《christmas》

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the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival。



         〃Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes

          Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated;

          This bird of dawning singeth all night long;

          And then; they say; no spirit dares stir abroad;

          The nights are wholesome… then no planets strike;

          No fairy takes; no witch hath power to charm;

          So hallow'd and so gracious is the time。〃



Amidst the general call to happiness; the bustle of the spirits; and

stir of the affections; which prevail at this period; what bosom can

remain insensible? It is; indeed; the season of regenerated feeling…

the season for kindling; not merely the fire of hospitality in the

hall; but the genial flame of charity in the heart。

  The scene of early love again rises green to memory beyond the

sterile waste of years; and the idea of home; fraught with the

fragrance of home…dwelling joys; reanimates the drooping spirit; as

the Arabian breeze will sometimes waft the freshness of the distant

fields to the weary pilgrim of the desert。

  Stranger and sojourner as I am in the land… though for me no

social hearth may blaze; no hospitable roof throw open its doors;

nor the warm grasp of friendship welcome me at the threshold… yet I

feel the influence of the season beaming into my soul from the happy

looks of those around me。 Surely happiness is reflective; like the

light of heaven; and every countenance; bright with smiles; and

glowing with innocent enjoyment; is a mirror transmitting to others

the rays of a supreme and ever…shining benevolence。 He who can turn

churlishly away from contemplating the felicity of his

fellow…beings; and can sit down darkling and repining in his

loneliness when all around is joyful; may have his moments of strong

excitement and selfish gratification; but he wants the genial and

social sympathies which constitute the charm of a merry Christmas。



                        THE END



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