The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-12-07
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A Message of Christmas.

AS one of the handsomest and most
interesting of the Christmas issues
the December number of The The
osophical Path (the official organ OF
the Theosophical Movement, edited
by Katherine Tingley Point Iona
CALI takes a prominent place. Ap
lpropriate to the season are two note
worthy articles, The Christos Legend
and it'll Meaning, by Gertrude var
Pelt, M. d., and The Message of Christ
Imastide, by Charles Maxon. We quote
from the latter; Were we to looF
only at the outer picture of the world
we might well be appalled,, we might
lwell proclaim the message of peace
land good will failure and mockery
but there is an inner fact in human
mature, forgotten, set at naught, pro
famed, defiled and denied, yet uncon
lquerable, reasserting itself though re
buffed ten million times. 1t is this
fact, the central, most stupendoui
fact and reality in life, and at the very
heart of things is Divinity itself, tha
at the very core and root of our being
| is the divine essence, immortal, un
changeable, sun-bright, glorious. pure
| it is thi: fact that all unknowing We
celebrate on Christmas morning; I
| is this gracious fact. that all unknown
to ourselves prevents us from the sui
eide of utter despair when we face the
awful picture of the worlds injustice
suffering, and conflict"
"On Fiction" by Kenneth Morris
is distinct and notable contribution
to literature AS to the origin of fic
tion, he says But we suggest thai
| it was neither the desire to brag thai
began it, nor the mere delight of de
lscribing men and adventures. Tht
Iworid within precedes the world with
out there are mountains, dragons
forests, battles and voyages in th'
soul; lacking which, their mere ex
ternal antitypes would be 10 bette
than hollow and uninteresting. Th4
whole article is worth quoting |
should be read in full Mr.. Morris alsC
contributes one OF his exquisite poems
"The Gods"
"A Remarkable Philosopher of tht
Renaissance by Oswald Siren, Ph
d., professor of the history of art IL
the University of Stockholm, is an in
tensely interesting account of one o
the most remarkable men of the Mid
die Ages, Giovanni Pico della Miriam
dola toorn 1859.
A special feature of this issue il
the first Of a series of articles by thu
well-known writer, DR.. George Warrior
James, on "The Zunis of New Mexico,
describing their daily life and customs
The article is well illustrated.
A strong indictment against capita
punishment is made in "A Blot Upol
the Record" by Lydia Ross, NJ. D
The Spirit of the Age is summoned t.
render his account of the Recording
Angel, who hears each era tell th'
story of the pictures which it paints
upon the screen of time. The article
concludes with the following: While
the world lasts, It may read your XXtf
century evidence of failure to under
stand or control the opposing forces
that sweep through a handful OF dust
Word for word | will copy your owl
confession of cruel sin and shameful
Ignorance. which you have written il
letters of blood and sought to hide il
the awful shadow Of the scaffold'
Other articles of distinct merit al
worthy OF special mention, are THE
Significance of Eucken's Teaching,
Iby II. Alexander Fussell; "The Sons
of Life, by Herbert Coryn NJ. d..
l"A Fijian on the Decline of His Race,
4 by H. T. Edge, B. A. (Cantab), NJ. A.