Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-25

by the STANDARDS OF TWO theusaha
years ago-whch the time when this event occurred
When this humbly born child grew to manhood, He
about the country preaching and teaching the simple
doctrine that people should live peacefully together should
deal fairly with each other and should respect one another
He taught that sinners should be forgiven that the
weak and i'll and aged should be succored in their help
essness the Borrowing and the bereaved should be
comforted.
He counseed that good rule for each human being
to follow order to himself of happiness and con-
tentmen do only those things unto others that he
would most desire they would do unto him.
He went far and many times out of His way to help
people.
He often fed the hungry, relieved the i'll of their
Affections and performed such great number of good
and kindly services in the of His life and wander
ings that He widely respected honored and loved
IE WAS very good And many people believed
[ Him and tried to live He taught. But unfortu-
natey there others less receptive to His teachings
and eventually He put to death most cruelty and
shamefully.
His last words were spoken in suppication to God
suggesting that those had conspired against Him
foully and had judged Him unjustiy and had finally
subjected Him to the humiliatng torture which about
to cause did know what they doing and
therefore should be forgiven.
That good man was called Christ The things He
taught continued to be taught throughout the land by
others who called themselves disciples followers of
Christ They identified their teachings Christian
ngs order that the of the beloved teacher should
endure in the minds of men,
And after time the believers in these teachings
of such number that they began to be conspicuous
in the land and to have influence and they said to
have Christian faith and to be Christians
After longer time when civilization had progressed
beyond the and lands explored and
populated who taught Christianity and believed in
and varying degree lived up to went along with the
adventures and empire builders and implanted their
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Christmas story.
THAT is the simple and very wonderful and beautiful
i story that is being retold today.
If should fail to get inspiration from it, should
be the very first do Those who inspired by the
Christmas story are necessarily bound to it by faith
There many other religious faiths than Christianity,
and the followers of these do not regard Christ as
Christians do. But among other faiths and in fact
especially among them, He is revered a teacher and
His teachings respected and adhered to- and those
who conduct themselves nearest accord with their
faith whatever may be- acknowledged to be close
accord with what Christ taught.
Unhappy the Christmas story must be told this year,
often throughout the long history of the Christian
era amidst world conditions of the cruel and shame
full nature which attended the death of Christ.
But the Christian faith which survived the death of
its founder will surely survive its present betrayal by
those nations and peoples who profess adherence to but
deny its practice.
Most happily and fortunately, in America have
preserved peace and have reasonable expectation
of perpetuatng it, and thus have abided in that
mendable measure by Christian professions and
intentions
Wherefore the very wonderful and beautiful Christ
story still be told today in most wonderful
and beautiful land wherein free and peaceful people walk
gracefully and gratefully in the lasting faith of the
great teacher
The blessed benedicton of peace is upon America
this Christmas Day Let pray that beloved land
will be else than peaceful and free. Let
especially pray that and children will be worthy
of the heritage of peace and freedom order that these
benefcent things may ultimately extend all the peoples
of the earth