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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
6
A reflective Christmas poem by Helen Marion Burnalde contrasts bare earth with festive hope. It recalls the guiding star, the Nativity, and the welcome of Christ for all, urging goodwill and peace on earth through prayers and praise.
A lyrical meditation on the Bethlehem Star’s enduring light. The poem reflects on science and faith, the Holy Night, and a mother’s hope for her child as the Star guides shepherds and parents alike. Aloysius Collin is credited as designer.
A poem excerpt describing the Christmas Star journeying through night with a slender taper, observed by a child in reverent awe. The star’s light links to a divine sign, as the child and mother witness the holy moment, merging wonder with faith. Grace MaeGowan Cooke’s lines from The Sunday Magazine are quoted as the source.
The text portrays a heartwarming Christmas mood filling streets and stores with warmth. Citizens, shop girls, and passersby share smiles as bells toll, creating a universal glow. It notes how rich and poor, young and old, all feel the generous spirit of the season.
A reflective verse evokes a radiant star in the East guiding away from darkness. The speaker imagines Bethlehem’s star enduring beyond the cosmos, its beams surpassing planets as the world turns and time remains steadfast in the enduring light.
A fragmented verse by Clinton Scollaré extols holly as symbol of happiness and cheer. It urges hanging holly high as the year’s glory lights the sky, celebrating hearth and the dearest day of earth.
A long dusty track winds through a harsh Australian landscape as miners head to a camp for Christmas. Dust coats trees, wagons, and attire amid roving horsemen, sailors of labor, and a diverse crowd including Japanese, Chinese, and a wandering preacher with his daughter. Christmas carols rise over the camp, heralded by a bell and a singing crowd.
A desert dusted camp on the edge of a great mining rush awakens to Christmas revelry. Afghan drovers and camels mingle with burrowing diggers as tents glow with Chinese lanterns, gamblers drift, and a chorus of church and street amid bar rooms and dancing halls celebrates a holy night.
Minna Irving retells a Christmas Eve scene from Leslie's Weekly where a deserting lad longs for home and his mother's embrace. amid winter imagery he returns to find her gone, dead, and he arrives too late, kneeling at the wreath and bells with a grieving orphan’s cry.
A poetic reminiscence on a traveler in Bethlehem Town who encounters an angel, shepherds, and wise men. The speaker reflects on the crown and the cross, noting that the one lifted on Calvary redeems all. The verses end with reverent contemplation of Jesus and the blood shed for salvation.
The verses describe a starry Judean night and angels with censers above a humble manger. A tender babe sleeps, more radiant than precious incense and Arabia’s aromas, inviting worshippers to bring their best treasures of faith and love.
The verse celebrates Christmas as the silent skies and nature whisper the Christ birth. It envisions creation singing when the quiet break occurs and urges faithful living as tribute to the newborn King Jesus.
A verse of Yuletide longing and seasonal imagery echoes through holly boughs and evergreen pines. It speaks of festive berries, verdant leaves, and a serene reverence for the divine with phrases of faith and hopeful praise.
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