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By DR. LISTON: POPE
Denn Or The. Divinity School,
Yale University.

. ‘The signifleatice of
Christmas? You could!
{look for it in Bethlehem,
but you would not find it

there,

Last! Baster 1 1 stood oh ‘the
‘Chureh ‘of he Nativity on the
waditional. site of His birth and
; sought the In-
net meaning of |
thag: great
event, But the;
eiided — mariger .
and flickering gy
lights and,
areedy puuides ;
destroyed all Lhe;
magic. |
VL was belver |
autside an the: -
Judean hilts!

They at least
“are. uch the sane as then. |
Shepherds still tend. their flocks
“and dhe, stars - come very close
at hight.” In Ahe darkness and!
quict one can almost believe’ in}
the angel and the. heavenly :
chotus and the Wise ‘Men: com- |
ing’ slowly down the Jerusalem |
road. Bul the‘ heavens do net:
open again and no star- Comes |
onan “appointed mission, and:
{he' miootl passes) y
You could look for, ib in, Naza-| :
reth, where: He: grew fn wisdom |

and’ slatute, byb you would not! ugg MADONNA OF "7 ite GOLDRINGA » py Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, as shown in the

{find it ‘Here. Chiron. still) & 1 a Art. Washi
play inthe streets aiid Tosaw | Samuel, i, Krets collection, National Gallery of Art, Vashington, D. C.

a small\boy ab work in a tars)
| penter shop. Bub most of vn!
people are Arabs anda pond:
i number are Communists anehys seus -1O-OUR. ARADITION.
_ithé: sites’ associated. with His: Ang so vou might come. Wadd:
atime unten mo yen! evn rity and your owal mas as a family festival, with,
0 by ye we MW He wo
You could look for: it at the] rer be weary
River Jordan! where “He 'was}" yore “are ewig che tradi! ‘Teast, special attention to chil-, ‘every man from.self and. sin.
baptized-and commissioned, but! iiona) Christian svncrts be ‘dren and grandparents, Bus -
you. would not. find it in. hat Oe the ‘senaul bow busy + shristmds t3 also for orphans; END. OF THE QUEST.
‘ts PDUs HT | ond childless widows and de-

imurky: sstreams3 YOu-: ean: “buy Ag

“araad: carels in’ the ‘gi ree us: ne

1} . . . t roa s Hits! va
bottle. “of river’: water,» prefer i nificent displays in. Ue slurs fsseted old people and sentri Christmes fias never changed, IL.

Perret sn AD? wreaths on ine doors and lights:
‘in’ tho windows. a Bach, year’s
N UNSPOILED. SeOT tree in the living. 10m is the; oe
are ‘By: the ‘Sea ‘of ;-Galilee you! mest perlece: ‘yet, fad =the: chead. rmation at. the lime of Christ's
|niight come nearer. to what: you; .brightly- wrapped Packages : “Un | In the land of Christ's birth | birth:
* The fisher-lger it.are -gajer-and store nue; ‘the slynificance of that veal!
's|merous—each. succeeding’. year, tudes us, In, our own time, bin the city of bavid a Saviour,
: » thé’ sea:, And the ebiicrean: ihe lia: in} ts capes | Us because we altemnt! which is Christ the Lord.”
sometimes, rho their eyes is ausientic an Dos oo
of: thé- Beatitudes “is $0 | unfeigned wonder -can'kif
serene ’ that-one can almost be-iseain & deeper wonder, if
~ |Tieve. in: the: ultimate triumph af! the significance of it all: a
{the meek.and the merciful. You! We hyve been “taug ib (hat

~.yoitld find’ it All very ‘be itu, Christmas shold bo 2 f
te like’ a Th tom whieh tne ™ an Singers | - Japanese Go All Out.
‘the Gardener has gone. tier ndgr ml sense the ime ' si
For Commercial Yuletide

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‘save men from themselves.

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Monday, December 24, 1956

 

 

 

‘In ‘old Jerusalem, {he Holy! christ’s birth was an vecasion Cf:
City.. in: which He. died, you “joy to dite world: ” But Jests:
could find hol reverence und) Christ;.a\ man of sorrows and
revulsion. From the Mount of! dequalitcd with mrict, is not a:

Olives you can look down an! yoy Is ,
merry figure, rest Christmas in its history, with plenty of: tinsel, music,
the ancient elly. You ean. sce a WO SAVE US PROM

courtyard in which the Romans ; . 7 Santa Clauses and bells) — especialy the jingle of cash

{played thelr games, and a hush OURSELVES | registers. 5
might come over your spirit as| .We know that we should ne Journse only ane Japanese in 267 is a Christian, the holl-

you too walked the Via Dolor- generous. and forgiving. and). day is almost completely commercialized, with none of the
osa, Bul you would be shown| hopeful at Chrisumas, But the! solemnity of the West,

two Golgothias and two tombs meaning of Christ's comlne be Department stores expect to sell 12 § million dollars worth
wherein they say He was laid, | precisely that man is not good: of oods in December, twiee as much as in Nove mber and 10
and you ‘would find : " various! and able to save himsell, mat! par cent ore than in December, 1955,

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reups" at Ghrist ians contendii ng i that he is always mixture ofito find Him in une pagan fes-.
n of Him, "needs a Saviour. Christ came to Christmas has become, We can,

accept Him only on His terms,

Grekt stress is pul oh Christ-! Not ours. He prostaimed that He:
ihad come as the Son of God, as.

ANG! homecoming’, a great family Jove to. save the world. and.

‘The real significance of
ion lofely, outposts: Perhaps: if:is to be founda deuw, as at the:

Sof Man had: no place to, lay ‘Hits | and believing deeply the procla- -

“for unto you is born this day

TOKYO —Japan is going all out this year for ther mer- .

    

  
  
   
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
      
   
   
    

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