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THE DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1946 Christmas Messages From Oshawa and District P REV. A. D. CORNETT 0.BE., D.D. A Cliristmas Message In a few days we shall be cele- brating in customary fashion the ancient Christian festival called Christmas. Already in our commun- ity there are many signs of prepar- ation for that event,-- the streets and stores are thronged with eager shoppers, Christmas trees are sud- denly appearing in our' midst, Christmas concerts are the order of the day, and school children are looking forward eagerly to a wel- come holiday and a visit from their patron saint, Santa Claus. As one moves about among people he is conscious of a spirit of kindliness and good-will; a warmer glow seems to suffuse our social relationships. Why is this the case? Because we are about to celebrate the birth of the Man who expressed the spirit of self-sacrificing love in a supreme degree, and who taught His followers to follow His example. However they may have failed to do so, that has been their ideal. As one contemplates the situation which confronts us in the world at the present time, he. is impressed with the conviction that the ex- pression of the spirit of the Man of Nazareth is the very thing which ! is most sorely needed. Our greatest necessity is not the production of a greater volpme of material things, although they are required especlal- ly in war-ravaged lands. And it is not more scientific knowledge, until we have learned to use more wisely what we have already acquired. Our gristest need is more of the Christ- ian spirit of kindliness-and good- will every day in the year, and in all the relationships of life, We neetl it in personal contacts to make cur social life sweeter and nobler; we need if in our commun- ity aétivity that we may build to- gether a social environment in which men and women and little children may enjoy a more abund- ant life; we need it especially in in- ternational affairs that peace may be maintained, and the rule of brotherhood may be established among all the nations and races upon the earth. The Christmas season is the time of the year when for a few days we allow the Spirit of Jesus to possess our hearts. Why not continue the expression of that Christ Spirit, the true spirit of Christmas, through all the days of the coming year? Wishing 'all your readers & genuinely Merry Christmas and a truly Happy New Year, REV. A, D. CORNETT, Minister.of Simcoe St. United Church, Oshawa. PRD ID ¢on His Birthday . .. The story is told of a little girl who had a birthday party to which she invited all her friends. They cafe, each with a small parcel carefplly wrapped. They played games, they chatted as children do, they ate the birthday cake and ice- cream. Then they did something very strange. Instead of giving their MERLE THOMPSON, B.A. gifts to Mary ia whose honour the party was held, they exchanged them among themselves, leaving Mary without a gift! And having agreed that it was a wonderful party and having said their good- byes, they went home, What an un- usual birthday party! Perhaps! But did you ever stop to think that this is the way in' which we observe the birthday of Him in whose hon- cur Christmas js held? We have our gatherings, we exchange our gifts, we feast on good things, we murmur polite remarks about the Day, we go home! And the One for whom this Day is £el aside 1s forgotten in all our pagan celebrations! How the heart of Christ must bleed anew | when He is thus ignored on His | Day! i People do rite to the spirit of Christings--up to a certain point, There is more love, more friendli- ness; more unselfishness, meré shar- ing, more joy, more light in our souls, at: Christmas than at any other season. of the year, It is now 'be. a that we most nearly approximate the ki2id of person that God intend- ed us to be always. Yet "man never 4s but always to be blest", We ever stop short of what God calls us to e give and receive among our- selves, forgetting that Christ also '| calls us to give to Him that we may receive His blessing. Let us remember that the Wise Men gave their gifts to the Infant Christ. They set the pattern for Christmas giving, We would do well to follow their example and give our gifts to Him whose birthday it is. The Risen and Living Christ does not ask from us mere gold, or frankincense or myrrh. He does de- sire something infinitely more pre- cious to Him--your heart and mine, He asks us to dedicate ourselves wholly and completely to Him and to pledge unquestioning obedience to the will of God the Father, There is no greater gift that we can give this Christmas than to kneel on Christmas morning and give our- selves to Christ whose birthday we celebrate. To all who do that there will come the joy of eternal Christ- mas in the heart, and the "peace that passeth all understanding" from the Prince of Peace Himself, May you know this joy and peace this Christmas. In the pure soul, although it sing or pray, The Christ is born anew from day to day; The life that knoweth Him shall live apart, And keep eternal Christmas in the heart. R. MERLE THOMPSON, (Student-Minister) Westmount United Church MAJOR A. P. SIMESTER Need True Spirit of Christmas "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" said old Scrooge of Dicken's Christmas Oayol fame, Christmas 1946 finds us living in a world which is sadly in need of the kind of idealism expressed in Scrooge's resolution. It is even more tremendously in need of that kind 3 Menus being practiced in the rsuit of life the year round. In- deed, is it not increasingly plain to us all that our civilization is doom- ed, unless the true spirit of Christ- mas can conre to govern, to control, to permeate humanity everywhere in all nations, all the time. Such leavening, such control, such government will come when humanity everywhere is really awakened to a true understanding of the significance of Christ's Ad- vent at Bethlehem. Ebenezer Scrooge represented a great deal that is anti-Christmas, anti-Christian, and anti-Christ in human life and affairs. Dickens de- scribes him as "a squeezing, wrenching; grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint from which no steel had ever struck generous fire." And he was possessed of other qualities equally as objectionable. Yet old Ebenezer Scrooge was transformed overnight. Transform- ed, as Dickens puts it, by "the Good Spirit." There came the great moment, the vital moment, the in- dispensable moment when he saw himself as he really was, and when, simultaneously he saw the meaning of Christmas. From then the grace of transformation was begun. He became an ambassador of "peace and good<will" in the truest sense of the term. With high resolve he declared, "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." Let us "think on these things" this Christmas of 1946. MAJOR ALFRED P. SIMESTER, Salvation Army. God's Business and Ours In a well-known passage in The Christmas Carol, Scrooge is con- fronted with the opportunity of making a gift to aid the suffering poor at Christmas time. He puts his refusal in these words, "It's not my business. It's enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people's." He was expressing his own philos- ophy of life, which is the philosophy of every self-centred life, and of a world that habitually rejects the claim of God upon it. The message of Christmas, on the other hand, is a message of out- reaching love. As Scrooge learned so painfully, and as we must learn if we are to keep Christmas aright, we do not live alone; and 'minding our own business' in any narrow sense is a false philosophy. But Christmas began with God and not with us. It began with God looking out upon all "earth's sin and strife," and refusing to. say, "It is not my business." The glory of the Christian faith is its assur- Continued on Page 4, Col. 2) true | Rev. D. M. ROSE Christmas Is Christ Christmas, the most popular fes- tival of the Christian world, ob- served too in some measure beyond it, ts surrounded by many beautiful customs and decorated by a wealth of pleasant legend, Ancient times and different lands contribute their quota to the richness of its appeal. Mistletoe played an important part in Druid and other pre-Christian worship; Germany provided the Christmas Tree and the Yule Log; rfom Holland; the Boar's Head and Roast Beef from England; Turkey from America; Carols from France, Germany, China, England, Poland and other parts. The "Christmas spirit" of neighbourly Relp to the less fortunate undoubtedly was, and still is, greatly stimulated by Dic- ken's "Christmas Carol", one of the literary classics of the season. But the familiar saying, "he can't see the wood for the trees", might find application here, for without doubt many who spend time, thought and energy to make Christ- mas an enjoyable and deeply happy family and social event, do never- theless miss its true meaning. G. K. Chesterton says somewhere, "Christ- mas without Christ is like a laugh without a face." The Birth of Jesus Christ 19 cen- turles ago was the coming of God Himself to earth in human form. That irruption of the divine into earthly conditions is the source of all our joy. That stupendous Event and the Life which followed it tells more about God than the whole of history, both B.C. and A.D, Other times and other peoples had long ascribed power, might, majesty and holiness to God. It was the Birth at Bethlehem which revealed Him as love, utter patience and perfect humility, Many had believed that the God of heaven had much to do with human life, individual and corporate. The first Christmas and the 33 years which followed de- monstrated that He cares so much as to identify Himself with it. He in Christ "became man'. 80,-- Unshaken in a world where conflict rages Unchanging in the midst of change and strife, The Birth of Christ remains throughout the ages, The central pillar of the Christian life. Mother and Child! Serenely strong, and tender, They hold the hearts of men, and all in vain A new world bids the ancient Faith surrender, Mary the Mother, Christ the Child remain, Christmas happiness, the subject of ten million kInd wishes will be realized and continue' throughout the coming year as each of us pierces through the outer trappings of this Festival to its inner Reality --Jesus Christ, perfect God and perfect man, Redeemer and King. Dinners and decorations, presents and visits will mean the more if Christmas worship has been given the priority. "O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord." REV. DAVID M. ROSE, ctor. St. George's Church. A Christmas Message Christmas time is often one of the loveliest periods of the year in Judea. Flowers bloom and the shepherds lead out their flocks again to browse for a few weeks on the renewed pasture. It is signi- ficant that these flocks ° 'ere des- ticed for temple sacrifices which the shepherds watched that Decem- ber night, when called from th: lields to see the lamb of God, who was to be a living sacrifice for all sin--not in the stable, that cavern by the hillside, but out in the quiet solemn night, in the star-lit heav- jens, in the birth of the long-her- alded King announced. Who cannot | see the shepherds sitting in their long silent night watches in the open flelds, and who does not sympathize with them in. thelr fear, when the glory of the Lord shone round about them, in all its dazzling brightness? And yet was it not beautiful that the birth of the one that was to be known as | the Good Shepherd, was first an- nounced to the shepherds who were themselves sheep of His flock? When will men learn that ang- els are their friends, the messeng- [ers of God sent to minister to His i children? This béautiful Angel | whose dazling radiance made the | shepherds sore afraid, bade them | "Fear not." It was the first preach- | oF of the gespel who hovered near { them, No one else had honored the advent of the Messiah. The earth had never even wakened from its slumbers to welcome Him People slept on as though the mightiest event. in all the history of the Santa Claus, via St. Nicolas comes : ino hope in these words for those werld had not just transpired. But if no priest announced His coming, | Ino royal herald trumpeted His | birth, an unheard of thing happen- ed. Higher honor had the Babe in the manger than any heir to an earthly throne. A herald angel came down from Heaven to an- nounce the birth of the Prince of Peace. With the words of Barbara Ross McIntosh, I conclude this Christmas Message: "Bectuse of a stall in Bethle- m, Where the Prince of Peace was ty to fashion "s childlike eart For the difference He has made. "Because of a stall in Naza-' kingly craftsman I try to follow my simple tasks With reverence, care and thought, "Because of a Cross on Calvary, Where hung the Crucified One, He bore the load of sinh and grief, For each and every one. "Oh, life it would be a fruitless quest, And hope but a x id nd the fairest joys wi bloom in io 4 ne If it were not for sake of Hm, If we face the fact of the Christ we shall observe Christmas and ap- proach the Advent season In the lamp grown Rev, L. E. FLETCHER spirit of humility and love. To ey- eryone we say, "A Joyful Christ- mas." REV. L, E. FLETCHER, Pastor, Free Methodist Church, 17 Erie Street, Oshawa, "Glory To God in the Highest and On Earth Peace" Those are the words with which We are all familiar and love most of all, of all the well loved words of the old, old Christmas story. In the New Testament the. word "Glory", means reputation, or splendor and sometimes majesty, magnificence or brightness, All of us have some sort of imagination as to what glory means when it is applied to God. Somehow we feel that if ever we Were face to face with - God Himself He would be clothed with an ineffable light. When we use the word "Glory," we are glving expression to praise. It is our recognition of His majestic Being, the infinite worth, the shining glory of God which calls forth our praise of Him. We praise God by acknowledging His glory. We feel something of what the angels felt long ago when they sang above the shepherds, and sheep- Rev. T, H. P, ANDERSON fields, "Glory to God in the High. est," While we contemplate His infinite Love displayed in the.send- ing of His Only Begotten Son to become our Savior and Redeemer, At first our souls are in silent adoration but finally must break out fnto music of wonder, love and praise and "Glory" is the word we use when this is what we mean, And if there is "Glory to God in the highest," there will be peace Gil earth. The "Glory" of the Being of God is the only power that will be able to give the strength, energy and wisdom to men to create and make real peace on earth. There is who think peace can be produced by human efforts and plahning alone, Let us this Christmas accept the revealed Glory of God In Christ Jesus our Lord humbly, thankfully and sincerely making Him Lord in all the ways of the earth so making peace, REV. T. H, P. ANDERSON, Centre Street United Church. REV. E, DONOVAN JONES Sorry, But It Must Be Said Just a few more days... Make room for a Birthday! "For unto you is born this day a Saviour, which is Ohrist the Lord." Make room Canada, make room for His Birthday. Gifts! . , , of course there must be gifts. But the cost man, think of the cost! Who cares, good heavens it's ,| Christmas! And trees, and lights, and wrap- pings; jostling crowds, work in the stores, and work in the kitchen, work, work, work . , , Think of the work! To be sure, but it's Christmas! Carols, "Tidings of great joy", "Peace on earth, goodwill to men", in the stores, on the air, everywhere. The time man, think of the time, the preparation, the effort iavolved! How can you spare it? All part of Christmas, And every year , .. does it happen every year, this happy interlude of fellowship and effort, the pushing aside of everything for Christmas? Every December. And when its all over . . . after the stores have emptied their shelves of Christmas merchandise, after the churches have emptied their pews of Christmas worship- pers, after the children have emp- tied thelr stockings of Christmas surprises, and the folk have emptied their plates of Christmas dinner .. . what then? Then The carols fade away, The stores take stock, The decorations disappear, The trees commence to wither in the show, The kiddies return to school And men to work, Things generally, "let down" And all get back to normal. And you make room like thls, every year, for His Birthday? In- dustry, commerce, maaufacture, men, women, and children, you do this every year? Yes every year. Of course it's profitable, and then again, it's cus- tomary. Furthermore, it's enjoyable. Everyone is friendlier, the kiddies couldn't live without it, not now, the unfortunate get ,a break, and all in all, it's a worthwhile practice. But look, I'm busy . .. Just a few more days... Make room, make room ... for Christmas. But Who is this that stands at the door and knocks? , . . at the portal of every human heart . .. on the porch of every home... in the gateway to every industry . ,. along the corridor of every legislature , . . besides the entrance to World Af- fairs? Why, look! The Babe of Bethle- hem has become the Man of Gali- lee! The Infant Jesus has become the Crucified Son of God! Make {room for the crucified Lord! Make room? But He carries a Cross, a Cross He will not relinquish to enter; a Cross He insists we re- ceive with Him; a Cross that in- tersects hatred with love, vengeance with forgiveness, ambition with sac- rifice, success with service, might with mercy, and self with others. And the demands He makes! Time, talent, work and wealth, all to be consecrated to the Purposes of God and the welfare of global humanity, every day, in every way! Make room for the crucified Lord . . .??? Make room for a Living Sav- four , . .2?? For a Birthday, for the Bake of Bethlehem, for a brief interlude each December, for the merriment of Christmas, for the celebration that lends itself to commercialism .. ++ « for this we will make room. Bul for Christ in every day and every WAY . . . for a crucified Lord and the Salvation He offers on the arms of a Cross , , . for this we will make room, too . . . BUT NOT NOW... some other time ,.. meanwhile, don't be a killjoy . . . make room for Ghristmas . . . make room for a Birthday . . . have we not heard, "For unto you is born this day a Saviour which is Christ the Lord." And so the years roll by, The Babe is remembered . . . the Saviour forgotten. Christmas is welcome, but Christianity embarasses, And the preghant message' of Ohristmas) with its promise of salvation, its offering of a Saviour, dies unborn in the hearts of countless thous ands. Make room, Canada, make room for His Birthday , . . And make room for Him to live in our lives, in our homes, in our assemblies, and in our policies, after the celebration of His Birth, else Christmas is a stillbora tragedy for you. Wishing you the birth of His Liv- ing Spirit in your life this Christ- mas, and the Happy New Year His constant an. abiding Comparnion- shin will as are, REV. E. DONOVAN JONES, Albert Street United Church. "On Earth Peace - Amongst Men of His Good Pleasure" The traditional version of the above words obscures a deep truth in the angels' song, that was heard by the Bethlehem Shepherds on the birthnight of Jesus. The promise of peace had a condition attached. It was not for men until the Eoudition of being well-pleas to God Was fulfilled. The goodwill that would result in peace must be of a certain kind--not merely the vague impulse to do good and kindly acts. That there is an abundance of goodwill amongst men, each Christmas season demonstrates, and many people are cheered because of it. That there is a relationship be- tween peace and good will is also proven by our experience every Christmas. Life becomes good and pleasant when men unselfish, and are concerned, if only for a day, with the needs of others, But it is sadly obvious that our good will, which can bring peace of a sort for a day, is utterly incapable of producing and maintaining peace amongst men and nations. Strenu- ous efforts are being made to pre- vent war and to promote prosperity but confusion seems to be the only result, The reason need not be that malevolent men are obstructing everything that is good and right. More probably the cause of our con- fusion is that there are too many notions about what is right. What seems good to one man, or class, or nation, seems ruinous to another. Rev. H. F. DAVIDSON Our good wills clash and we. have not peace but strife, What is lacking is some sort of standard that would regulate and regularize our many good inten- tions, so that we shall do, not just that which is right in our own eyes, but that which is absolutely .and eternally right, i.e, the will of God. Christmas is the proclamation of God's having given to men such a standard in Jesus Christ. He is the one through whom men may be converted to the Will and Way of God, so that they may become well pleasing in His sight, and so able to receive His gift of peace, that they so much need, so sincerely de- sire, and so vainly seek. REV. H. F. DAVIDSON, Knox Presbyterian Church. Led tt] The Glory of The Lord We, are happy to join our Greet- ing with that of others everywhere who rejoice in the Birth of the Christ Child. We pray that the Joy and Fellcwship of these days may continue far into 1047. It would seem to us as though, at Jesus' birth a curtain were drawn aside, a curtain which ordinarily hides that world from human eyes. The darkness of the usual night had settled roundabout the shepherds when suddenly it was dispelled by unearthly radiance, From amidst Rev, RALPH WILSON that radiance angels appeared de- claring this message. The angels could not come with out the accompanying 'glory of the Lord." That radiance cast its glow upon all of life for those men long after it was no longer visible, Their message, unusual, even startling to some, also brought with it a peculiar glow, a glary. Words of hope and promise have been spokex before and since that time, but the message has been different. It has about it the aura of truth. As men have read, hope has been rekindled that peace will come on earth to men of good will. The pro- nouncement contained even more important words as it told of a Savior, Christ the Lord, and where He could bp found. Other saviors have been announced but the pass- ing of time has seen them fade into obscurity. This message regarding Jesus has brought its ray of hope to countless dej:cted broken lives, upon whose horiz§as the natural night (Continued on Page 6) Rev. GEORGE TELFORD The Unchanging Realities When the author of the hymn, "Abide with me", wrote the line "Change and decay in all around I see", he expressed a truth which might well be written over every civilization and every period of history, We are acutely aware of its truth today. An order of life which many as permanent has been swept away by two great wars, We do not know what the future holds for the world, With changes come confusion, doubt and perplexity tll the human heart wonders if there is anything that abides. Breaking in upon our doubts and confusions the voice of Christmas sounds the answer, The answer is that no human error or confusioh or sin can alter the fact that God abides, He may be hidden by the clouds of our strife and denied by our selfishness, but at Christmas time the clouds part and the glory of God shines through, Faith comes into her own again and brings with her hope and love. For ultimately we must all have faith in something or someone or life breaks down completely. We must have hope, or life is a dreary prison place, And we must have love or e. Christmas comes as a timely pro- text against the materiallsm that 80 dcminates life throughout the year, Indeed it is difficult to pre- vent Christmas itself from being inundated by activities and thoughts that are purely material. The busi- ness of exchanging gifts takes on vast importance, the engine of amusement is running in high gear, the body and its desires occupies a central place. But materinliem, at Christmas or any other time, is no answer to our basic hungers It is always true that meh cannot live by bread alone, nor by#nything else that he makes with his hands and sells in the market place. The sweet interlude we call Christmas reminds us of the things that really satisly, These things are wholly spiritual, There is the assurance that God. lives and that He cares for us. The crowning evi. dence of His carc is in the gift of His Son. That gift reminds us too that God is working to a high pur- pose that includes us all, There is no satisfaction to compare with the conviction that God is interested enough in us to call us in as par- takers in His plans, The Christ- mag message is contained in the proclamation, "Goodwill toward men" which describes God's at- titude to us. The twin truth that alone promises a world of happiness is "Goodwill among men". Thank God then for another Christmas to remind us of the abiding reality that we are the children of God and members one of another. REV. GEO. TELFORD, St, Andrew's United Church, Christmas Message Christmas is the supreme birth- day. It is celebrated by more people, in more countries, and with more positive rejoicing than is given not only to any other birthday, but to any anniversary of any kind. Christmas is the Birthday of our Lord Jesus, God's greatest Gift. "He that hath the Son hath Life" (1 John 5: 12), This statement ap- plies not oly to eternal bliss, but it means to those who have Faith to believe, the richest, fullest life for today. There is much that is mystical astors How Far To Bethlehem? "How far is it to Bethlehem town Not very far-- It's anywhere that Christ comes down-- The road to Bethlehem runs right through The homes of folks lik» me and you." Christmas disturbs us. Because at this recurring season the compelling hand of the child leads us down deep and deeper into the stillness, until we feel the breathless hush of a mystery older then time. Down in that crypt of our being we keep tryst with our souls, kneeling in adoration by the cradle-side as the shepherds knelt, presenting our gifts even as the Magi of old. There is always a tinge of the timeless and placeless about the happenings of God. In the fulness of time God sent His Son, yet al- ways He sends His Son and in the fulnéss of time. To Wesley, Bethle- hem was a little meeting house in Aldersgate where his heart was strangely warmed, while Bunyan arrived at his Bethlehem after a long and distressing journey, beset by many enemies. Yet the voice of God sets his fears at rest, saying three times, "My grace is sufficient for thee." Wherever Christ is born the stars twinkle with a new merri- ment, the silence of the night be- comes filled with friendly voices and prophetic songs that proclaim "unto you is born this day a Saviour which is Ohrist the Lord." What a symbol this Manger- Rev. J. V. McNEELY cradle has become! Here we touch life's supreme realities: the divinity of childhood, the coronation of motherhood, the glorification of simplicity and the pre-eminence of peace and good-will. As we gaze upon the face of the Christ Child we see our own best selves come to birth, Christmas comes a gentle interlude wherein we forget the outside world with its 'pomp and pride and gather like 'happy chil dren about the ' new-found Child. Under this blessed dsy we are al- most ready to quit taking by violence the kingdoms of weadth, success and pleasure, and slip quiet- ly into that mew kingdom where every child-in-spirit is welcome. If we have found all else, but know not the enchantment of Bethlehem we have missed the height, the depth and splendour of life. REV. J «J McNEELY, King Street United.Church, kin Why We Celebrate Christmas Christmas is a joyous season for all of us. Its preceding weeks have been busy. What preparations we have made! Christmas presents have been purchased, food pre- about the coming of the Christ of | God as the "Babe of Bethlehem". yet the fact was oft and specifically foretold in the Scriptures, and is generally accepted as a glorious truth, It is not enough, however, that we should accept and rejoice in the Jesus of history, "For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:11) He did not come to judge the world, He did not come to blame, | He did not even come to teach, It' was to save He came; And when we call Him Saviour We call Him by His Name. So Christ came td the world, and so he comes to the individual con- Sclousness of men, "Behold I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me." (Rev 3:20) Happy souls the world over tes- tify to the-fact that the coming of Christ into the life is not merely a igure of speech, but a Blessed forming, reality. Let Him into your heart and home this Christ mastide, for to receive God's Gift is to take that which matters most. "I heard the voice of Jesus say, behold I freely give The living water thirsty one, stoop down and drink and live, I came to Jesus and I drank of that life Giving stream, My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in Him} R. B. WILKINS, Acting Pastor Gibbon Street Mission "What of the tion of - selves to receive hg lig -- sage? Have we thought of the rea- son why we celebrate Christmas? Jia the omeeg Aion of She of Chris into our midst proclaiming God's great desire to enter every individual heart. Let us on Christmas day remem- ber that the angels heralded the coming of Jesus with a song, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill towards men." The greatest joy at Christmas is to worship the Child Jesus, to enter the Christian Chueh, sing our Praises and offer unto Him a gift, the gift of ourselves and all that we have and are to His service, so that the "Goodwill to men" about which the angels sang will become a reality in our midst. May the Spirit of God be with you and give you joy, goodwill and peace during the Christmas season and' through- out the coming year, REV. H. D, C ERDON, Rector, Christ Memorial Church a