| Show I I CHRISTMAS BY SALT UNi LAKE WA A 1 l vv Leonard The song of at the tics an angels angels gels never nevel ceases conse In Its reverberation around the lice world worM Peace on al earth good will wi to men coon are arc lre words of or which wo we never weary Annually In too tuo take the perhaps we e up formal a manner but the lesson It teaches never grows gros growl Christmas Christ mal event Is the greatest In nil ill al history of ot the world God manifest In human flesh Who can fathom Its Ils meaning The rice Would world nt at lo may lay not properly appreciate the tho full Cul mean meanIng Ing imig Ilg of ot tho Incarnation but hut It I cannot bo be blind to Its effect peace peCO and le general Is good Hood will towards all ni men nn wi This lids Is the lesson of or tho the Christ life Nations should learn It but they never will until Individuals more K n rally practice wU It And Individuals will wi ihl never practice It until their lives are hidden with Christ I In Clod lOd Clod has hO net et UI up Ufa Hs kingdom wih In tho time world worl Ho calls It HI Is body bod It Is 18 the extension of 01 Ills His Hs Incarnation Incarnation nation I Ho lIe treated upon It at Pente Pentecost cost and 10 It became Instinct with life ICe By becoming Incorporated with wih It I and amI sharing J In its means of ot will be become come partakers 11 Is of ot tho the divine life l anil nd so manifest good will wi towards nil all al mon flied monIn gool In view tew of ot what the tho divine Man has tuna done for Cor men macli they do well to rejoice In iii Inthe Inthe the anniversary of ot Ills His birth OOH Coda greatest gift to man was WOI tho expression slon sion of ot Ills His Hs Love Ioe All Al men are tho the re me recipients of ot that love loe Let nil all al men therefore rejoice In It I Lot Lol them re rc rejoice joice joke In It now Let Lot them causo cause others othor to rejoice In It I There Is 19 no rio 1 other theme for tor Christmas More and more It Is taking hold hoM of mens lives and more I anti and more moro It Is ushering In the reign moe of ot peace ponce Let everyone do his art In hastening tho the day da Rov Hov W Jr M Is tho the most moat widely observed birthday In Inc thu world All other othor birthdays fade rade out In Its glory glor Al ns as lamplight fades taden out when tho the Is sun rises Christmas Christians Is next to Raster Easter aRter the gladdest festival of or Chris Chrie Christendom Christendom For FOI Christians It I to tobo tole religious and anO anOos andall bo le distinctively ns as fl ni distinctively Christian In InIs ns os Its associations tOM as ILI good gOOI Fri Fr Friday FrIdA day dA Is or Raster Euter It I Is 18 not Kris s day or the day of or ca Claus but Christs day ay a happy day clay dl It I Is IH HIM Ii lc birthday and heral It Is II ic a day 11 of lC peace penne and goodwill goodwi to towards towards wards all nil nina mon len Time The chapters of or o Lul ol gospel ospel are arc worth more moore as all an aim 11 account of ot time the Origin of or this season of oC love Joy and acid peace than nil all tIme tho til Christmas Christinas literature ever over written Rov He Dr C T Brown U It J Is fitting tiLting that Christmas should bo be of or nil all 01 memo memorial lero rial days tho the most universally anti and Joy Joyfully jo fully Cull celebrated It I marks the tho point of ot Gods supreme revelation to tuna man In Christ the time revelation of ot a a perfect moan man and andu at t the tl same 51 time of 01 one once Whose who ac actions lions tlona wore were such as became the mani manifested God Clod The Savior of or mankind saving man manfrom mOi manfrom from his slim sins alI and not man In his sins Is tho ho full Cul fruition of or tho limo divine pur put purpose pose POD PO established e estabi tahl from tOI the foundations of ot the world Christ as IS saving unman not by ly ally IW ceremonIal or for tor mooney money considerations but by hy winning lOI to Himself making masking him to see and to hate Ills Ida hil sin and ald to s see c anti and to love lore lorethe OO the tho forgiving God Cod He lIe le tins has found round the tho thereal thereal real of ot Christmas who has hia learned leared to love God GOll as Father to love hove lila his hil fellow Cel ow men ns as n brothers Rev Panic Dean J I 13 1 For or us Christian Christmas Christinas should ho bo not only olly commemorated ns miS s an nn historical event evolt but as a matter maier of or personal ex ca The he Christ child should be burn In our hearts and with wih Him Im en enthroned there our lives will wl bo be gov governed gO by b the fhe he spirit of ot love lovo anti and good goed goodwill will 1 The Tue Christmas message Is in one ona an of Gods humanity of ot HU Ills Ia generosity and o c Ills His Hs love Jov The Time nativity of ot our Lord Lort was cele celebrated by tho the very early Christians but since the third century Christmas has hns been beon celebrated at the tho time we o now observe ob ere It I The TIle exact date of ot our Lords birth Is b not hot known 1101 and umi authorities differ time the time does ben not cut any figuro figure The fact of or the tho birth anti and what H It stands for or are the time main things The rho I fact tact Is II that Hunt Christ Chrit lived d and what Re no accomplished Rev fey ne Peter A day da will wi be Christmas s by U and antI by b Christmas Is II BO o demur dear to tho time heart of or the tue th world be because because cause for Cor a ii 1 little tho ami 1111 bust best force of or Its I own being heln IH In allowed lt In itt Place and alil play pia The p of oC love lovo breaking In him n a 1 profusion of ot tender tel lIeI charges tho time of tit tho Lice dull drill dul days with tho tIme of ot that life Ire Ideal which made comic entrance to earth by IW the tine nt at Bethlehem For oven oon the tIme most moat wretched life lo there thele la is lasome I some hit bit of ot and acid cheer born of ot tho the spirit of or this hug bloat It I Is in II that hat which Is II tIme tho glory of 01 time the season seaMon and Its 11 power Is la latho tho tile sure pledge us wo we WI labor and tinny for time the golden 1103 do to t be he that we wo unmet labor not riot In vain and when It como come every day da will wl be hp Christmas for tor It bo be the tho unfailing light and life le Rov tov George Georgo was the tho tho 1 1 1 1 I II I mi R i until IL IJ I VII ILU 18 1010 Philosophy and an false systems 1 of at re religion ligion IRlon hud had utterly failed to bring peace I Rr to tho the hearts of ot men mAn or ci to open any an avenue of escape from mac the Lice penalty of 01 tin pin Tho The moral condition of ot tho tico world was WIS deplorable with no promise of or a B change for or the Lice bottor Tho Tue ho time home was illio 1110 for or a n new now departure In mm the lice religious epicene Mans extremity proved to be Clods hods opportunity In the tho fu Incus of or limo GoJ save gave ilVO Ills His Hl Son Ron Though no ito 11 earthly bells bell pealed healed forth a to let tIcs the babe bule In iii yot amid time llie ti carols of ot angels and the music of ot the kies the lie Savior nf ot the timp world was wag her aIded to tho time sons of nt mon macic i I Henceforth horizon embraces Limo tho possibility 10 ossI lr and the lice of or promise eternal salva aniva salvation lion tion ton Hope HOle blossoms with wih Immortality to all those who thankfully accept the tho blessings of ot this Christmas Christinas tide Rev He Frank Bennett BennettI I do 10 not lay hay special emphasis on the observance of fC II day a It I Is not In Inc harmony harlon with tho the t of ot scripture and It has hIl n a I tent tend tendency ency enoy to drift Into forms and an formal formalIsm Ism tern Yet Yot tIme the Christmas Is II a n scriptural one and One hoe of or the ho Ih transcendent truths of or Gods Cods word not nt for or one had of or the time year car only but lut for tor ot nil all fl th the year Am Ambrois brois sold said or of Raster To the Chris Christian Lien tian every flay day Is 18 a n and every eory Sunday nn na So S with Christmas It Is over th tw the thought of at God manifest In the tue leah for tor tho time whole hole year |
