A CHRISTMAS
MEDITATION
Submitted by
The Rev. Victor Alfsen
“The grace of God that bringeth
salvation hath appeared to all
men.”—Titus 2,11.
What glorious Christmas prom
ise of redeeming grace in these
words, “The grace of God that
bringeth salvation hath appeared
to all men.” Unfortunately, many
people do not know the meaning
of “grace.” Once after Dwight L.
Moody had studied the Biblical
term “grace” for several days, he
asked the first man he met, “Do
you know anything about grace?”
“Grace who?” the man replied.
A child, wide-eyed in amaze
ment at the colorful Christmas
scene in a Saint Louis depart
ment-store window, pointed to the
cradled Babe and eagerly asked,
“Who’s that?” When the mother
answered, “Jesus,” the child con
tinued uncertainly, “Jesus who,
Mom?”
Similarly, if we would inquire
of people in this holiday rush,
“Do you know anything about
Mary and Joseph?” many of them
would counter: “Mary who?
Joseph who? Do you mean Joseph
Stalin?” If we would say to our
financiers, “Do you know the way
of redemption?” many would an
swer: “What redemption? Re
demption of war bonds?” If we
would put the question to brok
ers: “What do you think of Beth
lehem?” many would demand:
“WThat Bethlehem? Bethlehem |
Steel?” How necessary, then, to j
help others find the heart of j
Christmas is this truth that “thei
grSee of God,” the undeserving
mercy our heavenly Father shows
us, “hath appeared to all men.”
For centuries men had been
totally baffled by the strange
writings which were found in
Egypt, the hieroglyphics. Then
in 1799 there was discovered the |
Rosetta Stone. Upon that stone |
were three parallel columns, in
hieroglyphics, demotic, and
Greek. There was the key.
Greek men knew. Using what
they knew, they unraveled the
mystery of the hieroglyphics.
Christ has been exactly this to
innumerable people. He has me
diated to them God. The distant
and incomprehensible, for whom
their hearts longed, became near
and real and understandable in
Jesus. “He that hath seen me
hath seen the Father.”
A mother put her little daugh
ter to bed, and turned out the
light. The child anxiously asked,
“But Mother, I to be left
alone, and in the dark too?” “Yes,
my dear,” answered the mother,
“but you know you have God
with you all the time.” The little
gsrl replied, “Yes, I know that
God is here, but I want someone
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Seventh Graders to
Attend Christmas
Party Tonight
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hudgins will
entertain students of the seventh
grade at a Christmas party to- j
night at the Grange hall. Mr.
and Mrs. Lee LaCross are co
hosts at the party which will
start at 7 p.m.
Invitations to all students of |
the seventh grade have been ex
tended to attend the party where
Santa Claus will be a special
guest. A Christmas tree will
form the main decorations for the
party and there will be gifts for
all. Mr. and Mrs. Hudgins and
Mr. and Mrs. LaCross have also
extended invitations to the par
ents to join the teen-agers for re
freshments which will be served
about 9 p.m.
StiiHontc mhn avp to hp in at
tendance include Barbara Hud
gins. daughter of the hosts, Verna i
Adams, Marie Bennett, Carol
Berry, Carol Beyir, Judy Brant,
Rosetta Myers, Sandra Sollers,
Sharon McCartney, Karon Mc
Cartney, Wilda Harris, Louise
Loberg, Jereme Shephan, Betty
Jenne Clark, Betty Jo Wendt,
Carola Jo Driggers,
Patty Turnner, Roma Culver,
Lane Rice, Ronnie Aklestad, Paul
Davis, Lester Marth, Tony Hil
derman, Fred Loyer, Warren
Woods, Laddie Huntley, Johnny
Bob Reed, Francis Terapelli, Jim
McNeese, John Casper, Victor
Klem, Nicky Nickly, Darryal
Morrison, Bill Lentz, Richard
Burnett.
who has a face.”
This is the Christmas Discovery
—that God has spoken in a lan
guage that men can understand—
their own language, the language
of human character. Paul speaks
of Jesus as “the image of the in
visible God.”
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New Year to Find the
i Jack Newcombs Setting
Out on High Adventure
The New Year should find Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Newcomb setting
out on high adventure, on a long
planned visit to strange and un
usual West Indies ports, making
stops as their fancy dictates.
The well-known Palmer couple
left here Wednesday on the first
leg of an extended trip which is
their first jaunt to the states
for several years and which is
also to take them to the “far
away places.” They traveled
from here to Whitehorse by bus i
and from there planned to fly on
to Edmonton. They were to buy
Mr. Newcomb a “fancy store suit i
there” before continuing on to j
Montreal, Canada, for another
shopping tour before arriving in j
New York. Mr. Newcomb said, (
prior to his departure, that he j
“wanted to have at least one suit j
in his wardi’obe before going to;
the big city.”
After spending a week or so
in New York,1 the couple is to
set out on a no-itinerary trip for
the West Indes. They plan to go
from one off-the-beaten-track is
land to another, making up their
minds what they want to see as
they go along. They will travel
as much as possible by inter-is
land schooner and will probably
take in the Dominican Islands,
Granada and Caymans Islands.
They expect to be back in the:
Valley in about three months. j
Kiwanis %lub to Hold
Xmas Party Tomorrow
The first annual Palmer Ki
wanis Club Christmas party will
be held tomorrow night when
members, their guests and their
families gather at Carpenter’s
hall. The party will be from 6
p.m. to 7 p.m. with all the Yule
tide trimmings, including a
Christmas tree, Santa Claus and
gifts for the children. Refresh
ments of candy, ice cream and
cookies will also be served.
Youth and old
age will be served
with a Merry
Christmas ^
VALLEY CLEANERS
MOOSE LODGES PLAN
SOCIAL EVENING
Holiday parties here next week
will include a social evening to
| be held immediately following
| the regular meetings of the Pal-,
mer Moose Lodge and the Women
of the Moose on Tuesday, Decem
ber 26. A full evening of enter
tainment is on the program with
Mooseheart pictures to be shown
and square dancing. Refresh
ments will also be served. On the
committee of arrangements for
the party are Bill Roark, Mar
garet Lucas and Genevieve Mof
fitt. |
BARROW HAS ITS OWN NEW
ARMORY-COMMUNITY HOUSE
Point Barrow, farthest north
point of Alaska, now has its own
new combination armory-commu
nity house. A true community \
spirit was demonstrated at Bar- j
row when the Air Force, Navy, !
National Guard and townspeople
Gay Holiday Plans
iMade by Lodge Owners
! Gay holiday plans are now be
| ing made for Hallea lodge, Hal
| and Lea Halvorsen, owners, an
| nounced this week. On Christ -
! mas Eve a big party has been
planned with a Christinas tree
and all the Yuletide decorations.
Guests who plan to spend the
week end at the lodge are also
invited to bring their Christmas
gifts and place them on the tree
for the big “family” party.
On Christmas day there will be
an open house and buffet party
at the lodge from 1 p.m. to 6
p.m. Mrs. Halvorsen plans to
serve all manner of Alaskan deli
cacies at the buffet, she said in
making the announcement.
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