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Show Greetings and Best Wishes Christians of all nations are preparing to commemorate commemor-ate the greatest event in history the birth of Christ. As this joyous season approaches, men are stimulated in their desires to do good and to pay devotion to the Master. Many attend sacred services who otherwise are not regularly regu-larly at religious gatherings. New resolutions are often made, but as the season passes and regular routine is resumed, re-sumed, the high resolves are quickly forgotten. Nations, like men, sometimes forget their lofty ab-bitions ab-bitions and lose their sense in enduring values. Civilization is a produce of science, social organization, organiza-tion, and religious ideals. Science, through research and invention has provided well for man's physical and material mater-ial needs through lengthening the span of life, bringing the world close with the automobile, airplane and radio, lifting lift-ing physical burdens, and making the home a palace of comfort and convenience. Social organization has brought into being local, state and national government, education educa-tion and culture. But through religious ideals have come the great laws of life, and the love of God and man. While science and social organizations have contributed contrib-uted so much to the comfort and preservation of man in the past, they now threaten to destroy him. Social organization organ-ization has been man's protection, but now it threatens to enslave him and destroy his free agency. Religion remains re-mains as the only stabilizing influence upon which man can rely. "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men shoud do to you, do ye even so to them," (Matt. 7:12) :,, : Peace for the world rests upon the practice of Christian Chris-tian fundamentals in daily life. Such ideals are positively the only defense for safety in this atomic age. We must live for it individually by putting out of our thoughts and our hearts and our acts everything that is contrary to peace. And. so as we celebrate Christmas, let us celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace. Let each of our gifts bear a token of love, and let that love radiate from heart to heart until the whole world will feel its warmth and drive out all selfishness and hate. |
