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- V" i r "CLIN A TIMES Legend Christmas candles are left burning in window in many countries to light the Christ Child on his way, and to draw friendly travelers in for rest and refreshment But to make sure that no undesirable Here's hoping your Christmas is automatically wonderful! Drive safely over the holidays and enjoy all the warmth and merriment of the season. rwi g GIVQ Tfto s S Xvr Tm mm "JK; ' i i iwbhp" m w v 8 8 to to 8 8 to 8 Mail or bring your E. Ptttigrew St or P. Dear Sir: Enclowd is my Carolina Timet tot Section II. 2 SAT., DECEMBER 24, 1977 l ' .'l , I n evil visitors come in, a candle can be left burning on the hearth with salt sprinkled thickly around. i , J' . OaMKUmkythrafrtiaf SalarAif SiCS mm. 119 449 paa. ILDERTOH DODGE 18$ W.Mais St., Crlum,li.C. Phont 682.3787 "WXQK BEAU MAKWt NffiRtHCF' Ttio Yoor ttcuntl A Voor'o Subscription To ' J,,.. gift subseriotion ordtr to our O. Box 3825. Durham. N. C. check or money ordr for ft. TnHiqnQ HaH aa.avm.aao l iww Tree Upon Which They Hung Gifts In early pioneer days in America, Indian children were invited in to see the Christmas tree and were given extra food. On one occasion in fact, prob- ably on many more than just one - Indians were found dancing around the tree, stamping and whoop ing in the familiar manner of ceremonially excited braves. One can imagine the shock and dismay, on the part of some of our pion eer ancestors. American Indians were accustomed to the idea of giving among themselves, though the habit was The Star of Bethlehem has been attributed to sev eral things through the centuries: a conjunction of the planets Jupiter, Sat urn and Mars; the planet Venus at its brightest ; the sudden appearance of a 4f uu. a-ib 27702. ' . . 4k 8 . V S Srrp.H Snrina FpQt i va 1 ' v tvi w v prompted less by ideas of doing good and sharing with the less fortunate, than the more human one of raising one's prestige, They had, also, a tree up- on which they hung gifts 1 This was considered a sacred spring festival tree, not a Christmas tree. A tribe in North Dakota would plant, each year, a ; young cedar near the big, medicine lodgeChildren brought gifts of mocca-!. sins, pelts, shawls and so : n districts frequent forth to hang on the ed ' by French , trappers, branches of what was who kissed each other as called, with , the simplicity they ' exchanged gifts, it of so-called primitive peo- ' was " known as Kissing pies, Grandmother. nova, or exploring star,. llv surjernatural , and a whollv sunernaturit event i One passage so cited is I Chron.. 21, 16: 'And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord ' standing between earth y and heaven,, and in his ' hand a drawn sword 'stretched out over Jerus-; alem." . Chinese annals record- ed a comet visible for; . about 70 days in March' and April of 5 BC, the! approximate date when many theologians believe I.- JW . Ho lo bbrn ... V,''.'. may tho Joy - ; fr of His coming , ( . . ' - brlghton " 1 all your days MOIITH CAROLINA MUTUAL Jv; TQ " M" ""OB eoMPANV ' I v ' ' " . 1 I In the fall, Grandmoth er was uprooted and set afloat on the Missouri riv er for a long journey into the Great Beyond. Much in the way that Alaskans are reported to have set adrift their old folks, up on the icy water floes. The Indians of course recognized that the white brothers' Christmas was an important occasion. It came to be called by tribes The Big Eating. By oth- V;'- 99 Jesus actually was born. V The Bible in certain places gives a hint of comets. Scholars today ask: "Was it a comet, with its tail extended far, south "S wftrH likA a sword?" Thev note that Pliny, the Ro man naturalist, classified ipejn..::vty9 of their nation. swora-snapea josepnus tol.t i. the historian noted1 that an'' AD 66 comet, perhaps Haley's, stood like a swprd in the sky Yer Jerusalem. "The simile may have been suggested to him by I Chronicles, but the shape of the ; coniet apparently justified it,' one historian writer has , observed. When, according to the Bible, in verse 27, God "put his sword back in its sheath," perhaps the com et lost its tail, as they sometimes do. spirit clCbrista2S:..' : Mk RULE IMS EilBRMD j&LIGIiS SHE Wli C. Throughout the centurr ies men of all faiths have acknowledged the Golden . Rule as a vital, intrinsic , part of their faith, and ex ; pressed it thus: BAHAIISM -1 "If thou , lookest .toward justice, choose', then; for others '' what i thou choosest for thyself. Blessed is he who 1 prefers his brother before himself." 'V BltAHMANlSM "This is, the ; sumfdutyl Do naught unto'others which would cause you pain if done to you." v ; BUDDHISM "In five . waj'f ; should Va clansman minister to his5 friends and familiars: By generosity, courtesy and .benevolence, treating them as he treats himself and by being as good as his word." , CHRISTIANITV-"A11 things' " whatsoever you. would that men should do ' to ypu, do you .even to, W the law and the prophets." CONFUCUNISM "Is there one word which may serve as a rule to practice for all one's life ? The fas ter said, 'Is hot reciproc ity (sympathy, considera tion) such a, word? What you do hot want done to yourself, do not unto others.'" ' V'h HINDUISM "The life giving breaths of other creatures are as dear to them as the breaths of one's1 own self. Men gifted with intelligence and pur ified souls should always treat others as they them selves wish to be treated." JAINISM'i-.v;Indiffer-ent to" worldly objects, a man should wander about, treating all creatures in the world as he, bimself would be treated." . , ,JUPAISM?Thpu shait love thy neighbor as thy .self.". 4l). . ' "H MOHAMMEDANISM "No one of you is a believ er until he loves for bis brother, what he loves for himself." SIKHISM - "As thou deemest thyself, so deem others; then shalt thou become a partner in Heaven." SHINTOISM "Irre and culture, men should give mutual aid, and enjoy reciprocal, peaceful pleas ure by showing in their conduct that they are brethren," TAOISM "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and regard your neighbor's loss as your own loss." , ZOROASTRIANISM "That nature alone is good which refrains from do ing unto another whatso ever is not good for itself. Traditionalists will say that the Golden Rule, ad- mtroKio ;w nr,'J if ?a Spirit of, Christmas. Man continues to strive more or less to em ulate the Son of God and of Man -4 and especially at Christmas-time. He fails 'miserably, in many casea; .this . cannot be denied. Why, then, can we not reach for some thing attainable such as the Golden Rule? Durban Stucbnts Narad To Who's Who Miss Deborah J. Peaks, a student in the School of Communications, of 1 4A Dorothy Drive, and Joseph H. Martin, Jr., a student in the Washington, d.c. "W'J".V""V: ",v- fJKL r, m t. . ! Hope anew was born for all mankind that night in Bethlehem - may all your hopes be fulfilled this Christmas season. INGOLD TIRE CO. 906 W. MAIN ST. "I , ; ; 1 u:no:i hahd PU3LIC AFrfJHS UA11A63R : " H. S. (Sid) Linton has been appointed public affairs manager for the North Carolina Division of General Telephone Co. of the South east, 1 1 - ' : A: native of Wakulla County, Florida, he grew up in Rockingham, N. C. and is a . Prior to joining General Telephone, he was employed in public relations at the corporate headquarters of Carolina Power Light Co. in Raleigh. His appointment was announced by Claude 0. Sykes, vice president and .general manager of General Telephone Co.'s North Caro lina Division. named to "Who's . Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1977-1978. Miss Peaks and Martin liinirtiWiinii- (ili7ii-fifrii(liffioTilfiriiiiilfrtVrfiiiw DURHAM, N. C. Send Tht J f to ....... ....... I NAME..... STREET ...........P.O.Box. CITY STATE ... 8 to 1 YEAR $8.84 2 YEARS $17.68 SENT BY. .. . , ....... . . . . . . . . . . 8
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