"JAPANESE CHILDREN AND MISSIONARIES CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS IN TOKIO [sic], JAPAN"
Identifier: juvenileinstructv523geor (find matches)
Title: Juvenile Instructor
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: George Quayle Cannon 1827 – 1901 Deseret Sunday School Union (1872-1971)
Subjects: Deseret Sunday School Union (1872-1971) -- Periodicals Church periodicals
Publisher: Salt Lake City George Q. Cannon Deseret Sunday School Union 1866-1929
Contributing Library: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Digitizing Sponsor: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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ncv. He has been aidedl)v a wQ-thv corns of teachers,and as a result of their united labor,these briHit. smiling faces have beenta,G:ht to look nnon the birth ay ofChrist as few Christian youths havebee pro^e to do. The signal was soon given to thechil ren and th?v were all attention.The Christmas Carol was sung inthe native togue with vim and vigor,as was rise Love at flome. Just asthe latter song was being sung, a smallboy came hurrving in, all out ofbreath ad so excite he could hardlyitDTi to bo- ^efoe entering:. Now, ittakes something very, verv interestingto attract a native from doing this, asit is one of their strongest customs. A short time was ^evoted to plav-iiig ^amps, ad then the vonng friendsof Christianitv and Mormonism■ance with iov as one of the nativeI-^ai-ts entertained them wth tricksand iokes. Following these slight ofban performances, the little boy whohad come late was called upon to tella stnrv. He was much surprised, butwillingly responding, he arose and told
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122 ThlE JUVENILE fNSTRICTOR March loT d story in such an interesting way thatwhen he had finished every eye in theroom was centered upon him in admi-ration. The same attention was paidto a number of other stories and mu-sical numbers; yes. so delighted werethey that the involuntary clapping; ofhands could be heard while selectionswere being rendered. A short one act dialogue by some ofthe larger children served as an intro-duction to Santa Claus and the chil-dren almost wept for joy as they sawhim come in, laughing and singing andtalking: to them. He was a very jollyold fellow and talked to the childrenin a jocular way. They were verymuch interested in him; and were sooverjoyed when he brought out a bagoi toys and presented each with apresent and two or three oranges, thatthey bowed to him time and timeagain, according to the native custom.Then the children assembled in the garden and the accom).ianying pictu.-ewas taken. After this, the children were so en-thusiastic that they seem-

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