Christmas
Devotion
By
RT.
KEV.
J.
B.
GIBSON,
Bishop
of
Caledonia
"Unto
you
is
born
this
day
.
.a
Saviour
which
is
Christ
the
Lord."
Tnli
is
the
good
tidings
which
the
Angel
brought
to
the
shepherds
on
the
night
that
Christ
was
born.
He
came
to
be
the
Saviour
of
all
mankind.
He
has
so
impressed
Himself
upon
the
world
that
today
all
roads
lead
io
Bethlehem
and
multitudes
of
every
people,
nations,
and
languages
fall
on
their
knees
before
the
Infant
Saviour.
But
it
is
not
enough
to
recognize
the
power
,
of
Jesus
to
save
the
world.
We
must
begin
to
make
the
potentiality
actual.
Where
shall
we
begin?
.Just
where
our
Lord
Himself
began.
When
He
set
out
to
bring
in
the
Kingdom
of
God
what
did'
He
do?
Did
He
first
attempt
to
change
conditions
by
trying
to
persuade
the
politicians
to
enact
more
equitable
laws?
Did
He
try
to
work
through
committees
to
bring
hostile
nations,
together
and
see
If
they
could
not
agree
on
some
International
plan
of
peace?
Did
He
write
a
book
on
the
"Brotherhood
of
Man"
and,
propose
in
it
an
economic
scheme
that
would
embody
the
idea
of
brotherhood?
No.
He
did
none
of
these
things.
Not
because-
He
was
not
interested
In
those
ends
but
because
He
knew
that
was
not
the
place
to
begin,
that
the
secret
or
the
world's
salvation
lay
in
the
salvation
first
of
Individual
hearts
and
lives.
If
He
could
only
change
men
He
could
change
Institutions
so
He
went
out
to
save
the
individual
men
and
women.
He
never
took
any
direct
step
towards
changing
institutions
except
in
just
that
way.
Now
what
does
this
mean
but
that
the
first
application
of
the
Christmas
"Glad
tidings"
of
a
Saviour
Is
to
our
own
souls.
"Unto
you
Is
born
...
a
Saviour."
He
came
to
save
us
from
our
sins
from
the
things
that
separate
us
from
God
and
from
our
fellowman,
I
feel
sure
we
have
believed
that
all
our
lives.
We
have
celebrated
the
fact
every
Christmas.
But
has
the
potential
ever
become
real?
Has
Christ
actually
saved
us
from
our
sins?
Do
we
love
God
with
all
our
heart,
mind,
soul,
and
strength
and
our
neighbor
as
ourselves?
Have
we
so
completely
given
ourselves
to
Christ
that
He
can
depend
on
us
to
be
His
faithful
soldier
and
servant
unto
our
life's
end?
Merely
celebrating
the
Divine
Christmas
event
will
not
save
us,
nor
will
it
save
the
world.
We
must
go
further
and
offer
to
the
Incarnate
Lord
the
complete
devotion
of
our
lives
and
then
we
shall
be
ready
to
help
make
His
salvation
real
in
the
world
about
us.
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Full
Gospel
Tabernacle
Rev.
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I-inney,
Paslor
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221
Cth
Ave.
West
CHRISTMAS
SERVICES
Sundav.
11:00
a.m.
Devotional.
Subject:
"The
Christmas
Discovery".
12:15
p.m.
Sunday
School.
7:30
p.m
Evangelistic.
Subject!
"Glory
to
God
in
the
Highest."
Special
numbers
will
be
rendered
at
these
,.
services.
Wednesday,
December
25,
at
11:00
a.m.
Christmas'
Service.
You
are
invited
to
worship
with
us.
(
-In
these
services.
Church
of
the
Annunciation
And
Mary
said
to
the
angel:
now
shall
this
be
done,
because
I
know
not
man?
And
the
angel
answering
said
to'
her:
The
Holy
Ghost
shall
come
upon
thee
and
the
power
of
the
Most
High
shall
overshadow
thee.
And
therefore
tha
Holy
Child
which
shall
be
bom
of
thee
shall
be
called
the
Son
of
God.
(St.
Luke
C.
I).
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Pontifical
Mass
at
Midnight.
His
Excellency
Most
Rev.
Bishop
A.
Jordan,
O.M.I.
Mass
on
Christmas
Day
at
9
and
10:30
o'clock.
Benediction
In
the
afternoon
at
3:30.
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St.
Andrew's
Cathedral
Church
THE
CHRISTMAS
SERVICES
11:30
p.m.
Christmas
Eve,
December
24th.
Sermon
by
Rector.
11:00
a.m.
Christmas
Day,
December
25th.
Sermon
by
Bishop.
St.
Paul's
Lutheran
Church
A.
O.
Aasen,
Pastor
Phone
Black
922
CALENDAR
Dec.
22
Service
Worship,
morning
and
evening.
Wherever
a
Church
steeple
rises
to
pierce
the
blue
skies
of
daylight,
and
commune
with
the
stars
of
night
there:
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as
we
enter
our
Church
this
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Sunday
After
Christmas
Day,
December
29th
8,30
am.
Holy
Communion.
11:00
a.m.
Morning
Prayer
and
Sermon.
2:00
p.m.
Sunday
School.
7:30
p.m.
The
Carol
Service.
Regular
Baptist
Services
I.O.D.E.
Hall
(5th
Avenue
and
McBrlde
Street)
We
preach
Christ
.
.
.
Crucified,
Crowned,
Coming
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"God
so
loved
the
world
that
He
GAVE
his
only
begotten
son
that
whosoever
BELIEVETH
In
Him
should
not
perish
but
have
everlasting
life."
John
3:16.
Sunday,
December
22
Christmas
Services
12:15
p.m.
SUNDAY
SCHOOL,
ILLUSTRATED
FLANNEL-GRAPH
LESSON,
"THE
CHRISTMAS
STORY."
7:30
p.m.
GOSPEL
SERVICE
CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE:
"JESUS
LORD
AND
KING"
SPEAKER:
GEORGE
S.
WEATHERLY.
Special
Christmas
Music
by
Junior
Choir
"Little
Stranger."
The
Whole
Bible
for
the
Whole
World.
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Christmas,
Dec.
25
Worship
Service,
11
a.m.
Special
sons
by
the
Choir.
Norsk
Holmesses
kl.
12:30
Varden
synger.
No
evening
service.
Dec.
29
Regular
Worship,
11-a.m.
Children's
Christmas
.Tree
Exercises,
5
p.m.
Wednesday,
Jan.
1
New
Year's
Service,
11
a.m.
Sunday,
Jan
5
Regular
Service,
morning
and
evening.
Sunday
School,
12:15.
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Salvation
Army
CHRISTMAS
SERVICES
Brigadier
and.
Mrs.
Gilllngham
will
lead
the
Christmas
Services
at
the
Citadel
as
follows:
7:30
Saturday,
Dec.
21
Pubac
Praise
Meeting,
8:00
p.m.
Sunday,
December
22
Holiness
Meeting,
11:00
ajn
Salvation
Meeting,
7:30
pjn.
Sunday
School
12:30
p.m.
Mrs.
C.
Carter
will
Impress
the
Christmas
Message
with
the
use
of
the
Flannelgraph.
Monday,
Dec.
23
Children's
Program
at
8:00
p.m.
Christmas
Day
Service
at
11:00
am.
"Thou
Shalt
Call
His
Name
Jesus
For
He
Shall
Save
His
People
From
Their
Sins'
First
United
Church
Organist:
Miss
Rose
Marie
Hartwig.
Minister:
Rev.
R.
A.
Wilson,
MA.
CHRISTMAS
SERVICES
Sunday,
December
22,
1946
11:00
a.m.
Mornlne
Worship.
.Sermon
Subject:
"The
Hope
of
the
World."
Anthems:
"Silent
Night."
"The
First
Noel."
12:15
Sunday
School.
7:30
pjn.
Evening
Worship.
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the
Choir.
Guest
Soloists:
Mrs.
Douglas
Gushue,
Mrs,
Brian
Higglns,
Dr.
R.
G.
Large.
Tuesday
Christmas
Eve
8:00
Carol
Service.
"O
Come
Let
Us
Adore
Him."
St.
Peter's
Anglican
Church
(SEAL
COVE)
The
Christmaa
Festival
will
be
celebrated
In
St.
Peter's
Church
at
the
following
services;
December
22
11:00
a.m.
Family
Service
combining
the
Bible
Class,
Sunday
School
and
Parents.
p.m.
A
Carol
Service
will
be
held
in
the
Church.
Speaker:
W.
B.
Skinner.
December
25
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Day
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Service
with
Holy
Communion
will
be
nem
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at
11
a.m,
Christmas
Day.
(All
welcome),
Ptfnte
Uupctt
Daflp
J3eto$
Saturday,
December
21,
1946
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Message
of
Church
of
Annunciation
1
Another
Christmas
Eve
dawns
the
Christmas
Eve
of
1946:
fco
once
more
we
pause
to
gaze
down
the
long
road
that
beganYat
Bethlehem
the
road
that
leads
to
peace
and
happiness.
For
Jour
thousand
year3
men
had
hoped
and
prayed
and
looked
forward;
to
the
coming
of
Him
who
had
been
foretold
as
the
Prince
of
Peace,
the
hope
of
a
world,
weary
of
bloodshed,
sin
and
strife.
As
He
entered
the
world
the
angels
heralded
His
coming
wtth'thelr
joyous
song
of
peace,
"Glory
be
to
God
in
the
highest
aud
on
earth
peace
to
men
of
goodwill."
As
the
world
looked
forward
to
the
coming
of
Christ"
as
the
dawn
of
peace
and
happiness,
so
we
look
backward
to
that
great
event
as
our
only
hope
In
a
still
troubled
and
turbulent
world.
But
not
until
men
lay
aside
greed,
hatred
and
pride
fcnd
begin
to
travel
along
the
road
that
began
at
Bethlehem
will
there
be
true
peace
and
happiness
on
earth.
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Baptist
Church
To
All
a
Happy
Christmas
CHRISTMAS
SUNDAY
SERVICES
December
22
11
a.m.
"What
think
ye
of
Christ?"
Let
everyone
remember
that
His
name
I.
May
that
good
will
which
brings
the
peacoJChrlst
on
Earth
abide
with
us
this
Christmas
and
through
theromlng
year.
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I
may
be
written
in
the
Lamb's
Book
of
Life;
and
so
by
grace
through
faith,
we
may
all
be
in
the
genealogical
tree
of
which
He
is
the
root.
Junior
Choir
will
sing:
(a)
"We
Have
Seen."
(b)
"The
Story."
12:15
p.m.
Church
School.
7:30
pjn.
'The
Nativity."
The
language
of
the
world's
religions
is
found
In
the
question
of
the.wlse
men,
"Where
Is
He?"
The
cradle
and
the
cross
are
heaven's
answer.
Senior
Choir
will
sing:
(a)
"When
Christ
was
Born."
(b)
"Come
All
Ye
Faithful."
Solo,
"O
Holy
Babe."
Male
Quartette,
"Silent
Night."
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Thursday,
December
26
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pjn.
Junior
Choir.
8
pjn.
Prayer
Meeting.
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First
Presbyterian
Church
Fourth
Avenue
East
Rev.
A.
F.
MacSween
Minister
Mrs.
E.
J.
Smith
Choir
Leader
CHRISTMAS
SUNDAY
11:00
a.m.
A
Family
Christmas
Service.
T
p
Anthems
Junior
Choir
"Hark,
What
Mean
Those
Holy
Voices?'"
"Now
Once
Agala
Our
Hearts
We
Raise".
The
Church
School
will
meet
with
the
Congregation.
7:30
pjn.
Christmas
In
Song.
A
Carol
Service
led
by
the
Senior
Choir.
Anthems
"A
King
Was
Born",
Soloist:
Mrs.
Wm.
Martin.
"Hark
the
Herald
Angels
Sing",
Soloist:
J.
A.
Teng,
"The
First
Christmas"
(a)
The
Annunciation
(b)
The
Message
to
the
Shepherds
(c)
The
Cradle
Song
of
the
Blessed
Virgin
(d)
Gloria
in
Excelsis
Carols
"Olad
Tidines"
"Let
Bells
Ring
Everywhere"
Solos-
"Come
Unto
Me"
(The
Messiah)
:
Mrs.
Barbara
Brown.
"Goodwill
to
Men":
J.
A.
Teng.
A
cordial
Jnvltation
to
worship
with
this
Congregation
la
extended
to
all.
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