| Show VICTORY VICTO Y IS SU SURE JE Nil great groat lesson l of he ho tiny Say ny we wo celebrate is that the tho pur purposes ONU OND O poses of the tho Almighty cannot fail When the limo Redeem Redeemer er or entered this sphere every of the tho Evil I vilOne One was set in motion to t destroy Him From h to Calvary tho limo road loaa was beset besot by enemies His life apparently was n 1 failure but time the divino divine hand hond placed the tho crown of victory upon tho time cross and from tho the realms of oC death and nu tho the grave Ho lie Hoen clinic en mo forth triumphant Again the forces of evil rallied against Hi his tow std lurl scat scattered bred followers Century after century they were hunted captured slain Their fh ir organization was broken up and aid they were dispersed But Rut tho great groat work of redemption was con Call continued tinned Christ lived and in timo time idols fell f ll pagan temples became ruins pagan systems wore were supplanted Time Tho work of redemption emption rc has bins never ceased Today man mankind kind has n a better bolter understanding of life and ond death than over ever before It has higher ideals of duty and an morality It knows known more about the tho brotherhood of man mId and tho time fatherhood of God It has hns improved physically na liS well as ns mentally True rrue thoro is still much selfishness corruption cruelty brutality find and error But there is more general appreciation of tho time fact oct that these the o conditions are aro abnormal and sinful Christ was rejected by tho the generation to which Ho lie came but a n few gars themselves to His cause and fought the time seemingly unequal battle batUe They rhey fell but ut others joined time the ranks and nud thus it hns has ever been Ills His name today is revered by millions in all climes and lands Time The great truth of which we wo arc reminded by Christ Christmas mas is applicable to all aU the tho works of God and not least to the Church in this age ago The Tho foundations wore laid seemingly in weakness and amid the tho opposition of the th world including those who professed proCessed to be bo worshippers of the tho crucified One The Tho Prophet and Patriarch were slain and their friends friend thrust out upon the tha desert But nut time the work continued in over ever overgrowing growing proportions This progress is due to no other cause causo than tho time presence J of the Divino Divine Spirit in the tho Church The IThe Lord has hns set Ills His seal upon tho time work commenced in this ago age for the tho salvo salva salvation tion of oC the limo race ns os He lIe did lid in former ages Christmas speaks to the tho Saints of the tho Most High of time the final victory of tho the work to which they bavo ro been called the work of redemption It cannot bo be brought to naught It is 2 to continue until the kingdoms of f this world shall have huv J become the th kingdoms of God and His Anointed An One |
