Show THIS fills WEEK WEE K 4 willi wh cliffon davidson B davidee Dayl Davi doe daan OUR DEBT TO CHRIST this la Is the week above all others each year that we like to dwell for awhile on the deep significance of itous christ and he christian religion glo which lie ile gave to the world or ri d christianity la Is only one of the many religions the world has known it Is however much more than just another religion other peoples have worshiped and made ces to the sun the moon orto carved idols christ whose birth we observe this holy week gave a meaning to life and to the brotherhood of at man through the nearly twenty centuries since christ was wa born many men have sacrificed their life for or him but not a life has been sacrificed to him etim ile he lived and taught the dignity and the meaning of life its purposes and its rewards on earth as well as after death christianity Is truly ra B way at 06 life and of living that has made the world more beautiful and more satisfying th te lesson latmon of giving when we think of christmas we think of christmas gifts iq iri fact christmas gifts Is about the most frequently uso used expression dur ing this wk besk how many of us get moie pleasure out of giving than receiving christ said it is more blessed d 1 to lo give than to receive fi tie e also said give and it shall be given unto you good measure pressed down shaken together and running over lie ile said there here is no one who has given for ills sake who shall not receive a hun does that sound very ticul to you or does it sound like a beautiful but impractical theory heard only from the pulpit well lets see how it has worked when applied to our nation almost a hundred years ago the united states was the first among modern civilized nations to give up slave labor what did we receive we have made america into the most mechanized and productive nation in the world out our brothers broth rs cpr christ taught taught us thay that we are our brothers keeper and lie ile said inasmuch as ye have done it unto the last of these so have you done it unto me 11 during the past 15 years we have given liberally of our material wealth to the less fortunate people of the world we have I 1 believe given more mor e than 30 billion ballio worth of food clothing tools and other sustenance to the people of more than 40 nations we have cashour cas four bread upon the waters and it has come back to us its one hundredfold I 1 am 70 years old and I 1 have never levitr seen a christmas when the great majority of the people of this country had find such good homes as good food as good clothes as many of the conveniences that lint make life more satisfying this is a christmas christinas season when all of us can truly say jesus was a wise prophet when lie he said bald it is more blessed to give than to receive for in giving we have received many times over what we gave we have in our hearts that pence peace tor for which ile he died cited on the cross of calvary |