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Show Dr. James L Vance t . This was the song the angels sang down . j from heuven's heights on the waiting wondering world that first Christmas. Of all songs, it is the ono our town and j broken world need niost now j Men need to be reconciled to one unoth-. unoth-. er. Have w e- not hud enough of hate of antagonisms and alienations and estrangements' es-trangements' Have we not had enough of J fighting? is it not time for men and nu . lions to be friends? The war Is over. Let us bury its animosities. The- war-hurt nations need bread and work. They need raw materials and markets The nml credit and capital. Their need for nil this is desperate; But thi y need good will more than they need brc-ad. How often shall a nation forgive a sis tor nation? Seventh times seven, which Is a heat vent way of saying there must J be no .such thing as unforglveness This is the note Christmas should J round through the earth on this annlvei aary of the- Savior' birth. We cannot better honor HIM than b forgiving on j another. The ministry that Is needed today Is the the ministry of reconciliation. God j has no song of hate for the Christmas ! nngels lo sing to men. "Leave there th i.-iit upon the altar, first be reconciled I lo thj- brother, then come- offer thy gift ."1 1 Human motherhood must take in hu-, inanity, else It Is a counterfeit. , Thi Invisible choir Is filling the k 1 - in The angels are preparing to slngj I their Christmas hymn. Listen! What will I I tho) .-'ing'' They look on our strife-rent I world, and then they sing un old song: "Peace on earth, good will to men. Krom heaven'.- all gracious King. O, rest lieslde the weary road And bear the angels sing." on |