This should be a great encouragement to try to do good, since God has among the vilest of the vile, the most reprobate, the most debauched and drunken, an elect people who must be saved. Hope to be home by Christmas. Upon receiving the news the sister was so excited about the success that she rushed to the newspaper office and gave the telegram to the editor. The scoop of the century was missed because an editor missed the point. Yet isn't that what happens every year at this time.
People rush around buying gifts.
There is talk of peace on earth and good will to all men. Miniature manger scenes are set up in many homes. Yet for all this activity, much of the world misses the point of Christmas. They never understand that the greatest gift ever given was wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. And so, we spend more time telling about the coming of Santa than the coming of the Savior.