The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-26
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 Semesannes \ wonder what wouAa haQpeA were Christ to revisit the world today, perneps Seno eS son Co us under the same co0dttaonS On0o1oee1S eeneTos~heareeo Americans would enoeavor, Sitss ot sI so raise fund for his destitute family, But tne fund would encounter opposition from the baoosteS SAe Raneanftes and the followers Of the late Gene Talmaage first because the newooSn S Ssoe ,'wss ~ S Jew also because one ot the wase men "no Ost"e eO his crib was Negro
 And there would be many aouetng TaOmases today just aS there were in those days nearV &NsS years ago when the s oosS - ss S trapued with the l2-yearoaa ooy who asked QeesonS and spoke with such wisdom at the temple. eaS later, when He questioned the authority ot poweneS well-estabshe0 religion wonder what the reaction would be.
 How would we react to His parahleSe What would some of our big financial interests say when he preached the Qoctrlne od ScoOrStt1S eAtS aoasSs- cnangerS from the templee How would some ot oT doctors and our Staid old Medical AssocsAaon Wnacn hasn't even recognized Sister Kenny feel about the miracles which healed the sick anc the lame without benefit of medical attentiong
 And what would we say after reading ct the breakfast table the story of this young man spending % days fasting in the wilderneSSp Would our eul- blowers like it. or even some of our union leaders when He encouraged fishermen 10 leave their worx and their families to go with Him staying among lepers and the diseaSeoe
 What would all the people who yammered So loudly for meat that they finally broke oown all price controls say when this young man told tnems Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink; yet for your body, what ye shall put Is not the life more than meat ana the body than raamente"
 Would we jeer and revile Hme Would we cruelty Him againg
 Perhaps you will say that am a very crochetS and dSaureeabe columnist to raise these questions at this time But yesterday we celebrated Ills ortn- day. the things He stood for the things He preached nogg we did not pause long enough to look beneath the tinse at the basic things Christ stood for then we were only using His birthday boon for husi- ness and a reason for parties,
 Despite the perennial thoughtleSsness of man. kind however. and despite the fact that it is part of my job to turn the rocks of government and expose the crawling creatures underneath, do think have made some progress in the 2OOO-year struggle up the hill toward the Sermon the Mount
 And tomorrow, if tolerant editors will let me stay away from that cramped position under White House desk one day longer, I'll try to write about that progress.