Christmas Day is not the commemoration of an isolated fact. It is the day of all days on which we should remember that the coming oí God to man in His Holy Spirit, is a continual process. That is why on Christmas Day every member of our Church is hidden to come to the Lord's ble. There, by the holy symbolism, and in all the service, we are reminded that Christ dwells in our hearts by faith. The bread eaten and the wine drunk are to help us to understand that His life is given to us, that He is with us in the closest of imaginable relationships.. He dwells in us and His strength is ours, if we will but accept it. The witness of nineteen centuries is that there is no power on earth that builds up men and women in unselfishness and goodness. But the power which comes from Him whose Ife on earth began in the manager of Bethlehem. We must make room for Him, cost what it may, even if it means that we have to cast away much, that we prize greatly. Then we shall know the joy that was experienced by those who welcomed "Him on that first Christmas Day. The joy of the angel hosts; the rejoining of the holy shepherds; the joy of the little expectant group, Whose songs of rejoicing St. Luke has preserve for us—a joy that fedes not away. Then, shall we keep the feast as never before, we shall enter with a new zest into its feasting and merry making and exchange of presents.
For all will be effortless, and a joy the spontaneous result of a great indwelling happiness Eh has come into our hearts and our joy overflows to the world about us. Then can we say He has come as our Saviour, we were the slaves of sin, He has freed us, we were filled with fears and forebodings, we were discouraged and disappoint-€d. Now he is with us every step y and we know that no come (o us, and we are happy and contented. We are still weak, but he is strong, and his strength is made perfect in our weakness. "For unto us is born this day in the Cit; David a of saviour who is Christ the Lord Oh it is Good Tidings, Good Tidings of wonderful joy. May it be yours and mine this Christmas tide, and may every "Happy Christmas" we wish, be a wish for our friends that they with us may come to know this the true Joy of Christmas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.