The Feilding Star. Published Daily. MONDAY, DEC. 24, 1894. A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 152, 24 December 1894, Page 2

The Feilding Star. Published Daily. MONDAY, DEC. 24, 1894. A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Although the times are bad and the colony is suffering from the effects of the great waste of depression which has passed or is passing over the whole of the commercial world, that is no reason why people should not devote the Christmas holidays to rational pleasure and enjoyment. When we compare the lot of the people in this colony with that of other nations or colonies we have much to be thankful for. It is not too much to say that we have a large share of thoße substantial blessings which go so far in developing human happiness, and towards making life worth living, but when people owing to adverse circuin stances have ' the wretched threadbare garment of despondency ' upon them they are too apt to cling to it even long after " the sunshine of prosperity " has made it possible for them to array themselves in the " white robe of a cheerful mind." It is only human nature, no doubt, but after all the ex ercise of a little strength of mind, a forgetfulnesa of self if for a little time only, the contemplation of the wants, necessities, or sufferings of others and the making of an effort to help those whose sorrows and afflictions are greater than our own, will work a re markable change and give a strength and elasticity to the mind which enables one to cast behind all minor troubles and look forward to the futuro with stronger hope and a determination to meet and overcome all the obstacles inevitably to be met with in the path of life. It is a pleasant thing to know that &t this season which commemorates the greatest event in the history of the Christian world, all and suudry are actuated by one com mon feeling of brotherly love a-..d kindness. Private animosities are thrown aside, old grudges are par doned or forgotten, while new fiiend ships are made, or old ones strength ened by new ties of mutual esteem. It is that which makes Christmas such a popular festival, and why all over the English speaking world so much is meant by what we now cordially extend to our friends and readers A Merry Chkistmas.