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Show "NO ROOM AT THE INN" "That was the Master's experience throughout His ministry ... no room for His teachings in the minds of men or for His quality of spirit in their lives, no room in the synagogue for His reforming zeal or in the nation for His prophetic message." Inhospitality was the difficulty which confronted Him as He worked with the hearty of men He longed to change ..." "Today we lead such overcrowded lives that the loveliest loveli-est things which would enrich us all are commonly excluded. ex-cluded. Great books are not read, great music is not heard, beauties in nature are not enjoyed; we are too busy. We miss enriching friendships and possibilities of happiness in our family life. So, too, we crowd out Christ and everything every-thing He stands for." (Are we, too, saying, so to speak, that we have no room for new ideas, concepts, methods, etc.?) ' "One cannot understand and aright the whole world's trouble unless one sees it in terms of inhospitality. What if mankind did not so habitually repeat the scene of Bethlehem? Beth-lehem? What if, when Saviors come In any realm, we did not meet them with this obdurate refusal of a welcome! In the dangerous years ahead, what most of all I fear is that when new ideas come, new social outlooks to which the future of mankind belongs, because our minds are filled fill-ed with old ideas, old prejudices, old mental habits, we will cry, 'No room!' " "A mind and spirit that can recognize and welcome the highest when it comes are among the supreme gifts of man. Next to being creatively great onself is the capacity to recognize greatness when one sees it, and make room." Among a man's best memories, when life is closing, will be his times of receptivity, appreciation and hospitality. hospitali-ty. These are values which meat: most, reach highest, last Condensed from Article by Harry Emerson Fosdick |