Show A Christmas Editorial BE NOT i For a let's go back to the hills of Bethlehem 1 night is All is Shepherds doze fitfully as they Watch their And a bright a and a p. voice from out of nowhere saying Fear In today's troubled it seems almost a mocking of i good sense to Fear as we approach Christmas i. once again the birth of the Prince of let's j consider that phrase a little more His Jesus used it quite It 3 brought quietness to troubled joy to those who were J and assurance to those who were It relieved 1 tensions and inspired It made small men big j and obscure men I And came from the lips of one who was a 4 hunted at the time of His birth and finally crucified by 1 His He walked alone among He had every J reason to be His friends were His task was and His disappointments again and again He told His Be not j And when He said something always j People did lose their People did find inner peace People 1 if did improve physically and And what might the phrase 5 mean to us in today's troubled What comfort can we take from j Be not afraid of humble Jesus was born in j a from that humble beginning came a man whose J il life has never been though millions have selected His 1 His very life is proof that the material wealth by I which we arc prone to judge is not the criterion i to measure lasting y Every man comes into the world by one created in the image of God the Into every man is breathed a The development of this of a human r is almost in direct proportion to the dedication of our life to that of the Babe born in Fear not of humble This is the environment of This is The glittering tinsel added as life pro- i is It is meant to be a comfort to us as we live our life on But it is It stays Only as it contributes to the humble development of our God-given personality can it be possessed without Be not afraid of The cynic will scorn such an ad- It is hard to convince people that man is not to be At one in talking with His disciples said not afraid of them that kill the body People in Poland and other lands have been brutally Their pain is borne by all people who respect the dignity of the human In Jesus' time the r Romans killed His Then those of His own kind killed History has recorded for all to read the brutal savagery of With such a record of why shouldn't we 3 fear i Perhaps because man has only destroyed man for the possession of material creations he thought to so important to his earthly Such destruction in his expression of i bitterness and frustration at his own inability to achieve a kingdom on earth he thinks benefits his own im- Be not afraid of hasn't that spark of freedom that exists in the breast of hasn't beaten from the minds of people the dignity of the He hasn't driven from the human heart the divine desire for He I hasn't erased the promise of God's eternal Be not afraid of How often we have heard people confess their lack of confidence in what they can What am one among they Yet at Christmas time we celebrate birth of one who spent His entire life strengthening the confidence of people in 1 fi what they could He was a living example of the divine worth i of an An author once centuries have come and and today Jesus is the central figure of the human race and the leader of the column of All the 1 i armies that ever and all the navies that were ever 1 5 and all the parliaments that ever and all the kings I i that ever put together have not affected the life of man i upon this earth as has that One Solitary l the world was troubled 19 centuries ago when people trouped to Bethlehem to pay their Hearts were a People were Many were in I And then a Babe was not in a not in an t not among but to two poor people of all j a 1 I Out on the hillside the angels announced His birth with a burst of light and a heavenly Who The rich and possessor of wealth and To the humble shepherds of the hill tending their And the first not for behold I bring you I good tidings of great joy which shall be to all for there h is born to you this day in the city of David a who is l Christ the Merry PLANNED BASIN POLIO CAMPAIGN State and Basin March of Dimes officials met recently at Roosevelt where they planned the forthcoming fund raising campaign slated to begin January In the photo are Sherman state Cree Utah Chairman of Womans Duchesne County Chapter Mrs Paula County and Joey Uintah county |