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tHE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

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Rocky Mountain Saddler

256 Lansdowne Street
Kamloops, B.C.

MAKERS OF FINE LEATHER GOODS

LWADING SADDLE MAKE:
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Wrangler, Levi's, Lee Coats, Shirts, Pants

MAIL ORDERS FILLED SAME DAY

From

Village Service
and Staff

No Christmas would be complete
for us without an expression _
of the warm feeling that we have
. for our many loyal and appreciative
friends. A Merry Christmas and
—~_ @ Happy New Year to all,

Christmas Messages From The Churches

How strangely the words of these
two verses go together,, ‘A Saviour
:.. Christ, the Lord... a babe wrap-
ped in swaddling clothes and lying
in a manger.”

We have read and heard these
phrases so often that the surprise has
gone out of them. Yet how incred-
ible and how impossible they are.
when we: consider them. Would: Al-
mighty God bring us a Saviour, Christ
the Lord asa babe, wrapped in swad-
ling clothes and lying in a manger?
Was a stable the place to expect a
Saviour?

This is what Christmas is, and
means. It is precisely the fact that
these things are so that brings
Christmas to every corner of the
world. For in the birth of Jesus of
Bethlehem, the good news is given.

G. K. Chesterton, writing in his
netebook trom which came all of his
great works, once jotted down,

“Christmas Day,
but if you ask me
, I know not,

It is a track of feet in the snow,
Tt is a lantern showing a path,
It is a door set open.”

“A door set open” to the Father!

Christmas Message
From The Premier

The following is the annual
Christmas Message from the Hon-
curable W. A. C. Bennett, premier
of British Columbia:

“Once again the festivities of the
Christmas Season are with ua.

As Premier of this province, it is
my sincere hope that everyone may
enjoy to the full, the good things
associated with this Holy Season nct
only on Christmas Day, but through-
out the gays of the year ahead,

Believing that the Christmas mes-
sage of “Peace on Earth, Goodwill
to Men,” can become a reality to us
all, may I extend, in all sincerity, to
the people of British Columbia, the
traditional greeting — MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR.” »

Greetings

Once again it’s the time of the year for Joy and

Merziment, and we wish to take a moment to

extend to all our friends our very best wishes for a
Holiday Season full of goed cheex and happy times,

from the Staff of

Borkowski’s “eswear

To believe that God is above us is one
thing. To believe that God is able to
give us power and strength is still a
more inspiring and upholding belief.
But*to believe that God is not only
Almighty, that He is not only self-
sufficient, hut that He is God with us,
God the near, God the understanding
and the intimate — that is the best
of all. ‘The eternal Wather coming
down into human life. It is a stu-
pendous theme.

There are now millions of tracks
in the snow leading to Bethlehem.
The lantern showing the Way shines
as brightly as ever. The Door is set
open. “For unto you is born tits day
in the city of David, a Saviour, whien
is Christ the Lord.”

Rey. J. Colelough.

Once again we are accorded the
privilege of sending a Christmas
Message to the readera of the Tri-
hune, which privilege we deeply ap-
preciate.

As we look around the stores we
see them gay with decorations, and
many articles are displayed as suit-
able gifts for young and old. Yes,
it is a time for family reunions, giv-
ing and receiving’ of gifts, and gen-
eral happiness for all. Children have
been trying to guess what Santa will
bring them on this occasion. Perhaps
some have even written notes to tell
him what they would like him to

bring them. True, it is a happy season
for all. It is the children’s great Day
in the whole year.

When-we give a little serious
thought to the matter, I’m afraid thaz
many of us realize that we have stray-
ed rather far from the real meaning
of Christmas. In other words, many
of us in our enthusiasm over the ma-
terial things have lost touch some-
what with the deeper, the spiritual
meaning.

During the past four weeks the
Christian Church has kept the Sea-
son of Advent, a Season of prepara-
tion for the coming of the Christ
Child. But Christians are hidden to
look a little further ahead. While
preparing for the Feast of the Na-
tivity, we should be preparing for
the Second Coming, that of the King
of the World, and, too, we should not
forget His regular Coming, week
after week, thrugh the Means which
‘He. Himself appointed for 9 Meeting
between Master and: Followers.

We should also bear in mind the
fact that He came, and comes, not
oulp for the adults, but also for the
children, We dare not deny Him to
those younger ones who ure placed
in our care.

Christmas, the Children’s Feast,
is a glorious one indeed, and we do
rightly to make it as happy for them
as‘we possibly can, and very few fail
in this; but do let us bear in mind
that the Saviour did not remain a
Child. We are told ‘He increased in
Wisdom. and Stature.” Our children
too ,inerease in stature day by day,
but do they really increase in wis-
dom? This, My Friends, really com-
mences int the home, and we as Par-
ents are responsible for our Chil-
dren's inerease in Wisdom, Divine
especially, but also Secular. Our chil-
dren learn from the examples we set
them — good or bad — long before
they can speak or understand what
we say to them. In the atmosphere of
the home life the character of the
child is moulded.

Let us remember this when we
kneel in Bethlehem this Christmas-
tide, (Bethlehem means ‘House or
Breod’ and every Christian Altar is
@ Bethlehem where the Living Bread
from Heaven is partaken of by the
Faithful) and let us offer the Christ
Child our very best gift, the gift of
our most sincere love through our
lives and the lives of our children.
Then, and only then, will we be
worthy to receive His Great Gift to us
— Eternal Lite in the Kingdom ot
Goa.

And that is. why the “Word was
made Flesh and dwelt among us,”
that we may all inereease in the Faith
and Wisdom of the Family of God.

We wish you all a Holy, Happy
Christmas, and a Bright dnd Pros-
perous New Year.

Geo, J. Fielder, Vicar.

Knowing the Christ of Christinas
John the Baptist said to certain
enquirers: “There standeth One
among you whom ye know not.” The
One refererd to was Jesus Christ.
We find ourselves standing upon
the threshold of another Christmas
and there seems to be an ever in-
creasing lack of enthusiasm or in-
terest in this particular season of the
year, One cannot but wonder and tee)

alarmed as we look at the blatant
display of mockery in all walks of
life at this time of year. For when
the Christian world on this day com-
memorates the birth of Jesus Christ,
The Savior, and all celebrations are
supposed to be centered around this
event, man defies, disobeys and be-
comes guilly of sacrilege, for sin
abounds, lusts are allowed to run
rampant, drunkenness and revelry is
appalling. When the purpose of
Christ’s birth was to redeem man
from sin. ‘His name shall be ealled
Jesus for He shall save His people
from their sins.” Has He failed? NO
— But it seems there stands One
among you whom ye know not.

Who is this Christ?— He is the
son of God, He is the Lamb of Goa
which has taken the sin of the World.
He is the Lord’s anointed, The Prince
of Lite, He is the only Mediator be-
tween God and man — “The man
Christ Jesus,” He is the same yéster-
day and today, and forever: He is
sent forth to be a propitiation for
our sins through faith in His blood.
God has given Him a name whieh is
above every name and at the name
of Jesus every knee shall bow. Just
to think that wrapped in the veit of
human flesh in the person of this
Christ Child, lies fhe solution to the
great need and ery of the human
heart and the solution to this sin sick
old world. Yet He stands among as
unknown, unrecognized and rejected.

It seems tragic that One horn, as
Messiah, King, Prince of life and
Savior, should go unrecognized by
the multitude of His day: But it js
even more tragic that today after al-
Most two thousand years of Gospel
preaching and enjoying many of the
benefits that Christ has given yet He
goes unrecognized by the multitude.
The One who said “Come unto Me
and I will give you rest.” Of whom
John said, “But as many as received
Him, to them gave He power to be
come the Sons of God, even to thein
that believe on His name.” This love-
ly Christ whose birthday we com-
memorate at this time of the year
stands unknown, unrecognized, blos-
phemed mocked and rejected.

The-One who was Glad Tidings of
Great Joy — Peace Good Will to-

femme

joann
ward men, God's answer and remedy
for man’s sin. The Only Way, The
Only Hope, The Only Peace — stands
unknown. This One who was born to
die for our sins, who paid our penal-
ty, died our death, that He might
reconcile us unto God.

This is not church membership,
not turning over a new leaf, not ref-
ormation, but it is Tegeneration,
coming to know personally the One
who stands among us. ‘The sacred
writer declared “Beleive on the Lord
Jesus Christ and thou shall be
saved.”

You surrender yourself, your life,
your all, to the Christ of Christmas
and you will find this to be thé best,
happiest Christmas of your lif.e

Rey. C. Faweett,

Christmas has become a time of
great feasting — dinnera, suppers,
lunches, snacks, parties. All to cele-
brate the birthday of Christ. It
might, be well to print the view of
Christ Himself on such feasting:
“When thou givest a dinner or a
supper, do not invite thy friends, or
thy brethren, or thy, relatives, or
thy rich neighbors, lest perhaps they
also invite thee in return, and a
recompense be made to thee. But
when thou givest a feast, invite tha
poor, the crippled, the lame, the
blind; and blessed shalt thou be, be-
cause they have nothing to, repay
thee with; for thou shalt be repaid
at the ressurection of the just.”

We believe there is a soul-search-
ing Christinas message in that view

the adult Christmas. There is
much talk about putting Christ back
into Christmas. This message points
o the heart of Christmas feasting,
the Sacred’ Heart of Kindness. This
spirit of the Christ-Child is meant to
be extended to every feast and
party, every big dinner and big sup-
per throughout the year. It means
breaking through the narrowness of
the family circle, and the favored
cirele, to bring*in on the fun.the less
fortunate and the less favored.

The Priests of the Sacred
Heart Parish,
Williams Lake, B.C.

May the light of the Holiday Season
shine bright and long upon you

and yours; and nay its cheerful

glow remain.with you forever...”

Neufeld Bros.

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