­ mas cantata, based on- favorite classics will be given by the Jun­ ior Choir of the M. IS. church, Friday evening, Dec. 21 at 7:30. Come and licar the old, old story ring again from the hearts and voices of the children. O UR M ONDAY N IG H T W ISH Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. DOG W IL L N O T FORGET CHR ISTM AS T H IS YEAR There is a dog in Washington that Santa Claus will not forget this year, Toga, the young collie pet of Representative Brand, of Urbana, Congressman front this district, will -have bis wish. Toga came along with Mr. Brand when Congress opened and has his "office” with the Ohio Congress­ man. The dull life did not appeal to Toga, „so he was given the freedom of the House office .build ing court; The green grass and al­ ligator pond held no attractions for Toga. He wants to go home. On Christmas day, Toga will be sent back to the farm where he was borrr to romp and play with his kind. He wants to be a dog— not a member of Congress. G IV E LEG IO N YO UR A ID While your family is celebrat­ ing Christmas and making merry during the holidays, in hundreds of homes in this land there will, be sadness; Hundreds of kiddies, some mother's babies, will have no Christmas remembrance. To some it will 1>e a day of sadness, Let the Wallace C. Anderson Post of the American Legion have you raid in giving somc- ing for the Christmas tree fund. Let it not be said that Santa fail­ ed to call oti each boy and girl in the community, oufd be our weak humanity were we. gj ponder on that infant child^we see the growth to manhood .we try to sense the'underlying and determined standards Into whose im&ge we are destined to shape ourselves. - t .** 1 ■ - v* ' ft* ' * J _ * r ' „ I i % We resolve again and then again more properly to reflect His great simplicity, His unconquerable courage and force. Here was determination in action, here was. kindly sympathy in , full expressiori, but here too was bravery and an uncompromis­ ing warfare on all th a t was hollow and a mockery. We fain would sense it, but we weakly fail. *> Have we today one who lashes the money changers from the temple, or. do we rather compromise with conscience for the cash ? Do we lay up our treasures immortal or seek to hide them in the safe deposit vault? do we act in superflcials and orily think in fundamentals? What is this Charity tha t is left to us a heritage—surely but them in the safe deposit vault? Do we act in superflcials and a guide post pointing down the lane of Justice which Qrtee traveled leaves the signpost far behind unneeded in the further march? Ah, Christmas time has little meaning if we cannot garner from it more than sentimental yearning of the hour. I t is the season of the child of course—the time for happy hearts—the strange enchanting moment that thrilled us in the years gone by in the land of toys and the mystery of our Santa Claus. ■« ■ But it is our season, too, even today, Aye, think in the sear and yellow leaf we are not too cold to write another letter, to watch with slippered feet by the burning embers for the gift we would prize so much. Then let us write: Dear Santa; Bring to us bravery and give us understanding of our great complexities. What we want most is strength to -do, Courage to carry on, and Love for humanity, based on understanding. Bring us this holy gift, for this is Christmas time. , ■ ■. .. % m T H E T H R E E “F ’S” The important thing about a Christmas is the way you feel. Not bodily feeling, but heart-fcel- ing. And the heart-feeling should be one of, fun, faith and frolic, . Fun for as many as you can reach. Faith in the fun of giving. Frolic with the nearest deurcst, A Christmas filled with these three "F s ” will shed sparks of happiness' on many a day to come. There is too much running a- bout, to find pleasure—when the greatest joy can be found on our own thresholds—if y tt are deter­ mined to seek it.