The Fielding Star. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24,1891. Christmas 1891

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 76, 24 December 1891, Page 2

The Fielding Star. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1891. Christmas 1891

For the tenth time we hare now the pleasure of wishing our readers A Merry Christmas. During the year I jost closing several of the old faces have gone to their last homes, and j nothing remains with us but kindly memories of those who, having performed their allotted tasks on earth, have gone to give an account of their actions in the presence of the Great Creator, before whose almighty fiat all must ultimately bow. Death has been more busy in. the world lately than for many years, and other lands have suffered besides our own, but in a small settlement like this, with a comparatively limited population, when one is taken the deprivation is felt by all. Yet after all this is a season of rejoicing, when the glad and grateful hearts of men are excited with a joy given by the knowledge that unto us a Saviour is given, and that we now celebrate the anniversary of that happy event which placed on earth one who afterwards died that all men might live in Him. "We do not attempt to disguise that many homes, where happiness reigned supreme but a short year ago, have since been made sad and desolate by the death of loved ones whose place shall know them again no more. To those bereaved ones we tender our warmest sympathy. We need hardly remind such that all Christian nations are now doing honor to the sacred memory of One who never denies the petition for relief of those who come to him in sorrow, sickness or distress. We have much to be thankful for in this prosperous and beautiful land, and whatever may have been our sorrows or misfortunes, we should not allow the memory of them to make us sad to-day, or to permit them to cloud the brighter anticipations of the future. We were born to sorrow we admit, but at the same time to all of us has been given the capacity for enjoyment of the abundant goods things which this world offers to those who are happy in the possession of health and strength. To one and all of our readers we tender our best wishes for the future, and hope that they will partake of the present festivities with light hearts and enjoy a real Merry Christmas.