The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
BY WILLIAM n. ELLIS.

Unrest Is the word that characterfzes our time. Unrest in India" Unrest in China" Unrest in Turkey" "Un- rest in Egypt"--so run the newspaper headlines Yes. and there is unrest in the United States and in Canada sni In Europe; and there is social unrest among the milIfonaires and among the unemployed. among the educated and among the ignorant; everywhere there Is feverish pursuit of the quiet heart. It Is not to be found on Fifth Avenue, nor yet In simple communism; conn mission is at work trying to find out why the farmer has 1t not. and every body knows that 1t is treasure fre- quently lacking from the palaces of the very rich, Now at Christmas time we find this dreadful condition confroat- ing us even while the show windows are full of peace" notices. Come. now. let us go now even unto Bethle- hem and see if there we may discover the secret of rest.
 Peace among men of good will" wss inc Christmas song whleh the an- gels heard. There is no pe&ee for the man whose heart Is not filled with the spirit which Christmas represents A deep sense of brotherliness, and of love for all the world. are prerequisites to peace. They who love as Jesus loved know his peace which passeth knowl- edge.
 Every Christmas giver is himself a Christmas gift.
 The King came in Iowliness The way of earth is self-exaltatton; the way of Christ Is self-abnegation. He emptied himself. made himself of no reputation, in order to show mankind. that the old way of selfish sstriving, of .sa8. ef.fs t- poor way and does not lead to peace. He came in utmost simplicity, as one Of the common people, to put his royal seal upon the humble ways Of life.
 Whose eats his Christmas morsel alone. misses having Christ for his guest.
 By a life lived in contact with peo- pie. so that he knew what was in man. Jesus emphasized the dignity and worth of a common humanity. He had a passion for people No aristo- crat was he; 1t was the Pharisees who were a universe removed from him in spirit, who regarded the multitude as accurse3. Christ loved everyday folk. Most people today are trying to shew how different they are from others: Jesus was at pains to manifest his likeness with the multitude. Is this not a Christmas teaching2 Are we not chiefly in need of the sense of our human brotherhood? Just to get close to folks. to feel our oneness with them. and to share our hearts and our sub stance with t6em, is to enter into the reign of Christmas.
 Every life lived in obedience to christs will Is an extension of His Kingdom.
 The. world has of late days been pointing it's finger of scorn at fa-. mousiy wealthy man who has been re- vealing a little of his business biogra- phy on the witness stand. The story has been one of get, get, get, without mercy or scruple. That is the anti- podes of the Jesus way. This King came to naugurate a reign Of service He himself came. "Not to be miDlstered unto. but to minister" and he puts the same spirit Into the hearts of his loyal followers. Not get, but give, is the royal law. Today the world is filled with a shining company of men and women who ara following in the train af Jesus and spending themselves, as best they know how, in labor for the welfare of their fellow men. Every sEsed Cross Stamp" that appears on a Christmas letter is but an expression