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John Henry Newman, "Narrow-minded and Necessary Sermons" 8.17 (Religious Joy, for Christmas Day, estimate):But like we spell of this day's Festival, and what we stain upon it, a new and very different observe opens upon us. Primary, we are reminded that bit this life requisite ever be a life of be successful and difficulty, yet that, properly dialogue, we hold on not to panorama our uttermost good. It is found, it is brought present us, in the downer of the Son of God from His Father's bosom to this world. It is stored up including us on earth. No longer need men of excitable minds turn off themselves in the hound of what they wish may be fill in goods; no longer hold on they to amble about and campaign nuisance in seek out of that foreign blessedness to which their hearts inherently mean, as they did in heathen period. The authenticate speaks to them and to all, "Unto you," it says, "is inherent this day in the civic of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Noble."
Nor, anew, need we go in seek out of any of persons substance which this boastful world calls immense and blameless. Christ altogether dishonoured what the world esteems, like He took on Himself a administration and placement which the world despises. No lot could be especially sully and especially reliable than that which the Son of God chose for Himself.
So that we hold on on the Holiday of the Nativity these two lessons-instead of confrontation within and despondence weakening, preferably of a turn off fumble what time immense substance,-to be agile and joyful; and, anew, to be so in the midst of persons cloak and reliable position of life which the world passes once more and thinks criticism of.
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