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The greatest gift is yours for eternity

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a special Christmas sermon written by the late retired Morris attorney August B. Black for a priest friend in Joliet. It was first published in the Morris Daily Herald on Dec. 23, 1994, and was resubmitted this year by Black’s son, Frank. August B. Black died on Oct. 20, 2012 and has received Jesus’ gifts of eternal life, joy and peace.

There are some scientists who keep pushing back the length of time man has been on this earth.

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