Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24
SATURDAY, DECEMBER "a, 1921.
THE SONG OF THE ANGELS

Nearly two thousand years
ago, over the silent, moonlit hills
OF far Judea. the exquisite music
OF a celestial choir resoundcd a.
angelic hosts hymned their
anthems Of praise and JOY o'er
the birthplace of the Christ
child. High in the heavens a star
of wondrous brilliance hung
above the hamlet OF Bethlehem
shining ray of light, marking his
lowly cradle, while through the
night the Wise Men of the East
came, following the star, bearing
gifts to lay at the feet OF the
King, which their study OF the
lore of ages had taught them tC
expect.
Upon the ears of watchful
shepherds, silent in their adora-
ton, fell the message of this first
glorious Christmas morn and tho
heavenly cdict, Glory TO God il
the highest, Peace on earth, gooo
will to men, was proclaimed tc
a troubled world.
All down through the ages the
fulfillment of the promise en-
bodied in these words has been
the ideal towards which humanity
has strivcn i'll its progress. Orig
mating as it did from Heaven it
self and breathing the very es-
sence OF Christianity it has set
the standard TO which the Wise
Men of the world have labored to
lift up their people, following its
precepts even as the Wise Men
of the East followed the star
which lead them to the Christ.
But in a materialistic world the
paths that lead to the heights OF
spiritual idealism wind through 4
devious maze. Greed, SclhShneSs.
hypocrisy and lust for power OBJ
scure the vision and these char
acteristics have created difficult
ties which have led humanity far
from the spirit of the angels man
date and have made the words.
Peace on earth. good will TO
men," at times appear ironic.
Yet i'll spite of this, the leaven
OF Christianity. as expressed i'll the
celestial message, working III the
hearts of the people has strength
ened and steadied the world and
led it triumphantly forward to-
wards the ideal
So for over nineteen centuries
humanity has struggled slowly up
the path of progress. Surviving
the strife of ages, the present ma
tionS have arisen and become
permanent entities Christianity
has established itself. overthrown
the cruder polytheistic creedS and
given a greater vision and finer.
higher thought TO the world.
Once more we stand upon the
threshold of another Christmas
morning. but now the gospel that
the Herald Angels proclaimed
over hills OF Judea seems nearer
of realization than ever before.
The message. Peace on earth.
good will to men," has found
place in the hearts of men and
the present Christmas dawnS on
world trembling on the brink
of great accomplishments.
In our own country, the Wise
Men of the earth have met to-
gether. still following the STAR
seeking the way of Peace. In
Arlington the Conference for
the Limitation of Armament is
drawing to a close and all the
indications are that complete
agreement will be reached. and
that a decision to limit the navies
OF the world will be announced
by Christmas day. Over the
ocean in England the strife that
has marked the relations of that
country with ireland has ceased
and the Anglo-Irish Treaty now
pending in the Irish Parliament
will in all probability be ratified,