Evening star., 1923-12-23
Hate-Torn World Sees Hope
In Christmas, Says Marshall

: are to be made glad? Why did the
hope Of the world come in cradle
and not on q throne?
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AS my uncertain footsteps carried
me forward along the paths of faith
I learned that the motive power of
life Is not the vast experience of
age. but the trustfu1 confidence of
childhood. I came to know that as
,, we grew up the cares of the world
somehow climbed upon our shoulders.
bowed our backs and made of each
Of us an Interrogation point. a
human question mark signifytng
"Why?" asking "When?" of priest
and politician who proclaimed the
| fatherhood of God and the brother
hood s,a,sd OF men. ZEN , Those Of us who have We
| work In the affairs of the world.
watched It all and thought much
about 1t all. hold conviction that
Christ Is the eternal Son of God be-
cause he was born a Babe in the
| manger. Hence. In spite of all dogma
| and all doubt, in spite of all ambi-
! ton and false aims. in spite of trea-
son, strategem and spoils. notwith-
| standing prescription. bigotry and
hatred. Christmas still remains a day
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| birth Of Him who was and Is the
| worlds great hope Of democracy.
! Democracy must go down unless 1,
voiced s between the maneer II Bethie.
Democracy Is not laws. ordinances
| constitutions. 1t is a vital force
ruling individual men and governing
their lives. We may prate as we
please about our systems of govern.
1 No
| democracy until we ouselves become
perfect democrats, and we cannot be-
| come perfect democratcs until we
shall have accumulated the child
/ like mind.
1t Is the day of the mind OF the child
which has little to do with logic and
cares not for treatises, morals. man.
ners. religion or statecraft. II is &
day of intuition. The child know.
because it feels and 1t feels because
God within II creates faith ant
friendship. The child knows whom
to trust. II knows in whom to con
fide; it recognizes no station in life
It cares for no earthly surroundings
1t is not awed by place nor infiu
! enced by power. Democracy frs
found full expression OF the child
mind in the life that was led ant
the things that were said by tn,
Babe born in the manger. Democrac.
and what He taught when He grew
to manhood are almost synonymous
Democracy Is, In fact, politica
Christianity.
Some time childhood Is to come per
manenly into It's own and the meas
ure Of the life Of the Babe. who's
birthday we celebrate. will be tn
measure of every life. Then it will
not be Jew or Samaritan, Catholi
or Protestant. 1t will not be tn
greatness of America at the mis-
fortunes OF other nations. Individua
success will not destroy equal right
and hopes. Faith and trust and con
fidence in humankind will be upper
most and 1t will be that faith an
trust and confidence which come 9
surely at the children's hour to driv
base passions out of our lives. o.
other days then as on Christmas da
now will come surcease from sorrow
sympathy with suffering, aid for dis
tress. desire for justice. charity 70
weakness and hope the world around
God will have gathered into tn
nursery Of life all His little children
Yes. Christmas Is a hopeful day.
makes US recall that the mango
at Bethlehem, not the throne of tn
Caesars became the source of a.
power. the fount of all inspiration.
Copyright, 1928, by tht 21st Century Press