The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
Rev. Mccullough Said:

No4ld nave some cItGllty IN re-
latlng al that had attracted and
captured his wonder and amaze
ment 10 tn, event that gave the
world It's first Christmas.
Meaning 4, Lost
And al this imaginary and I'M
probable experience would bui
open our eyes 70 the fact that
the deeper meaning Of Christmas
has been lost TO many. covered Up
BY the superficial. beautiful and
ueaningful. but none-the-less su-
perficial For after all. the deeper
meaning Of Christmas Is not found
in the trees. the tinsel. the bells,
the Teasing. the exchange OF gifts.
and Santa Claus.
Let US get the record clear.
Christmas /. the day when we
celebrate the birth OF the Lord
Jesus Christ In Bethlehem. now
slmost two thousand years ago.
Even now a, say 1t. ii sounds so
strange and foreign 10 most OF
our thoughts and acts just now
Christ does not seem 10 fit in
easily with 30 much OF our modern
Chrirmas
What Day II n
Let US say II again, Just to
clear our minds. Christina. In the
day upon which we celebrate the
birth Of Jesus Christ. Son OF Mary.
Son OF God; the eternal breaking
into time; the Holy One incsrnste;
God manifest in the flesh; Heavens
heart in a lowly msnser.
The journey from what Christ
mas has been made by man back
TO what Christmas was first made
by God viii be a long and tedious
journey, but we would do well TO
arouse ourselves and, with those
shepherds of old, say, Let us now
go even unto Bethlehem, and see
this thing which il come TO pass,
which the Lord hath made known
unto us
And at the manger-cradle Of
the Christ child will be found the
deeper meaning of Christmas, If
not in our modern life.
The first attraction to our
minds would be the wonder at why
God should have done this thing
in sending forth a Saviour. For
such was Jesus, Saviour. Hear
the message of the angels pro-
claiming his birth, For unto you
is born this day In the city of
DAVID, a Saviour which il Christ
the Lord
The Answer
The answer to this why would
be best found in the words OF an
other angel, who, in predicting the
birth OF our Lord, said. Thou
shalt call HIS name Jesus. for He
shall save His people from their
sins The deepest meaning of
Christmas is found in Gods desire
to save us from the sin that is
bringing ruin TO all that we know
to be best
Get this thought in your mind.
God in His infinite wisdom and
infinite love, looked down upon the
world and with the clearest under
standing Of every need OF the world.
and possessed OF that unlimited
ability to satisfy every need. gave
TO the World His Son TO save US
from our sin.
This is the deeper meaning OF
Christ. Let there be no mistake
Let no confusion OF voices take
this from US. Let no appeal OF
beauty keep US from seeing Gods
mind in His Christmas day.
sin Is With Is
Now sin as a word almost has
been lost from our vocabulary.
But sin, as an experience, has not
been lost from life. Before the
I Joy Of which the glad tidings told
on that first Christmas morning
can ever be a rich experience of
life for the world or for yourself.
the problem Of sin must be dealt
with. The greatest need OF the
world is still today the need for
Saviour from our sin.
Let all the worlds needs parade
before you in martial array. They
have conquered mankind. They
have despoiled his best They
have brought him into submission.
See them march. Poverty. Pesti-
lence, Famine. War. What
black brood they be. But at the
head OF the column marches sin.
Here is our greatest enemy.
II he be dealt with. all his minions
shall flee. Sin marches at the
head Of the cruel column OF this
worlds tyranny.
God Was Watching
God saw man suffering from
withering poverty. He could have
shared material wealth. God saw
man suffering from wasting pesn-
lenoe. He could have given perfect
bodies. God saw the starvation
from devastating famine. He
could have filled the grAnaries.
He saw the woe that seems 10 be
the only last result OF war. He
could have sent an imperial die
tator 70 force a world 10 peace.
And let us say that all these
needs OF men more sorely wound
Gods heart than you and I could
know. When men suffer in pow
erty, or pestilence or famine or
war. God suffers too. He is not
careless. ~ some men think
Sent His Son
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