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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
10
A New York World fragment evokes Christmas blessings for the forlorn and wandering. The text prays for the Holy Child to bring brotherhood and guidance to those without a home and to inspire a kinder kinship with all living beings as they tread field and forest paths.
George Cashel denounces modern Christmas as a feast driven secular display. He urges humble worship and self denial honoring the Savior before indulging in meals and gifts, warning against treating God as an afterthought.
Heppy and perhaps another man leave schooldays and home gatherings to sing the old hymns and join readings of the Christmas chapters in a simple church service meant to keep alive the true spirit of the day.
A Christmas prayer text from New York World greets the world on Christmas morning. It thanks God for blessings and asks grace for mankind to improve and renew the earth with each passing year. The prayer seeks temperance faith and to sing glory to God with peace on earth.
Rev Dr Robert B MacArthur quotes in Horlatic Review urging inner peace and Christ born in hearts not just in gifts. The message contrasts worldly strife with holy song and calls for kindness, harmony, and reverence in the Christmas season.
The excerpt echoes a devotional Christmas plea urging steadfast faith amid life’s battles. It calls readers to remember Bethlehem’s tale and the kneeling shepherds, and to keep men true for Christmas Day.
Fragmentary holiday verse from Hallelujah in a garbled chant about Child Jesus born in Bethlehem, with broken phrases on angels, oxen, and savior imagery. The text shows severe OCR errors and unclear line structure.
The text appears as a religious verse from the New York Tribune praising the Christ Child and asking for guidance. It emphasizes innocence, prayers, and a call to follow Christ’s gospel, expressed in a ceremonial editorial style. The lines evoke imagery of unblemished faith and protection.
A nostalgic snippet of a Christmas hymn describing heavenly tidings and a child born to bring joy and salvation. The verse thanks the Christ child for mercy and eternal peace, imagining a heart prepared as a quiet chamber for the savior.
A correspondent asks how dating from Christ could be, noting Dionysius Exiguus set the AD system in 538 AD and that early Christians dated from Rome’s founding. The reply suggests the system is imperfect and cites various ancient dating references and Olympiad counts.
Fragmented verse echoes the refrain Watchman tell us of the night with questions on signs of morning. Traveler answers with promises of light and peace as dawn approaches, yet a stray line hints at doubt and turmoil clouding the scene.
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