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CHRISTMAS—
Sad or Glad
Rn<*°WiUiam A. Jester
Text: Malachi 3:16...“Then they that feared the Lord spoke often one to another and the Lord hearkened, and heard it. and a book of remembrance teas urittten before llim for .them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name."
Will Christmas this year be sad or glad for you? The answer depends on you. It isn’t necessary for Christmas to be a sad time. All of life could be sad if you let it. It isn’t all sunshine, some rain must fall. "
We should be grateful if we have the capacity to remember ’ things that should be treasured in memory, ami if we have the capacity to forget the things that should he torn out of the book of life.
1. One great enemy in life that we need to deal with properly is INORATITI DK. Ingratitude is to lose the capacity to say,- “Bless the I xml, O my soul, and forget not all of His benefits unto me.”
We people in America are always in danger of being ungrateful because we have so much. We all have a lot more now than just a tew years ago, but we also have many more obligations. A layman in the church said not long ago,
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