Christmas is a happy, merry time to old and young in Christian homes, whether in Christian lands or in heathen lands. And should not those who have forsaken their idols and idolatrous practices also be permitted to enjoy a happy, morry time at Christmas? It is but feasts should be s substitute for. the ight and fitting that our Christian
many heathen festivals which the native ans have fore sworn. The Chyrch fathers early recognised this fact and to-day we, the descendants of the Teutons and Saxons, rejoice in our Christmas tree, with tts Driguuty-Luruiug candies, the Yule log, the Easter eggs, and other customs, In the many Christian school in this vast empire, thousands of boy and girls had @ merry time this year at Christmas, while old men and women looked on with interest and wished themselves young again, or that "the foreigner bad brought Christmas when they wore young."
In our port of Kiukiang, within the city, the students of the William Na&t Col-loge and the girls and yang lady pupils of the Girls' Boarding School rendered an interesting Christmas programme. For days the older students of the College had worked hard to make the fes-final a success. The large chapel was decorated with garlands of groan leaves and holly, twining around the high pillars, the altar and doors. In addition to the foreign lamps, there were large gaily-decorated native lamps (burning foreign candles) lent by friendly merchants nicely performed. We learned that to De. Mewy Stone and bor sloter Miss Anna Stone Below most of the credit for instructing the girls, while the students connected with the college. Afterwards had been drilled by the forei Ladies
the students made a foast, to which they ted their foreign teachers.
The following programme, was carried out, Dr. Kupfer, President of the College, presiding:—song, Joy to the World, boys and girls; prayer, Rev. Li Yuor 3 recitation, Groeting (Chinese irl; song, Story of Love (English), girls; recitation, Lift up your gates (English), a student; song, south (Chinese), boys and girls; recitation, Human Melodeans, girls; quartette, Girls (English), girls; recitation, O Yannenbaum (Germin), a student; song, O Dn Selige (Chinese), eral. students; recitation, Comic solo, Holy Night (Eng-recitation, Once Moray, Love, four girls; song, Die Sclige Nacht (Chinese), hoya' and girls: recitation, Christmas Bells(English), a student; song, marching, Jesus bids us' shine, little girls; recital tion, What Christ did for me (Chinese), student; acrostic (English), girls; song, Christmas Carols, boys and gir)
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