T The Prince Rupert Doily News Thursday, December 24, 1953 Arctic Knest There is no Finer Picture of Christian Faith Than Christmas Crib Says Bishop in Greeting The traditional round table of Romar.n's history has . been King Arthur's court was-built .r (traced back to the prtmtive '.hat all could sit equally. '.zation Of the neolithic age. ;eeks Radio or Missions if! :0gT SMITH N.W.T. (CP) - to swap some radio equip-,l or a polar bear rug for write to Rev. William Vine. 40-ycar-old lying j of tln Arctic, at this liwist Territories settle-aiirt I"''" wp tlirtt the deal . thnr.iKh. jjvr U-i.iing, a member cl "oolite order and a native Buffalo. N.Y.. says radio re-ami transmitters are y needed by three ' of the ,r5 missions 1 000 miles ji of here. born, If He be not born in thee, thy soul Is all forlorn. ' To have stoori with the shepherds at Bethlehem's manner, and to have seen God manifest in that Infant form, and, fur-thur, to have entered into an understandim? of the significance of that whole life in which God uniquely drew near to men and tabernacled among them, that is to have a living lalth. Once again the Star of Bethlehem shines for us today Again we are confronted with another of God's opportunities Again Jesus Christ Is born Into a world which needs Him more thn it needs any tiling tUc. And pgaln we find ourselves In the company of the Wise Men. May God give us grace that we also may see His star and worship dark and different, but after all and despite all, here is something too good to be false. Men will not surrender the conviction that the Heavenly Chnfr end Its theme are symbols ot truth, that the Ideal is also the real. And so it happens that it is your Scrooge who turns his back on the idea and the message of Christmas, not becausa life is too bitter an experience to make it any more than a mockery, but because the ideal which it represents and offers 1e one which he would Infinitely prefer not to come true. Christmas Day is an anniversary of immortal appeal because it challenges men to believe that their highest hopes and deepest longings are not Illusory, but gloriously real, for they correspond to what Ood proclaims as His will and purpose. "Though Christ n thousand times in Beth'ehen hp Interest in it. Life's profoundest problems arise not In the realm of Intellectual questioning, but in the hard circumstances of the continual struggle for existence. Scrooge may growl "Humbug!" and intellectuals in characteristic pose, describe Christmas as "an intolerable nuisance," but ths poor clerk "with fifteen shillings a week, and a wife and family" will persist in talking about a Merry Christmas. Men In general, even though they suffer beyond anything Bob Crachlt was called to endure, still record their determination, like Sorocge's nephew, lo keep Christmas humor to the last. And again we ask onr-ielves why and how can this thing be? The answer Is that the Angels' Song embodies an ideal which presents an irresistible-appeal to intuitive faith. Life ps we know it may be tragically By Rt. Rev. H. G. Watts Bishop of Caledonia There is no finer picture of the Christian faith than the Christmas Crib. The Babe In the manger, receiving the adoration of the wise men and the shepherds, takes us straight to the heart pf the Christian gospel. In theological language, the Incarnate is the central dogma of our faith: the belief that God became Man In the Babe who was born in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago. Nothing else that we can believe about Jesus Christ is nearly so significant or inspiring or potent as that. His te'?"hin His life. His death. His resurrection are all important In their way; but it is the Incarnation which gives them their final meaning and makes of them a Klorluus gospel of hope end redemption to mankind. As Christians, therefore, we may rejoice, and may well awake tj m . : Lore Outposts I PAT - . I May th; scion's juys follow jou throughout a l-zl'Y New Ye.r. SINGER SEVING CENTER -i, missions, located in bar-Arrtir wastes where the nun s down in the fail and .n't n:-.e until spring. ar hi.'jt communication the year I si. exeept for the occasloni.1 Htm, and that' in so doing. j May All the Joys and Peace f.f Christmas Be Yours. ' by supply ship or , by h r Lci.smg s SKi-equippcd !( anyone ean provide a ra- ". . . salute the happy morn Whereon the Saviour of or a transmitter," he said. : rsonallv see that thev trei OI.I) KOI, Is just plulnly out of luck as Iris Maxwell hides from his burning glances underneath her bumbershoot on Minami Beach. The more fortunate earth-bound species of the male, however, can't help seeing the charms of the lovely beachcomber. Judge Ponders Diaper Problem LOB ANGELES i A judge Is poundering the solution of Mrs. Louis Davidson's problem: hew to get the $100 savings bond mankind was burn"; i nd like the good shepherds, ". . . ihen emoloy polar bear skin in the nr. And I II throw In a white I ifcin to boot." Our grateful voices 'to pro I It needs three powerful re- claim the joy." Have you ever set yourself t face the marvel of the death iT.-s. aole to pick up aircraft ! other short-wave bands, ! three transmitters with n less appeal of the angel choir I r of 50 to 5D watts and a am their Bethlehem son?? i II . r : 'v ir-ycr-i t tw ' T 1- How come3 it that year after :,tt of 300 miles "enough to jear we return to this storv iliem in trurh with a gov- iwnt relav station." cue says a cuaper service owcsiuiai it grips us with a power her because she predicted two :nd persuasion more than prouf Rjiiios would save lives," he monms in advance the exact against th whole army tf ar- uay unci nour oi ner oaoy 8 ! gumenis that cola rea:.n ma 1 I landed ot one mission i sn K.sltimo friend of mine r.id lo a ntoiiiKl of stone ! said. There lies mv wife. birth marshal lo lis discredit? The dispassionate demands ol strict historical criticism nevei II . " , . f 1 II had brought her to the mis- Mrs. Davidson, 27, told the court she has been unable to collect, that she was embarrassed because people kidded seem to carry their weight here. Doubts, disillusionrr.ents. tlv n in childbirth and she died: radio could have Kot medical her about having the baby paid depression of hard times, war erticn and saved her," i for, and that she had to hire cannot crush out of mind or baby-sitters while trying to col- j heart a belief in "Peace on M Miles From Pole lect the bond. Earth and Goodwill towards The diaper service said It his ! men." . . i: : t )nt of the missions is at j I mm Island. 700 miles from I no record of Mr. Davidson fill-j So deenly his this story taken' II T I tf I I I I A PP- I ' ' 1? (' I ' north pole. It has a small I ing cut a card lit the contest, j hold of us, rt Is often most firm- II I U 1 U ff 1 I I K i . . t . ! A ri II because the driver who distrib- i ly believed and loved by the I ii , . ni ill i ' . " it i fiver "but lhy can pick up F Russia, Sweden and Fin-! uted the cards last January qui, very people who appear to have I i:nd took the records with him. ' most, cogent reason to lose all i id" Ths two mlirJonarles ! re Fathers Maurice Me'aver! i II , I' ' - t .A II I I i Henry Tardy, were missing i9 days last August wh?n ! T boat went astray on s. I .i i i 1 : i. : i : ! N ! ( M i i 1- j ' , i I? 3- j.; j, ' ' i. 'fly trip to Coppe.-tnine, 273 ts to thi south. J TO Th? oi her missions without; "K ! I -Uttnng Ihti troubled u ear now . . J T' ') YJihS I .Kunicatl-n are at Paulatuk,! miles eas: of Aklavtk, and' MS . ., i . 'MtW. ! t inti.n. 300 miles west of Cop-i j II unliving 10 in cizso we have - . -T' - V W I ,4 xir.e find "in the middle of I I htre.'' j'her LrlsinK, who operates) t of this settlement near tb?i rta border, was a chaplain ' vl.- W armed conflict amcn.pt the. , , ' a joint Canadian and U.3.' i -w! forces in 4he north dur- th Seecnd World War. 'in flew in his teens and ! ' the war derided' to take! Ii" job of flvine sunnlies 1 A personnel to Roman Catho- ir.issiens in the north. To fit t.if lor the job, he took GREETINGS OF THE 'Hi flvinir courses nt Ensl r'5. 111., and Edmonton. incai POINTS C'iorado has 40 mountain . more than 14.000 feet high AND BEST WISHES FOR tiir- number in the Alps. S , am ,n prayer ,, the ', . fa , . eOC !J j j J J 1 ( peoples of all nalioni, rcqarJfeSS I I '! " I " ; ! 1 ' 2 r JI ' of color, race or creed. - " . i J , ijJl ; , 4 . MocKENZiE FURNITURE LIMITED A Good Place to Buy ... For Over a Quarter of a Century" To all our fiiemls we'd like jmfdM 1 Pe on Earth, Goodwill Towrrd Men" J if ' ,-'.-?-Jl,V v-i. to suy: Good Tilling fur the Holiday! We liojie "litis )uu blithe !( gay! w w - S I. l V ' ., fV-- s. D 0& y Ckrisfmas Bay j.. " " " J JL 12 Noon to 2 p.m. onl.- To oil our (rienJf w wieli Cluiatmai tlit it merry one III ' Hi ? in every way and a New Year Innl "m 1 p ORMES .......... Saturday & Sunday 12 Noon to 2 p.m. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. will be pappy every day. From Bill and Walter WM. F. STONE ACME CLOTHING STORE mw II 1 'I I: