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      Nce More Christmas Is Near At Hand, And ...

      NCE more Christmas is near at hand , and once again we hear th Christmas under-tone , the Leit-Motiv of which is the an ^ el-sona f

      peace and goodwill i 'li , never l ost amids 1 t th j _ 1 _ e ever-varyin g harmonies <• > 5 f the changing years—a strain which partakes , happily , of the 4 semni

      ¦ tern hrase a gl of oria — the — ' modern of «•¦ the •§ ancient poet , a h th ymnis ing t i s , beau wh ile t ty' t and is ¦ , ' ' in a joy the _ for rounded " - ever > - ' * l 4 Mr LjfJ »

      Translated from the musing of the mystic into the freer atmosphere of every-day life ; born in the manger at Bethlehem ; cradled in the shrines

      of the elder Latin Church ; and now made part of the fully-developed

      social religionism of the nineteenth century , Christmas still lives on

      and even the world ot commerce shares something ot its radiance . As the sacred lyrist truly sings : There are in this loud stunning tide

      With Of whom human the care melodies and crime abide , Of th' everlasting chime

      Who Throug carry h music dusky in lane their and li , e wra art ngling mart .

      That such a view of Christinas is no mere high-flown sentiment , no poet ' s dream , is proved by the of strong its influence hold which And the bv season the has upon consent the affections with which of all as who we have reminded come within hv the

      ra ran nge ^ e of its influence . , and by the common common consent with which . , , as we are are reminded by flip the plates in Messrs . Letts & Co . ' s Yule-Tide , amidst an Australian summer or under an Indian sun , the festival is kept with as genuine heartiness as in the Polar regions or in our own

      fitful climate . This much , even at the risk of being charged with a vain repetition , must be said of the celebration ; and we challenge eacli reader who listens to the bells as they

      Ring in the Christ that is to be , to dispute the supremacy of Christmas , old yet ever new , tinged with sorrowful memories , it

      may be , yet always bearing its message of rejoicing to those who have ears to hear and hearts to feel .

      And so , in welcome profusion , Christmas books , Christmas cards , Christmas letters , Christmas feasts , Christmas services , Christmas wishes , are before us and around us , either in

      anticipation or reality ; and if the time-honoured , though not always harmonious ' waits' have not yet roused us from our slumbersand the carol-singers have not yet trolled forth their

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1883, page 1178, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121883/page/2/