Search -
Admonitory epistles from a governess to her late pupils
Admonitory epistles from a governess to her late pupils Author:Jane Smith Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: prepared by your adorable Redeemer for all that love and serve him, where eternal ages roll on in uninterrupted felicity, unmarked by the lapse of time, for time... more » there is swallowed up in eternity. I remain ever your friend, J. S. LETTER V. CHRISTMAS. " Unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."—Luke ii. 11. My Dear Jane, I cannot let the present season pass by without wishing you the old fashioned compliments of a merry Christmas and a happy new year; and not only do I sin- crely wish you all the enjoyments which are usually comprehended in these compliments, but that you may also begin to feel that real delight, which will arise in your breast when thoroughly acquainted, by the teaching of God's Spirit, with the blessed importance of ibe period you are now commemorating. Reflect seriously, my dear girl, whose birth-day it is that you and all true Christians are joining to celebrate; think with what joy you hail your own, or any of your friends' birth-days; how much more, then, should you not hail with piety, devotion, joy, and thankfulness, the dawn of that day which brought the Son of God from heaven to earth. Even the whole hierarchy of heaven on that day resounded with the joyful acclamations of " Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good will towards men.'' Luke ii. 14. Rejoice, rejoice, ye sons of men, " for untous a son is given, unto us a child is born." Isaiah ix. 6. When we think upon his appearance in this world, it should fill us with humility; when upon his pure and spotless life, with an earnest desire to imitate so glorious an example ; when upon his death and sufferings, with the deepest sorrow and contrition of heart, and the greatest hatred of sin, which could occasion so much sufferi...« less