stantially the same meaning always and everywhere? It has always meant the birth and the promised triumph of light, of warmth, of life. What does it mean to the Christian? Light, love, life. What does it mean to the world? Truth, love, life. It is a day of prophecy, a day of promise. Every good thing that we dream of or hope for must come to us as the result of truth, love, and larger and grander life. So there is nothing that we can aspire after or hope for or attain that is not prefigured by the Christmas hope. And does it not seem a pity that we cannot hasten it a little faster? It is your day, and it is my day. It does not belong to the orthodox Christian nor to the Christian at all exclusively. It belongs to every child that rejoices in the sun and believes in Him who has given us the sun. Why should we wait so long to realize a little more of the Christian cheer? We have learned that the finest and sweetest joys that we ever taste are those we see in the eyes of our friends. We have learned, as I said before, the solidarity of humanity, that one cannot be happy alone. We have learned that the way to help ourselves is to forget ourselves. Why do we confine the beautiful experiment to a few brief days clustered round the Christmas time? Why not let it become a great river of good will that shall flow, flowerbordered and fruit-lined, through every month of the year until its current shall sweep round the wide earth? Father, we thank Thee for this day, the meanings of it, the universality of it; and we ask that light and love and life may come in greater fulness to us all, and that we may not be content to drink either of them from lone cups, but may pour out to others of our supply, realizing the miracle of the cruse that was never empty, but only grew the fuller the more it filled other empty cups. So may we learn the divine secret of this time, and give ourselves in order that we may find. Amen. Life. 12mo. The Minister's Hand-book." For Christenings, Weddings, and Funerals. Cloth Sacred Songs for Public Worship. A Hymn and Tune 1.00 1.50 Unitarian Catechism. With an Introduction by E. A. Horton. 1.50 Cloth, "" 1.00 -75 Mr. Savage's weekly sermons are regularly printed in pamphlet form in "Unity Pulpit." Subscription price, for the season, $1.50; single copies, 5 cents. GEO. H. ELLIS, Publisher, 141 Franklin St., Boston, Mass. Published weekly. Price $1.50 a year, or 5 cents single copy. Entered at the Post-office, Boston, Mass., as second-class mail matter. CALENDAR, 1891. This is a publisher's announcement, but we present here a fac-simile of the signature of M.J. Savage as it appears under his portrait on the Calendar card which we have issued, and upon which is mounted a block containing a selection made by Mrs. Dora Bascom Smith from Mr. Savage's writings, for each day in the year. For personal use or for a Christmas or New Year's gift, it will be found useful and ornamental. Price, 50 cents. Sent postpaid. GEORGE H. ELLIS, PUBLISHER, 141 Franklin Street, BOSTON. |