Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-04
The birth aud ChildhouI OF jesus.

| Luke II. 90.
| The Birth aud ChildhOud OF Jesus.
! IL Is OF small Importance whether
| me carpenter shop IN IN" grotto un-
der the church ut Nazareth tx the
very one In which Jesus worked or
| not. II is Indifferent, too. whether
tho village well is the same as that
TO which Mary went In company with
household. The natural features at
| least are Internationally the very
same. The fields In which He saw
the lowers moro handsomely arrayed
the great plain. lsrael's battle-ground.
The hills. the sky, all are the game.
Her. Jesus lived. He laughed aud
intellect and body. lie got strong In
muscle and mind. Men liked Him.
Tpd liked Him. These are The
ls,ry. silent hut Tor one incident. At
| twelve years He. with III. parents.
joined one of the sing inE caravans
PASSOVER They chanted the "psalms
| Of Degrees" each reaching Il higher
note as the pilgrims reached Il higher
Plateau until the climax came, IN
stand stun within my walls. . Jcru-
salient" The boy Jesus Was
,horourhiy versed IN The meaning Of
! history lie was in the spirit OF il
Al lin was no gaping tourist. but
| ia tune with The place. IN. hour. the
I,,,',,; 49, a. 'w,'' ~ LIS
subtle power Of Iionman's incompar-
n ,niI!r picture. /, shows youth OF
no wcaklinW. hut strong In the
mighty power that comes from unison
win the Divine. one sees the dawn
sion for God and man. II Is an II
those very lips We're saying: II must
be about My Fathers business"
Yet nus ecs'attc vision made Him no
a re. L..
Jerusalem and the congcuiai company
~ the learned. all the htoried rlorics
e %oza IN. temple. 10 rs,nrnsA to
lean village the company OF Ills par
.nts VINO did not understand or share
itis vision and TO the iow!y tasks
low!y environment. John oxen
nam brings Jesus into the category
OF the boy" in the lines, honcly
and familiar. yet not lacking In reve:-
cnCc--
II" was boy Ike other boys.
And rlayei and sported with the
lie had Ills troubles and His joys.
Ana Hiiovn FOR mastery with the
He Was pr"at-hearted, tender. true
And brave as any boy could be.
And y"ry sent!e,. for He knew
Ana ON" thing | am sure about
He never tunbI.d into sin.
hut kept Himself Within. without.
AS 'od had made Him. sweet and
clean.
Under the stud, Lamp.
No finer analysis Of the ideal
Sr"wth OF human being can b.
found than the terms ia which tho
deve!upmcnt OF the child Jesus az"
described: % Physical: He grew. II"
"nAcd strong: % Intel lcctuaI: II
M rtr Al
grew in favor Win God; a. Social.
IL grew ~ favor with men.
That He was subject to His parents
Is the startling thing about Jesus
youth He had had Il quam or that
stream that comes from beneath IN.
HIS veins and wid.ncd Ills vision. hu,
u did not caus. Him TO break from
. iis humeiy enYironment., on the
he temple to the shop and obcycd
iiis parents. There was no "othrr-
worldi'nesa" about Jesus. He was Il
hotter son, better apprentice, by
what lie had experienced. 50
tn" shepherds returned" after they
maI heard ne angs! choir and had
their sheep. They we're better shcp-
herds ever after. The religion
ihht gives ono a dtstastc for tn. or
one Tor them may we'll be suspected
spurious and counterfeit. On"
of the n!snitcant acts OF Jesus IKE
vas when lac opened His arms TO the
children and said suffer them ANA
forbid not Christianity is the one
religion which takes account OF chill
drcn and describes the birth and
childhood Of it's founder. . one
capitalist had business with auothc,
hut seeing HOrman's Christ among
IN" bocturs' above hts desk, forgot
tho transaction and was lost I'm ,ncdi-
thtion. Finally he begged the prIvil-
cr" OF taking tho picture into the
inner Office and being alone. an hour
later he came out and. replacing the
canvas, said: The Roy has conquered
me-: what he meant was that he,
too. had come into a EuOwlcdrc az
IA" heavenly Fathers VIII and pro-
posed to do II. The union OF
Andovcr CTiinitnrian) Seminary with
Harvard 6Cnitar!Rm Divinity school!
which has Just been accomplished, IS
one OF the most Significant events oi
our day in the evolution Of rcl!iiGu
- Is Interpreted that the dcnUmtua-
Tons have determined 10 cease from
d"Ematic controversy about the ma
turc' Of Christ and put the emphasir
upon what He did and what He
wishes His followers to continue do
ing. This wl!l be the WORKING prin-
c!plc. OF the new School OF Religion
in Harvard University" The
legendary incidents with which the
hnyhood of Jesus has been crowded
so palpably spurious. make the one
authentic event all the more con