The Winslow mail., 1923-12-21
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ROTARY TOPIC
At WE'D. LUNCH
Spirit of the Season and
Applied c hris tianity
Theme for Two Able Dis
courses Presented by Re-
verends Martin and AL
bOuy

Christmas spirit and sentiment cou-
pied with unbounded good fellowship
characterized the regular weekly
monday luncheon of the Rotary club
held on Wednesday at the Harvey
house.
Rev. w. L. Martin was chairman of
the meeting and arranged the pro-
gram which was an excellent one.
Much credit is due Rev. Martin for
selecting a program which was most
eminently appropriate for the Christ
mas luncheon
The first number was song, cit
Came Upon the Midnight Clear,
pleasing and touching piece with much
Christmas sentiment. This was rem
dered by Messrs. Horace Ney, Homer
Vaughn and Rev. Martin.
Following the song, Rev. Ed AL
bouy, gave short but interesting and
instructive talk on the meaning of
Christmas. "For quite a number of
people Christmas means everything
except what it should mean,' Rev.
Albouy declared. For some it means
Santa Claus; for others it means pres
ents and for good many it means
holiday. The real meaning of Christ
mas is the progress of the world.
when Christ came the known
world was in the hands of the Roman
who held absolute sway.
There was no respect for womanhood
or men before the coming of Christ,
and children were under the tyranny
of heads of families. With the COM
ing of the savior there was a great
change. Those nations which accept
ed Christianity have progressed, but
those which did not accept it have
failed to- advance very much.
"Peace is the desert of Christmas
peoples. Rotarians should bring this
peace into each community with the
spirit of Christmas. Christ brought
peace and love into the world. There
should be love and peace in the fam
the family that is gathered together
at Christmas in peace and love. The
of Christmas is to have peace
in the home and to bring the people
back to the spirit of Christmas"
Rev. Martin, the other speaker on
the program, gave touching and
eloquent talk on the Christ and his
teaching concerning service and it's
connection with the principles of Ro-
tary At the beginning of his talk
Rev. Martin read excerpts from an
editorial on Jesus of Nazareth as a
man from the point of view of a
newspaper.
'There was no humanity in the
hearts Of men in the days just before
Christ" Rev Martin said. "Those
who called themselves Christians
were prosecuted, torn and killed by
wild animals at the command of the
Roman emperors. Despite the fact
that the Roman Empire was against
the Christian, Christ gathered to him
self a few men and began his work.
The miracle of the ages is that
Christ coming into the world under
the conditions that he did, was able
to conquer the world. Born in a
manger with parents so poor that
they could not provide the necess ties
of life, Christ by peaceful means and
love conquered the world. No great
er miracle has ever been performed.
''To connect this up with the mean
ing of Rotary we are practicing and
.eaching what Christ taught 1900 years
ago. We are practicing his principles
Of love and brotherhood of man in
Rotary around the world today. What
so ever ye would have men do unto
you, do We also unto them. This is
what Rotary stands for and this is
business in the world
today"
After the speeches trio composed
Of Homer Vaughn, Horace Ney and
Rev. Martin sang Silent Night" A
number of Rotary songs were inter-
spersed among the members on the
program. Mrs. Stanley Pincetl was
The accompanist.
The two Rotary signs, which are to
be placed at each end of the city
we're on display at the luncheon, at
.racting a good deal of attention.
Mr.. Alex Schaffer of Gallup and Mr..
Harold Moritz of Holbrook were
guests at the meeting.