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r which from merely human and historical viewpoint is
greatest event in chronology Christmas has been coming
Aary for two thousand years and need not be told Of its
Val We feel in the it in the faces Of friends
in many ways. Other anniversaries have their
IS and significance. but Christmas singular and
to itself 1t originally ushered in change in the thought and
cling Of the world such had before been experienced
placed the law OF love above and paramount the law of
Eres
And yet love the greatest force in the world today, it
been Love destroys seishness and unselh love
umphs force and all other obstacles Tennyson admirably
els this in his "Locksey Hail." in two lines:
Love took up the harp of life and all its chords
with might
Srote upon the chord of SELF that trembling passed
music out Of sight"
When self is destroyed subded takes its place and
&cve means sacrifice and sacrifice is al-conquering
When Julian-if memory serves-the last Roman emperor
ho had attempted to purify the pagan worship OF Rome and
estoe the ancient gods lay dying the battlefield he leaned
his elbow and exclaimed "Vicis Galaee Thou
uered Galean lust what visions were floating before the
dmmng of the great Roman imagine No doubt
he saw chaos breaking the earth The end of all things had
rived He had dsestabshed the, religion which was the
state religion OF Rome established by his uncle but he could
pot destroy retard its progress 1t was too firmly fixed
lhe Son OF the humble carpenter calling him few simple fish
ernen had by nonresstanee and love conquered Rome
that held the world in e had used mymdon
guns warke weapons power love The great Roman
scholars and philosophers could understand it. uanus per
ps the last of the Epcuan philosophers did his compeers
looked upon the religion pestence and conquered
Rome much in the pestience conquers beginning first
the pureus and OF poverty and slowly spreading and
rising until the homes of the great invaded and one after
another nobeman assent to the doctrine and oyuly
proclaimed himself believer Those who remained seadat to
the old faith naturally perturbed and dumounded When
Julian the religion had such hold on Rome that
neither the dict OF emperor the power of Roman
could weaken it he naturally imagined that the whole world was
conquered by Christianity because Rome man of his day
meant the world hence his agonizcd exclamation, "Vcs
Galiaee"
is not easy these days understand the mental attitude
OF the Roman philosopher the carly days OF Christianity He
could not apprhend the Christian God Then as now God had
no obectviy He wholly subjective while the pagan gods
were given material obiecvy in marveoy beautiful statues
The mental attitude OF the great Roman we'll interpreted for us
BY that great scholar and poet Swnburne his "IIynn TIC
Proserpina This is not only feat necromancy bringing
the dead to e hut also feat psychology worthy Of Browning
in making him talk feel I've would have talked ant
maybe did talk The poem monoogue which an old Roman
philosopher hearbrokcn and dconsoae the speaker lie
supposed to be addressing Christ says hou hast con
queed pale Gahean Thou hast taken from us everything
that loved aud cherished Our temples and our gods are
the practice OF ancient religion prohibited by law and he
cxungy boasts that there thing that the Christians canno
take from hmhere is deity left that may be woshiped
Proserpna the goddess of death Having lost everything th
old man wishes longer live and he calls upon remain
ing deity to be aud berend that he NAV &c
to her and with her.
But the Galiean has conquered only in part Millions
people still bowling down before wood and stone and thes
must be reached To reach them the Bapss have raised
S50ooo and the Methodsts $50000O0 These stupendou
sums to be used partly reaching pagan at home an
in foreign lands and giving him the opportunity to hear tn
word OF God the Christian The Greek word "akoe
thearng) through which obtain faith CRom x:l7 is still
potential
The raising Of these is a sacrifice made by tn
contributors Love of God love OF humanity that love which
Chrstke and which springs from the grave dead seshnes
IS here made manifest The pagan be wooed and won nc
by fire and sword bu by kindness by charity service by tn
same means that Christ used winning followers and believers
and contemplation OF this great offering makes one feel that
is luxury to live in this age 1t extension of the Christina
spirit throughout all and goes God and man.
Everyone find work do in this noble enterprise Fac
one can contribute by conqueng paganism and sshnes
his own heart by making his fellow mortas better and happ
while making himself better and happier In time and by abc
and sacrifice the whole world be and then we
say truthfuy while applying il universally "Thou hast
quered GaiieanP This glorious Christmasme oppo
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