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Page 16 THE HERALD Wednesday December A rose in winter gardens No will make this man a pretty parcel The aul on lies were maddened man could easih have ill if he hod tried to fight since the wen ike all worldly armed the teeth What irritated them measure vas that he questioned the importance of their authority Before God vour accounts for nothing he said The clever ones sensed the truth in what he said and trembled The en swift and with the lit His friends fled secution Some brave and buried the Here and there in hid people huddled together with their arms around each other for comfort Their fenent hope to rise him had Tie to nothing far from tht v had demonstrated and won utmost in dead oo of his followers soon reahz that he had returned within them The memories they had of him did not die outgrew It healed their shattered souls to think and to talk of this extraordinary man who hid loved them and singled them out as if were persons of im Yet they had never been anything but poor and of no conse When I die I will draw all violence into me and render it im potent I will die for and set free Your rulers despise you and treat you ill Do not rebel against them nor with them Their rule is of this world on and it will come to an end he told them Astonishing and ing words Do not answer might with might be meek instead forgive love your enerm Love enemy What a shocking idea Yet he a coward far from it Remember the do he drove the money changers from the holy com pout That was the act of a pas sic man who patience had at end He was fierce and f a man who united within him We never quite understood him To be with hit was to be close to a light that us see and a fire that warm ed us and burned times So the talked to each other and slowlj people from other places wanted to know about their dead master and numbers grew The stories became embellished in the retelling and after some years they were down and passed on secretly to the poor and of many countries Of course the rulers hated the new creed wherever it established itself Campbell House Gallery shaped b this religion But it it certainly that what was pun before when it wns committed to tin soul has been corrupted rule to extent that the representative of hint en had ttnllj armies it his torn mind with which hi waged wir against millions of helpless people That in turn destroyed no his but weakened i tht forct of the poor had en this earth wt lost ind tion he once held out to us I believe that his time will come again The organizations that havi tried monopolize him have alsc tried In him but he re mis unsweetened No it of giftwrapping will make i prett parcel out of him His ideas are as irritating to the ex and wasters of toda as were to the authorities almost 2 ago He is rose that blooms in poor and win tn gardens firistmas It seemed to mock them and their pretensions What could be done to prop up their faltering regimes The were killed the thousands but new converts closed the thinning rinks of this ardh w ar my The killing went on for a long time It stopped when the killers were exhausted The had lost their own beliefs how could thev fight the strong held beliefs of others Thi f and modest memorial the poor of the world had a shining and hum in became the of empire now Was pond Who is in a position to pout and that became of the new official religion forth greit and lasting started livel and neverending discussions about the correct interpretations of the holv stories and engaged men and women in mission work that went far bevond the boundaries known ancient times The western world as we know it has been SEASONS of 115MAINST S GEORGETOWN Above McCarthy s Tea Room 8730674 At this time of year many people are busy going to and buying gifts for their loved ones and friends Rushing from one store to another to purchase the desired gift that will please the receiver and fill the spot under the Christmas tree Go over that list again now who have I forgotten Perhaps you forgotten the most important part of Christmas Many look at this season as a time for all kinds of festivity a time to visit with relatives a time for showing kindness to our fellow man The world is so caught up in the hustle and bustle and tinsel of Christ mas that they have forgotten its true meaning For unto us a child is born unto us a son Is given Isaiah This Child that was born is Jesus Christ the Son of the living God and as the Scripture says He is God manifest in the flesh I Tim 3 16 But why What was the purpose for God sending His only begotten Son earth From our first parents Adam and Eve the whole world has been con demned because of sin The Biblesays All have sinned and come short ol the glory of God tomans There Is none righteous no not one Romans 10 The heart man Is deceitful and desperately wicked Jeremiah 17 Sin cannot enter into heaven and therefore we must be cleansed from it and that is the reason way God sent His Son into the world Matthew 1 states and thou call His name JESUS for He shall save His people from their sins Jesus Christ the sinless spotless Son of God was made sip for our sakes Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptive things as silver and gold but with the precious blood of Christ as a lamb without blemish and without spot I Peter 19 Who his son self bare out sins In his own body on the tree that we being dead lo should live unto righteousness by whose stripes ye were healed I Peter This is the great message of joy that although we are dead in trespasses and sins we can have eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord For whosoever shall call upon the name ol the Lord shall be saved Romans 1D But beware this great message of joy will turn to one of horror if you reject God s offer of salvation And these Christ rejectors shall go away into everlasting punish merit but the righteous into life eternal Matthew the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels In laming re taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of out Lord Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction Irom the presence of the Lord and from the glory his power Thessalonlans This Christmas Message is not intended to take away from the foys of spending time with loved ones or the exchanging of gifts The purpose in writing is simply to place a greater emphasis on the true meaning of Christmas This message of joy points men and women not only to the Christ of the manger also the Christ of the cross Behold the Lamb of God which away the sin of the world John 1 29 Look unto me and be ye saved all the ends of the earth for I am God and there Is none else Isaiah Our prayer is that you will look to the crucified risen Christ and ex penence personally the of sins forqiven Then you too will be able to sing from your heart Oh come let us adore m GOD BLESS EVERYONE AJ the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 NORTH AMERICAS LEADING WEIGHT LOSS SYSTEM OVER CENTRES WORLDWIDE 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