the daily constitution merry christmas 2009 factoringbusinesssite com
A CHILD IS BORN
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.factoring business But the angel said to them, ¡°Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ[a] the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.¡±
factoring business
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ¡°Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.¡±
Luke 2: 8-14
factoring business
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. (19) And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame,factoring business resolved to divorce her quietly. (20) But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, ¡°Joseph,factoring business son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. (21) She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.factoring business ¡± (22) All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: (23) ¡°Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel¡± (which means, God with us). (24) When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,factoring business (25) but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
Matthew 1:18-25
factoring business
YES VIRGINIA THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS
Editorial Page, New York Sun,factoring business 1897
We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun:
factoring business
I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, ¡°If you see it in The Sun, it¡¯s so.¡± Please tell me the truth,factoring business is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O¡¯Hanlon
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a sceptical age.factoring business They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men¡¯s or children¡¯s, are little.factoring business In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
factoring business
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist,factoring business and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment,factoring business except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down,factoring business what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that¡¯s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.factoring business
You tear apart the baby¡¯s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry,factoring business love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.factoring business
No Santa Claus? Thank God he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now,factoring business he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.