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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, DECEMBER
25, 1915
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HRISTMAS comes as it has for centuries, in
spite of all the jarring voices that war a
gainst its gracious message. Its song . of
"peace otn earth" rang out into a world
that had little welcome for it; that denied even the
right to live to Him who translated its music into a
human life. It was a song of faith. Drowned a
thousand times by the discordant shouts of hate and
war, it has not faltered in the calm confidence of
the truth it was given to proclaim. Again and
again as the tumult and the shouting have died a
way, it has been heard still flooding earth and sky
with its holy melody.
It is the song of the world's great optimist.
There were ears that heard it even amid the dark
ness which fell-upon that "green hill far away with
out a city wall." Ears there are that will hear it
this year despite the clash of hostile armies and the
roar of a thousand cannon. Multitudes there are
who will sing it with the same confident faith as in
those days of peace wheal they trusted reason was
soon to take the place of war. To doubt the final
triumph of the truth sung to the world in the "Glad
Here's wishing you a
very Merry Christmas
and may the New Year
be one of Peace, Pros
perity and Happiness to
you and yours.
: In order that the Public Iiedgea
force may take a few days recreation
there will be no paper issued during
the Holidays. The office will be open
all the week to greet friends. The
Public Ledger will come to you with
renewed vigor on Wednesday, Janu
ary 5, 1916.
Tidings" of its first Christmas day, js to sail a sea
without a bottom or a shore, chart and compass lost.
We do hot hesitate then to send out our Christ
mas greeting. The things that are seen are temporal.
It is in tie realm of the unseen that we must seek
just now that which, abides in the Christmas mes
sage and which no night of war, save for a time, can
dim with its primeval darkness. Perhaps only such
horror as this could forever sicken the world of war.
If we dare not, wish our readers a Merry Christ
mas, we do wish them all the gladness homes and
hearts may know when faith and hope and love still
live. To all little children who look forward to he
day with joy we send our wish for a: very "Merry
Christmas." Notwithstanding the pajiind loss the
year has brought, we shall find the Christmas joy
just mi proportion as we strive to kindle it in other
hearts" Never was need greater 'since time began
that each-of us live out toward-all men everywhere
the spirit of the imperishable '"Peace on Earth,
Good Will Toward Men."
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