The guardian., 1953-12-19

sand when they saw the Star
they rejOiced with exceeding
great JOY"
st. Matthew.
THE CHRISTMAS STORY has
lived through the ages. It sur
vived the Roman Empire. It
has survived the empires of
Africa, Asia and the Empires
of Britain, Spain, France and
Germany. 1t will survive all en-
pires. 1t survived Colonialism,
Facism and NaziSm. 1t will sur
yive Communism and any and
all regimes and ideologies OPP
posed to God and His Creation,
Power and Glory.
THE ANCIENT Prophets (of
many religions) had kept firm
faith that the Creator would
send world saviors to teach
mankind the true purpose of
life. MoSlemS took this Savior
to be Mohammed. Some Asia
tics accepted him as Buddha.
Still others accepted him as
zoroaster and Mani. But to the
people of Moses was born Jesus
Christ. To Mani of Persia, all
this seemed natural. He wrote
and credited them all with SER
wing God.
THE WORLD has always had
need for a Savior. I have no
doubt that The Creator has
caused many, major and minor,
to be born in the flesh during
Earth's history. There were
periods in the past when mans
actions headed the world to-
ward ruin. And, like the mad
atonic era of to-day, the pro-
pheUs and wise men, then as
now, searched everywhere for
help from Heaven, the only re-
source to turn to in a mixed
up world.
HISTORY COULD call Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, the polio af-
fiicted President, as one of the
mortal saviors of our time. Ger
tainly Abe Lincoln was a NOR
tai born to deliver a people the
same as Moses. One could name
Joan DArc, George Washington,
Mohandus Gandhi, and numer-
GUS doctors, scientists and So
cial leaders of many races in
many lands. These were NOR
tai saviours. But they were on
earth TO do a job.
THE CREATOR of the vast
unrneasured Universe lcon1-
prising thousands of stars, suns
and planetS) must smile in quiet
amusement at Earth Mans "big
talk" after stumbling across a
few elementary mediums OF
atomic, electronic, jet and
other power which were plant
ed" here by the Creator thou
sands of years ago. Like little
children, man makes slow,
stumbling headway. And he
needs some one to keep him
from destruction.
THE WAR ignorance Of man
kind has just suffered two ma
ior world wars and one United
Nation war inside the last
forty years. And with the dread
possibility of a third world war
before the half century mark,
the world wise men to-day, as
in ancient times, are looking
for a Saviour in mortal flesh
to save them from biological
ton will "win" the next war.
germs and gases atomic bombs
and guided missiles. For no ma
That's for sure.
THE CYNIC of world religions
and belief in God is no longer
cock-sure Of his disbelief He
has lived to see The Creator
disclose many wonders to men
given special vision. The people
who laughed at the Bible VI
sions and miracles of ancient
times have seen God disclose
some of this magic to men we
call scientists" and "inven-
tors" These revelations are
comparatively primitives. Man
still has a lot more to learn.
THE BIBLE speaks of many
revelations and contains a
strange and still inadequately
interpreted Revelations book.
The cynic who once laughed at
voices and images, and wheels
in the sky, has seen such Won
ders duplicated by little men.
And if God has given little men
these visions Of small inven-
tions, how much greater are
the miracles Of Heaven and
how much easier it is better
TO appreciate the Christmas