Show I DIn BID HEED THE r. V Nearly early twenty c centuries ago the tIU message came camo On n a still cold night above tho plains there them shone the light of a star the star the Morning l Star of ot hOI hope hoe e anti and possibility the harbinger of of the sun Run o of a n worlds world's Instant re re- re Ant And In th tho glory Alor o of that J. J heavenly ra radiance lance thero ther came camo the song ong o of unnumbered angel tim angels I tho tho on nn song that nod Gods Nature atur has ever r IH hen been heni en i rady ready to to losing slug sing Peace on earth aIth good will to men That mm message was not nt Hell for Cor or Judea alone aIon H It was tho the tender of oC oft t F peace and happiness oI of oC progress and I prosperity of advancement and I learning learn learn- ing of social development dC as well weir as ns spiritual growth And It ft touched tho the great earth th In Judea but lint the song ong filled th tho hav heavens n that surround the whole glo globe And tho the good will vIiI that was wished wIsed n as the tho first filSt Christmas greeting to Man Inn was wa meant for fOI or al altho all allI I tho the people who then or thereafter might inhabit the globe globe rom from Greenland's Icy mountains to Indias India's co coral 1 strand aJ on on on nn n over nr overall r all fill the filer face ce of the 4 eai enith th r Did I I the they heed hed the me message sago It came lm ni In III a time when Judea was In trouble It came carne In a time when such sucha a u me message was sadly adl needed The nations were sere at war wan Thrones were tott tottering to 10 o their fall and all nil was vas In thi throes of If a new tran transition Did the I people to whom II first came heed tho m ge 1 You know they did not and aini you OU know leno that the blackness of t ln has r CIl that hat region legion even cven to Lo this da day You know lenow that the palaces of e. e the gl great t who wo lived Jived when tho the angels f sang the manger In Bethlehem m have ha been been trodden b by for for fora a at ayears t tho d years year that the cities of ofIn J In that earlier day are arc IC the re refuge rege re- re fuge uge ge o of bf b beasts alts of the Held field and ani that l the e Hon lion and the lizard arc are hed In the highways from Joppa io J fr u. u sal e m. m I The he message cag has lias come to you you you-to to each pf 1 t il us no no tl le less than han It I came to toUs lf Us of Palestine Pal It I has come comeri ri now w no today no less les than on the Ight 0 cf that far away bli birthday It I come to the dwellers elers d In fair fall hom homes well as-well as to the babes of or the stable table FJ Have ve you Ou gl given en It heed leed t Do Io Io yo you help to mal make nake e peace on oD eart Arc re yo you bearing will vIll L to men mel Bethlehem Is no more sacred than thab tha 1 Is Salt Lake LaIe The lo lobe e of the Father re rt ts t tIpon upon this city cHy as fully and n as V r freely f and as ns boundlessly as upon c C Capernaum craum and Gallilee Tho The angels who hued filled the tire skies with wih I their seraphic melody that night of a distant year are speaking now as p plainly as a certainly as they spoke then They are speaking to you ou as certainly as the they spoke to to- the Shepherds Shep Shep- h herds ds and to the inhabitants of Jude i Thc They mc mean n now Just what they meant pt then b The These e things are real loal The They are arc r fancies for the r fanciful but they aro are none nono the less les real to the sincere That mess message e of peace was to tah as much as to Asia sla Minor And nd you ou may be sure the command that was Implied was as definite as was wa tho the promise 1 P Peace aco on earth I was laid as an un obligation obil- obil gation galon upon all al the children of men here here herc and now as much as then and there Are you OU speaking In fairness of your OUI I neighbor or ai- ai are an you rou bearing false witness against t him Are Ate you dwelling dwellIng dwell dwell- ing in peace with tho those fe feho who vho have been i given you rou as mso associates late or are aro you seeking their Injury Injun Are Arc you ou living tho the spirit of the Christ who came to toD toa a D land of ot figs and fower flowers u a uland land e flowing with wih milk mik and honey and just as certainly came came to tho the country in which you ou now reside You may be sure of ot one thing You I will wi cither obey that command or you will wi not gather gathor an any of the fruits flUIS of the ble blessing You must keep peace r on earth and amI gl give giva good goot will wi tb to men mon or or the favor of f Heaven will wi be dek de denied de- de k nied you ou Dont Don't think in your our punishment you will drag down a realm with with you OU to wi r the tho destruction you HO so o richly If 1 you u disobey But In your soul there II will vIll I spread tho sands of desolation k 1 that a awi Will wi bur bury iou you ou as as Gomorrah i Is I r Jfe fc and death come to each ech of ot us aloof and and the end of the world Is for iU u the final closing of at your our eyes You Youn n Ihl find no company In that mis- mis t cr cry of or ial lal dissolution If I you have ha e j not obel that command and will wi not obey that command you have ha e sinned 1 the wages of sin is death God help us all this day to realize that a means the heeding of ot that mesco message which came In tho the song uong on of the angola angels God help u us to the tho requirement d an give good will wi wito to man man to to the ond a hat a needed and 1 JR J J. J blessed peace ma may bo be our Christmas present and go co forward with wih us and With wih those we leave after ar us us all al through the tho hurrying cycles of time |