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N PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1947 ER DS Ba RD ED a a A DS A a BN Sa A A DS I a EN DOT AS I AERO DAO Christmas Messages From Oshawa And District Pastors PURO ARCH LRH RRR RR LARGER ERROR RRR LAR ARE RRR RH RE ROE RE LOH RH ROOM RRR ARE ROE. YRERBMRRIRERAR Cultivate Peace and Good Will Christmas would not be the happy occasion it is if there had not been born, 19 centuries ago, a Child into a human family who brought to the world a message of peace and good will, It is essential to remember that the Christ Child was born into a 'human family, for thus God taught us that peace and goodwill must be- REV. H. D. CLEVERDON gin in 'the home. When it is per- fected there, it will spread forth its blessings to the Community and to the World. Into this World of in- security and distress of Nations, the message of Christ comes again, de- claring that the world is one trem- endous family. Everyone of us must cultivate the spirit of peace and goodwill in our own hearts, spread its benign in- fluence wherever we meet with others, and so help to secure for the world, through the Grace of God, the Geod Tidings of Great Joy that should be to all people. May the Spirit of the Christ Child, Which is so evident in all of us at this season, continue with us throughout the year, and then will truly come into our midst, Peace and Goodwill. A Happy Christmas to you all, and may Ged bless and prosper you through the coming year. REV. H. D. CLEVERDON Christ Memorial Church "Christmas With or Without Christ?" Luke 2:7--"There was no room for them in the Inn". Here Is a story whose pathos seems to deepen with the passing of the centuries. Let us go back to those moments of over nineteen hundred years ago. The Angel of Suffering has ccme to Mary, and | her brow is crowned with the sweet radiance of motherhood. In her arms is a little child. That child is Heaven's King and the King of this world and all other worlds. It was of Him that the prophet, Isa- iah, sang: "For unto us a child is born and unto us a son is given: | and the government shall be upon REV. XL. E FLETCHER his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the | Mighty Ged, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace". He is the Word made flesh, that has come to dwell among us, full of grace and truth. His birth is an event so glorious that all Heaven is athrill with the wonder of it. A star is pointing to the manger bed with shafts of light. An angel is proclaiming the glad tidings of great joy in words that never lose their sweetness, "For there is born unto you day in the city of David, a Saviour which is Christ te Lord." A won- derful choir from the land where everybody sings is serenading our discordant werld with celestial mu- sie, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace!" But the wonder of Heaven is lit- tle shared by our sin-darkened world tcday. It is true that a few wise men are following the' radiant star and will soon come to offer their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. A few shepherds, too, ave heard the angel's sermon, have believed it and are saying one to the other, "Let us now go even unio Bethlehem and see this thing which is come to pass." They came and found the child and finding n, they found a new day. The r had missed the privilege of a Heavenly Guest in e. Im his blindness he wen's gift unto an old Lecavse there he inn. + .day, this child has grewa to manhood. He has spoken 8s never man spake. He has gone v AL3dV¥S OdJIW this | was - no | «to the cross for man's redemption. He has broken the bonds of death. He has lifted empires off their hinges and changed the whole course of human history. Today He comes to us as the Christ of ex- perience.. He accounts for all that is best and most beautiful in our world. But in spite of all this, for vast multitudes this holy season will be Christmas without Christ, a mere shadow without the substance, a corpse with all life and beauty gone away. Many will be prepar- ing for a special feast time but will shut the door in the face of the Guest of Honor. Much will be done this Christmas upon which our Lord will smile, Millions of children with sparkling eyes and hearts thrilled with joy. Christ will be glad for this. multitude far tco large who will have little or no room for Christ. There is no slightest doubt that Christ will call on everyone of us at this Christmas time. Our lack of expectancy may cause us to shut the door in His face. Let us there- ford be looking for Him. He will not fail us. For His promise is sure: "They shall not be ashamed that wait for me". He will be knocking at every heart's door at this season of the year saying, "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 will sup with him and he with me." For many, doubtless this will be a rather trying lonely Christmas. There is a grave out in God's acre and a wound in your heart. Some will feel the pinch of poverty, and will grieve that they have so little to give. Some will be forgotten and will be desperately lonely. But whatever may be your gircum- stances, there is One who will re- member you. However humble your home there is one Guest that will, if permitted, take up His abode with you. We may all have Christ and it is His presence that makes Christmas. Yours for a "Christ-centred Christmas." REV. LAYMAN E. FLETCHER Free Methodist Church. PE ---------- AY R. M. THOMPSON | You Are Witnesses . .. God never leaves Himself without | a witness to His wonderful works ar-ong men. As far back in the history of mankind as our records go, we see God providing Himself with those among His created be- ings who bear witness to His own glory. and to the wisdom of His deeds. Down through the centuries, the Patriarchs, and the pre-Chris- tian Prophets, have all testified to thy ever-present God at work among, and for, the people of His creation. Though multitudes have wandered far from God in ways of sin, there has ever been a number of faithful souls to declare what great things God has done. It was thus at the First Christmas. When God brought to pass this unique and never-to-be-repeated act at Bethlehem, sending His only Son to be born among men that through him, man who had gone far astray, might be brought back to God, He also called those who would bear witness to His gracious work of love. They were few number. But those Shepherds from the hillside and the Wise Men from far away came at the call of God to witness this marvellous thing | which had come to pass. Perhaps that First Christmas did not seem a world-shaking event then, but God had begun in a quiet way a movement which has since reached world proportions, Today Christmas is observed in some. fashion where- ever man is found. It is known in every land as the birthday of Christ. Scon we will have the opportunity to observe another anniversary of this Day when Christ came to a needy 'world. Soon the world will pause to mark a Day that ought to be celebrated with great reverence and thankfulness. What will be our response to this great saving act of God? Will it be for us a sacred and holy Day? There are those who have always held fast the true meaning and significance of Christmas. They aveid the irreverent and pagan cus- toms of the unenlightened multi- tudes whose ways serve only to pro- fane all that Christmas means. These are the faithfvl God-fearing folk, the witnesses to the truth of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. To them Bethlehem is of utmost significance and Christmas is. a day of reverent gratitude to Almighty God. Will you this, year be numbered among the faithful? Will you be a witness to God's great act of love in Christ Jesus as you observe this Christmas the anniversary of His coming into the world? ... May all that you say and do be | the expmession of a grateful heart to Him who is both Lord and | Saviour. And may God bless you richly this Christmas Season and | throughout the coming year. R. M. THOMPSON, Student Minister, Westmount United Church. But still there will be a. The Journey of the Wise Men This story in St. Matthew's Gos- pel is symbolical of the quest of those who follow the guidance of a heavenly light, believing that God still reveals himself to those who wait upon him, The way men have done homage to their kingly gods is tragic and pathetic--Mars, the god of war; Venus, the goddess of pleasure; Sn REV. J. V. McNEELY Mammon, who was recognized by Jesus as his chief rival. They sought a king and found a child. That is an epitome of the world's quest after God. At the first stage of its history power is magni- fied and force is deified. The great man is the strong man. In the second stage, power is pushed back a step or two and intellect comes to the front. The great man is the intellectual man, Christianity points to a child--not to power or to ex- alted genius but to the sovereignty of goodness. It is an incredible story and, yet, a God who cannot reveal | himself in the love of a home and a family is a very limited kind of God for immensities and eternities are too vast a setting to reveal the vital glow of love. The Wise Men saw the child and his mother. They saw the child and then beyond him to the mother. It is always thus. No one truly. sges the Christ child until he sees him set down in a vaster setting. You see Christ and you see beyond him to the evils that prey on child life, e.g., war, greed, poverty, oppression, power, politics. A new perspective is realized the moment the presence of Christ is felt. You see the child and beyond him all that goes to make up the varied concerns of life, They 'went back to their own country but by another way. The gospel tells us they were warned in a dream not to go back to Herod. They didn't need a dream to tell them that. Having met Christ they would have no place for Herod. Having stood face to face with divine reality they could have no further concourse with its opposite. A new country will not always make a new man but a new man can make a new country. "If any man be in Christ he is a new creature" for "the former things are passed away." And so we go back to our tasks by another way, for, as the late Richard Roberts put it, "the old ways and the old days are gone and dead when once we have seen God as He is in Jesus Christ." REV. J. V. McNEELY, King Street United: Church. "Why Jesus Came" 4 Matt. 1:21, And she ghall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from thelr sins. Luke 2:10, 11. And the angel said unto them: Fear not, for be- hold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city bf David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. John 1:29. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith: Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Luke 3:2. And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased, Luke 4:18, 19. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me, to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the ecap- tives, and recovering of the sight to the blind," to set at liberty them that are bruised. To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Jesus came into the world for one purpose, He came as a redeemer As we soorosth the Christmas season our minds turn back al- most 2,000 years when a little babe was born in a manger that was to become the world's re- deemer. e angel speaking to Mary said Thou shall call His name Jesus) which means Sav- jour. ho John the-Baptist, speaking of Jesus, recognized Him as the one who was able to break the power of sin. Isaiah sees Him as the healer of broken hearts, giving sight to the blind, and givihg liberty to those that were bound by the fet- ters of sin. The centurion saw Him as the Son of God. As 'we commemor- ate the Birth of Jesus may we do 80 in a way that the world's Sav- four will be able to sanction with His presence, REV. J, W, BRAY, Pastor Pilgrim Holiness Church. Ir N34 The Gift of God We have come again to that sea- son of the year, in which we are forcibly reminded of the coming of God's Son into this world of ours. Many will celebrate this season by sending gifts to one another and many good wishes will be passed along. We would join in wishing the happiest Christmas yet to the readers of these lines and we know it will be to all who receive the "Gift of God". In Paul's letter to the Romans, we read 'The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Possibly it fas never occurred to you that God has a gift for you and is now offering it to you. Or you may be fully aware of it, but up to the present have refused to accept His wonderful gift. God offers to you "life" as a free gift, It was for this purpose that Jesus Christ was born. But this gift was not purchased by His birth. Ere this gift could be offered to you and me, Jesus Christ must pass through death. Sin's wages is death, so God has declared, and before life could" be offered to us Jesus Christ must not only be born into this world, but He must die for our sins. Thank God, He has done this and now God offers "life" to us, an eternal life--to last as long as God its Giver. But more, it is life in Christ Jesus our Lord Him. self. Sharing His life, Who is the well-beloved of the Father, sharing "the love wherewith God fas loved Christ." What a gift this is--sins borne, pardoned, gone, a welcome into Heaven, and life, eternal life, granted to a lost sou! dead in sins. This is indeed a gift which sur- passes all gifts. And God is in His grace offering it to you now, What will you do with it? Will you accept it from Him now and thank the Giver? Some of our merchants are sell- ing '*'certificates" for merchandise. If you were to receive one of these certificates as a Christmas gift you would thank the giver, and when you so desired go to the store and confidently claim the merchandise, God is offering you His gift, Will you not, so to speak, cash the cer- tificate and thank the Giver for His free gift, 'eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord?" If as you read these lines, you accept the free gift of God, we are sure and know from experience that this will be your most valued gift which you have ever received and it will be your happiest Christmas. Our wish for all our friends and the readers of these lines is that you will take God's free gift and yeu will have a "Merry Christenas." A. C. MATTICE Gospel Hall, Nassau Street, Oshawa. "And She... Laid Him In a Manger; Because There Was No Room for Them in the Inn" This detail, that there was mo room in the Bethlehem inn for the mother of Jesus in the hour of her travail, is reported, not as a matter of regret, but simply as a matter of fact. Too often in reading the story our indignation is aroused against the stupid self- ish people who did not make room for the neediest traveller of them ali that night, but that is REV, H. F. DAVIDSON because we make the mistake of judging them by Christian stan- dards. How could they know to do better than they did when as yet there had been no ene to teach them? We must not forget that it was to a morally blinded, and spirit- ually darkened world that Christ came. The reason for His com- ing was that there was no room in that little inn, or anywhere else in the world, for the things He represented. He did not ex- pect a place. He came because there was no room in selfish hearts for that love that "seeketh not its own". He came to make room i.e. to change men's lives so that they would "bear one an- other's burdens". And we know that wherever. His Gospel has gone, one of the wonderful re- sults is that there has been an awakening to the neells of men, and loving service to meet those needs, But there are still so many places where there is no room for Him---s0 many lives crowded with non-essentials, so many homes given over to selfishness, so many communities of men that have no time for the things of the spirit. Surely, if we have learned for ourselves the difference He makes in life, how He opens up life and makes room for the things that are good, how He delivers from the thraldom of the unnecessary, if we know this, surely we shall make this festival of His Birth an occasion of rededication of our talents to telling others the good news, A happy Christmas to all. REV. H. F. DAVIDSON, Knox Presbyterian Church, The Significance Of Christmas The significance of Christmas would become more apparent if imagination pictured life without this great Christian festival, The absence of all the festivities and pleasant customs acsoclated with it would leave us much the poorer. Without the excitement of the chil- dren, the pleasure of giving and receiving gifts, the decorations and REV. D. M. ROSE the carols, the * upsurge of kindly feelings, exchange of greetings with friends of the long ago, and all the cther "trimmings" of Christmas, a characteristic passage in the life of our people would be missing. Without the event Christmas commemorates, the world's cultural life would be widely different, for it has inspired all greatest art, sub- limest music, most soaring architec- ture. Education, now the concern of the whole community and nation, is the child of the Church whose roots are in the manger cradle of Bethe. lehem. The vast and rapidly growing edifice of social service,--hospitals, asylums, clinics, activities of Ser- vice Clubs would not be, apart from Christmas. Without Christmas human life would be an enigma and its future, if any, a dark mystery. Without Christmas and the an- gels' song, two World Wars in a generation and failure at highest diplomatic levels to agree to any plan for European recovery would mean irretrievable disaster. Apart from the revelaticn of God's eternal love made plain in Jesus Christ, the Babe of Bethlehem, humanity is condemned to continuing supersti- tion, perpetual fear and hatred. Add all these together,--the fun and the feasting and other extern. als of the celebrations; education and the best of western culture: modern social service and concern for the unfortunate; invincible be. lief in the possibility of world peace and goodwill between the nations: the revelation of what God is and what man may become, and you have a glimps of the true signifi- cance of Christmas. REV. DAVID M. ROSE St. George's Anglican Church What Christmas Means It is hard these days to imagine a time when Christmas was not celebrated. Yet this was the case well into the Christian era. The early Church fathers resented the idea of celebrating Jesus' birthday, "as if he were a Pharoah". As time passed, however, this narrow atti- tude disappeared and the long tra- dition of Christmas festivity was established. In the earliest days it was held in May, but eventually the Christian churches came to agree upon the date we now use. Yet unanimous as the Christian world is upon the value of Christ. mas, Christmas itself has a differ- ent meaning for every one of us. This is no more strange than that no two of us are alike, or that no two of us respond: to each other in the same way. A hundred people will stand looking at a rainbow, each convinced that one is there, but each seeing a different bne. Our early training, our personal de- velopment, our attitude to the Mas. ter Personality for whom Christmas is celebrated -- all will affect our idea of why we have Christmas and MAJOR H. G. ROBERTS what it means to us. But to all of us, it has at least three funda- mental meanings, without which we all will miss something important. First, Christmas means hope. To a world sunk in sin and incapable of any other redemption, God sent His Son. Therewith was born the immortal hope of mankind. As a parent chides himself for his fail- ure to achieve the ideals set before him, he sees in the life of his in- fant son the hope that his failure might be redeemed: A new start is to be made. The Christmas hope. is as wide and deep as the world. The Christmas hope means that some day many may triumph over de- gradation of sin, and the ancient, unquenchable dream of hs, be real- It also means peace. Does it sound futile to write this while nations are still seeking a permanent peace? Yet the Man who was born at Bethlehem has shown us the way to peace. It was the theme of the song the angels sang. It is the final desire of every man and nation. Surely the long, hard lesson has been thoroughly taught this time, and "the things that belong to our peace" made clear to us. And, finally, Christmas means remembrance. For millions of peo- ple throughout the world this year, Christmas will bring a pang of loneliness. For some the loneliness will be temporary, for others the loved presence is gone for ever. "In the morning and at the going down of the sun, we will remember them." The ordinary friendships of life come back more keenly at this | time. Relationships which have al- most died of neglect revive for a moment. If Christmas served no other purpose than to stir us to re- call those who have formed part of our lives to stimulate us to pay the price of a valued friendship, i& would have had sublime importance. For whatever else we have or lack, it is people who count. The fortunes of life disrupt. old relationships, construct new ones and sometimes deepen intimacy beyond all ex- pression. Christmas retrieves and ties them all together. As we re- member our friends this Christmas, let us also remember in loving ador- ation "The Christ of Christmas." MAJOR H. G. ROBERTS The Salvation Army. Put Christ Back Into Christmas Someone has said, "It is an easy thing to tell the past fortunes of people at Christmas time. Those who are indifferent to the festival; REV. N. C. XRITSCH those who frankly dislike it; those whom it exhausts and wearies; those who are unspeakably glad when it is over--these are people whom, when they were children, grown people somehow wronged, or failed, or misunderstood, or neglect ed; never realizing or understanding what Christmas really means. Many of us who have had the traditional happy Christmas of childhood, are in danger of growing away from the ideal. In all the rush and flurry of modern life Christmas becomes frequently, less a senti- ment and more an exchange of gifts; less a religious festival and more a day of unbridled pleasure-- a big dinner, a show, a dance--and there is no time to remember that | old story of how shepherds watched their flocks by night and the Wise Men of the East followed the Star to the lowly manger where the Christ-child lay, God's great gift to the world. True, we do remember during this season of happiness and good-will those whom fortune has not so kindly treated, those who, but for the kindness and generosity of their more fortunate fellow-humans, would bé spending a cold and cheer- less Christmas. We have during these past weeks preceding Christ- mas, made plans, elaborate plans, to insure the necessities of life-- with a few of the simple luxuries of life threwn in for good measure --for those less fortunate. We have made it our proud boast that every case of need which has been brought to our attention, shall most certainly be provided for. And our own enjoyment of Christmas is the greater as a result of this assurance, Might we not at this time call at- tention to an old Christmas. custom --that of putting the infant Christ back into Christmas, for without Him we shouldn't have even a name for our celebration. As you join with your families this Christmas season in the celebration of tiss festival of joy, as you welcome home the son or daughter for a day or two at the family fireside, as you become as children once more in joining your little ones in the merriment of this season--may you pause with the shepherds for a moment of humble, adoring reflection before the lowly manger of Bethlehem, thereby giving to the Christ, the greatest gift man has ever received, the emphasis, the reverence, the adoration which He so richly de- serves. Then, and only then, will your celebration be a Christmas celebration. REV. N. C. KRITSCH, | years in Jesus' Grace Lutheran Church. ! "Good Tidings to All Mankind" "Joy to the world! come: Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And heav'n and nature sing " Again the season has come when these lines are used to re- mind people everywhere of the Birthday of Jesus the Christ, We join with all who worship Him to the Lord fis at ¥ REV. R. F. WILLSON sound out the message spoken by the angels to the Judean shep- herds, that every human ear should hear and that every hu- man heart should thrill to its meaning, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us" was written by the Apostle John and one would imagine it to be easy to come to such a conclusion after those company. None ever spoke as He, none had ever lived as He did, and certainly His death and resurrection were unique, Almost all that was seen of Jesus glowed with superna- tural life. We can understand Peter's exclamation, 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God!" The Gospel narrative up to that point had furnished quite sufficient proof of His diety. But of what dimensions was their faith who met at the manger bed and saw, in the most incon- gruous\satting, a little Family, in- cluding a wee Babe. They were quite as sure there, as they had been by the sheep fold, that the anzel messengers had told the truth. That was "the Saviour, Christ the Lord," upon whom they gazed, Let our faith, too, be strong to believe all that the Scriptures have said of that Blessed One, who alone is the hope of all man- kind. Peace and Joy, here and hereafter, i§ found alone in the Christ who came as a helpless Babe, lived a matchless life, died on a cross and rose again, May God open many eyes and hearts to know Him this Christmas sea- son, and thereby find the joy to which the above hymn refers. REV. RALPH F. WILLSON, First Baptist Church. "REV. T. H. P. ANDERSON "The Word Became Flesh and Dwelt Amongst Us" I had a letter this week from a friend which begdn, "Just a few lines to tell you some wonderful news. W, and I have a new guest in our hearts and home this Christmas--Our Lord four." John G. Whittier wrote: "The dear Lord dwells not afar, The King of some remoter star: But here amid the poor and blind, The bound, and suffering of our kind; In works we do, in prayers we pray . Life of our life--He lives today." Christmas fills a large place in the world's life. If we would keep Christmas fittingly it must bring to us a remembrance of Christ. While we give ®nd receive gifts, it should be easy for us to remem- ber God's unspeakable gift. As we yield our hearts to the spirit of tenderness which pervades the Christmas air we may think of the heavenly love which came into this world the night Christ was born. We keep Christmas truly only when we let the love | of Christ into our hearts and lives. we may it is a real birth of Christ in our own hearts. And if we keep Christmas in our hearts it will not only sweeten our own lives but will make us sweeten the lives of others. "Though Christ a thousand times be born If He's not born in thee, thy soul is all forlorn God's spirit falls on me as dew- drops on a rose If I but like a rose my heart to Him disclose." REV. T. H P. ANDERSON, Centre Street United Church, and Sav-' If we keep Christmas as | Whose Christmas? Non-churchgoers often defend their religious indifference on the grounds that they find their Chris- tian neighbours to be gloomy and unattractive people. The accusation is in part warranted for there are a number of fault-finding religion- ists who take a jaundiced view of life. If, however, Christians are not sufficiently happy to, please their critics, the reason may well be that the most joyful part of our faith has been stolen from us. The pagans have taken over Christmas| "To Jesus on His Birthday" says: Edna St. Vincent Millay writing "For this your mother sweated in the cold For Duis you bled upon the bitter ree A yard of tinsel ribbon Bought and sold A paper wreath; a day at home for me." Whose Christmas is it anyway? Watching the line-up at the vendors one would imagine Christmas to be a brewers' and distillers' field dav. Surely all of us were delighted with the Santa Claus parade and appre- ciative of Oshawa's businessmen but with all due respect to Santa whose birthday is it? If Christian people seem over-serious, it is per- haps because amid a .welter of sentimentality, heavy eating and heavier drinking and frank com- mercialism, the only being in Heaven" and Earth who can give true and lasting joy to the hearts of men gets overlooked. He always gets overlooked and crowded out, but, bless you, that doesn't worry Him. Only a handful of people were aware of Him at Bethlehem, but He was there and the world has never been the fame since. Thousands of good folk who, in the spint of this season and «fe REV. FRANK YARDLEY times at some sacrifice, have ship ped parcels overseas, did not' realize it but every such parcel was to Him a gift quite as precious as the tributes brought by wise men long ago. Whose Christmas it it? Senti- mentalized, commercialized, dis. torted it may be, but it is still His Christmas and every good and gen- erous impulse, every kindly thought, every transient yearning for a Toklsy ite Which uplift and disturb our hearts this night ¢om from Bethlehem, 8 Oe wmigh, "Where meek souls will receiv Still the dear Christ enters hp REV. H, F. YARDLEY, Courtice United Church, The Glorious Majesty of The Christ Child As we read i. the Christmas story 'There was no room for them in the inn,' we should not try to react in terms of pity for the Christ Child, but remember the glorious majesty of the Christ the Son of God. What we need to remember is that this Christ Child who came to earth to be our Saviour. is the Son of God, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. We need to remember that we open our hearts to Him, not in a sense of pity for one who had not where to lay His head or for whom there was no room in the inn, but to take Him in to be the King to reign in our hearts and lives; and to remember His glorious majesty, We must remember that God highly exalted Him giving Him a name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every REV. G. W. GARDNEk is Lord to the glory of God the Father, - So as we make room for Him in our hearts, let us banish pity, and acknowledge the glorious sov- ereignty of His reign in our hearts, and hear him calling us to a strong virile faith, and real- ize that. it is the King of earth who is asking us to acknowledge His glorious sovereignty in our lives and let Him reign in our hearts. REV. G. W. GARDNER Columbus United Church.