Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1913 — Christmas Entertainment at The Christian Church. [ARTICLE]

Christmas Entertainment at The Christian Church.

The Christian church will have the Christmas entertainment to night, Wednesday, at the church promptly -at 7:30 o’clock The “White Gift Christmas’ 1 program will be the order of the day. This idea is the idea which carries with it the real! Christ spirit. It is not new, but it is novel. There will be recitations and songs by the school as a whole and the pupils will take part in an individual manner. The story of the “Other Wise Man” will be told one whose ability as a popular speaker will lend a charm to this wonderful story so beautifully told by Dr. Van Dyke, in his book which bears the above title.

The legent of Cathay is suggestive of the spirit of the is as follows: ’ ‘This strange country is called Cathay, and the ruler thereof is one Kublah Kahn, a mighty warrior, who by reason of his strong will and trusty sword has made himself lord of the whole land. His government is both wise and just, and is administered io rich and poor alike, without fear or favor. On the king’s birthday the people observe what Is called the white feast. Then are the king and his court assembled in a great room of the palace, which is all white, the floor of marble and the walls hung with curtains of white silk. Ail are in white apparel and they offer unto the king white gifts to show that their love and loyalty are without stain. The rich bring to their lord pearls, carvings of ivory, white chargers and costly, broidered garments. The poor present white pigeons and handfuls of rice. Nor doth the great king regard one gift above another so long as all be whitz. And so they keep the king’s birthday.” The entertainment is free to all and the public is cordially invited to attend these exercises at the hour named.