Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-20
PASTOR DEFINES
PEACE ON EARTH
AS IDEAL XMAS
The Rev. II. R. Rose Tells Hear
ers of Many Conditions lie
Would Like to See.

Inc tteV. Henry IL. hose preached ii
the Church of The Redeemer yesterda,
ON What I Want for Christmas" His
text was Luke H., IA: peace on earth
good will toward men," He said il
part:
IT want nothing for myself. / havt
everything to make me happy and use
full. What more could l wish? If
asked for more l would feel migrate
full for all my present blessings.
But 1 do want many things for my
fellow men. ! want above everything
else t see this grand old text fulfilled
Peace on earth; good VIII among men.
IN the Industrial world / want tc
see a spirit of noble contentment and
uninterrupted happiness among tht
workers because properly paid and
properly incurred II properly quar-
tered empower and employee are or
the best .erms of friendship and mutual
appreciation. Would tlat this Christ.
mas might see such a beautiful spec
tacle.
In the political world, I want ideals
10 be u r rulers; not money, and espe-
cially the ideal of Jesus, where he
says: He hat would be your master
let him be your servant | want to
see officials put into office and kept
there because they have no other aid
than a square deal for all, no more and
no less.
I'm the religious world, / would like
to see Protestant M Catholic and
Jew so friendly that they would never
speak i'll of each other and never
imagine that one was not as good as
the other. | would like to ssee them
meeting frequently in a others
churcnes n synagogues and mingling
cordiaiiy on public occasions. Il wouio
axe 10 see them comforting with each
other Inc working together for the
moral uplift of the whole life of man.
| would like to see the high churchman
come down from his assumption that
he oniy has been ordained of Christ to
preach the gospel, and realize that
wherever a loving word is said or a
loving deed is lone in the name of the
'Nazarene there is a genuine sermon;
that whatsoever docs sucn things to
one of the least of Christ's brethren
does them to and for Christ. l would
nike to benold the strict Sabbatharian
realize ina, all men annot spend Sun
uay in the same way because all men
40 not spend the other days of the
week in the same way. I would like
to see our Protestant ministers more
anxious to understand each other and
more eager to get together and de-
termlne what they can do to thor
! ougnly benefit our whole city. They
ougn, TO meet as men of God and work
heartily together for the common veal
I'm the. domestic world, l want TO see
happy. homes everywhere; with all the
members of the family on good terms
with cacn other, whether under the ole
roof tree or scattered far and wide. ]
want Il see every home az lovely as
imagine The nome of Joseph and Mary
must nave been in the quiet viiiage OF
Nazareth; | want to see every couple
as united as were those two; and every
child as hliai and as sunny and as well
cared for as Jesus must have been.
I'VE do not appreciate our homes ar
much as we ought. We are not as
proud of each other and as content with
! each ether as we have every reason &c
be. We are not doing all in our power
to bring cordial feelings into our fam
lily connections. There are too many
family jars and quarrels; too much
growing apart; too many divorces; fai
too much sundering of the sacred ties
pledged to one another at the marriage
altar.
christmas is God coming to his chill
dren and folding them in his III anc
looking into their faces and bidding
them love each other for His sake and
for the homes sake and for the sake o.
one another.
LAS / look out upon the wide world
/ would like to see the great human
race dwelling together in peace ant
~brotherly love. / want kings and EN-
perors and queens to step down from
their thrones, set their nations free ana
live among their people like other nlef
and women. | want to see lords ant
ladies drop their titles and turn oyel
some of their vast holdings Of land t
the state for the benefit of the crowded
millions, they themselves living will
their neighbors as men and women
simple. unaffected, sincere and LOVING
lives. Then I would like TO see al
armies d~isbanded and all navie.
locked; every soldier and marine climb
ing Town from the back of the peasan
and worliinglnan n taking up som
useful and wholesome industry. 1 wan
to behold the federation of the worlt
in the parliament of man; the dawn
OF a genuine peace; the reign of
true democracy: the infection of uni
versal good will.
1T is u big Christmas wish, / know
but it is going to come to pass one o
these days. VIII you help me to brin,
it to pass?"