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' r"5 buby Jesus we have been
; ; everywhere these days.
t .i la on the - greeting,
.j, sungs about him are sung
(n'.vhanlcally for the most part)
on every street Fresh candles are
hit' d In front
of his . statue In
many churches.
Luke 2 is mem-
,. orized in a thou
sand Sunday
; schools. Now that
Is about all some
people ever see
or think about
Jenui. He is the
?baby w have to Dr- Foreman .
hear atfout once, a year. - .
; - Christians know better than this.
Indeed Christians, from very early
times, never saw only a baby in
the manger at Bethlehem. Here is
no ordinary child, made romantic
by the hardships of his birth. He is
more than a symbol and example
of the sweetness and helplessness
of all babies in the world. - ' ,
Wk for Ut Mf Bteama Man'
- The Child of Bethlehem is the
; Event of all time. For this child is
' the Son of God made man. What
a men have often longed for, what
' poets have dreamed, what every
man needs, here it is . . . only not
, as we expected. What we want is
' a God who is near us, nearer than
heaven, nearer than Mount Olym-
s pus, yes nearer than the nearest
temple. If possible and who dared.
V it could be? we want God in hu
man form. But what we might
have expected Is very grand hu
man figure, some super-man, born
m to power and majesty. What God
'i hassent us is quite different; Just
a baby. A baby" who cannot talk
v nor walk nor live without help, a
baby born to displaced persons in
the poorest of circumstances, with
Sno very bright future likely. Yes.
. this is He. When God became mSR
TEi cam aU the way. He came to
3f 5 Our life. ; ; , .
Sharing Struggle
I ?! Theologians say that Christ had
a human "nature", and a divine
' "nature." The Bible seldom if ever
uses such language. The ' New
Testament just calls Jesus He."
I Jesus himself called himself Son
of God; he also called himself a
man. (John 8:40.) The Nicene
Creed, one of the most ancient and
.widely used creeds of the church
"universal, says that the Son of God
S "was made" (Le became) man.
We can make this clearer to our
minds if we simply say that Jesus
shared our life: He shared it to the
lull he identified himself with
t mankind. He shared the clrcum
'stances and the conditions under
"which all men live, We said Just
now that a baby, born as Jesus
would have no rosy future ;v and
this was true of Jesus. His life was
one of constant struggle. In his.
; boyhood it must have been a strug
gle with poverty; as h grew
i older-he had to wrestle with temp-
tation, with misunderstanding and
hatred. I(
Sharing Suffering,
, Possibly not all human life is a
struggle; but there is no man with
lifelong exemption from suffering.
We know Jesus suffered on the
'? cross; we often 'forget that he was
'" always a "man of sorrows and act
' quainted with grief." We do not
read that he wept on Calvary; we
do know, that he wept at the death
- of a friend. We know the Pharisees
'- hounded him to his death) We tor-
get the times when he was nearly
lynched by angry mobs. He knew,
a kind of suffering which is harder
"tor a sensitive soul than physical
pain: suffering of the mind and
heart That his mother misunder
stood him, that his brothers did
.not believe in him. that he "could
. ii, m mighty work" at Nazareth,
his own home town, because of
their stubborn unbelief. '
t:zH Sla . ''
' One thing Jesus did not share
'with us: sin. And, yet even this he
C shaaed in two waya Hev always
sided with the Sinner, so much so
'that his' critics called him friend
-xf sinners;" and in the end he
suffered because of i sin. Paul in
one place writes. 'Fof our sake he
God) made him to be :in: who
knew r.o sin" (II Cor. 5:21).' This
'brings us face to, face with the
awesome mystery ,Qt,. the .Atone
ment; but as a Scottish minister
once said, the reason we do not
; understand) the Cross is not be
cause our minds, are. dull but be
1 cause 'our hearty art too poor. t
T i'f! rstand love. If the baby in the
Sr had died then and there,
-' it would have been sa& But only
if that babv lived, and grew, and
suffered, couldi the child become
Man, giving his matured life a
j, IT. C.a recent J i.
much has been done to help put
Cfcriat buck tn Christmas and to
bring .about a ."-realism among all
people as to the purpose of observ
ing the birth of Christ
The Goldrnasauers of Goldsboro
High School in cooperation with the
Merchants Division of the Golds
boro 1 Chamber. ' of Commerce are
doing their part In this endeavor.
This year, for the eighth Christ
mas season" since lMVthVnatidnT
ally famous , high ' school drama
group will present "The Shepherd's
Song." This story -of the -birth1 of,
Christ will be presented at Golds,
boro High School Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, December 19, 20 and
21 at 8:19 p.m. and on Sunday, De?
cember 22 at 3 p.m. '
Students and former students
give freely of their time and talents
to present "The Shepherds' Song"
as their' present to the people of
Goldsboro and' other areas for
many mites around. They spend
night after night at rehearsals, and
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rive - up . part , of their Christmas
Holidays for the presentation. . i
tTrStlen bv Clifton i Britton, . di
recutr ci the Goldmasauers, "the
pageant was first presented atop
the terrace roof of Hotel Golds
boro in the eart of he city. Thou
sands of people braved the cold to
see this touching story of our Sa
viour's birth - when it to. first
presented outdoors in 1947 and a
fn in 1848 when it was repeated
on the hotel roof . Drama students
at Goldsboro High School,' gave
their time and talents and the Mer
chants Division of the .Goldsboro
' Chamber ef Commerct provided the
necessary funds to construct, the
outdoor stage with lighting, sound
and other facilities. t
.Because' 'of ' the possibility of bad
weather which would make it, im
possible to present the pageant
outside, it was not held in 1949.
Disappolntmentwa s ... voiced , - by
many who had seen "The Song'
and were looking forward to see
ing it again and br others who had
been unable to see it As a result
of many requests, the pageant was
revived In 1950 but was moved In
doors to the stage of the Goldsboro
High School The 1,250 seat auditor
ium could .not accomodate the
crowd and hundreds of persons
were turned away each of the five
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The Secretary of the Nayy, Tho
mas S. Gtu, has announced a new,
education program that will; add
five hundred off icers trained in the
field of science to the ranks of the
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" The pageant - was repeated an
nually through 189ft. but was - not
given' last year because Director
Britton wm -working on a new
script whichWas not1 completed. ,
4 The 48 -member- cast which has
been rehearsing for- some ; three
weeks was selected from the top
actors and actresses at -Goldsboro
High School andsom e of the for
mer students who volunteered their
services. Backing the cast Is a tech
nical staff composed of most of the
17S Goldmasquers at .Goldsboro
High School.,
The Goldmasquers are now in
their. 16th' year and much of Brit
ton's, inspiration for - writing the
new : version, of the pageant came
from his work with more than 3,
000 students, during - the past 15
years. During past years many stu
dents have received guidance from
Britton to help- them with their
own problems. His knowledge of
these problems was used as an in
centive : for this new story of the
birth of Christ
Alt estimated 100,000 persons have
seen 'The Shepherds' Song" In past
years during which there has nev
er been an admission charge. Thou
sands more are expected to see the
Goldmasquers Christmas present to
Goldsboro when the pageant opens
on December 19.
i
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Navy and Itarine Corps 'annually.''
In making the announcement the
Wavy spokesman said , that begin
ning with the school year 1958-1859,
500 enlisted men will be enrolled in
civilian institutions of higher, learn
ing for four year courses leading to
a degree ol nacneic oi science and
to commissions in the Navy.
Bmphasis In their studies wiH be
placed on, mathematics , and. physl
cal sciences. During summer, vaca
tion periods', the Navy students will
be assigned to Navy i laboratories
to study application ti ta scien
ces.
The basis of selection of enlisted
men for thi$ higher study will be
intelligence and aptituqa. . The stu
dents will receive tne pay and al
lowances of their rates while at
tending college. The ; Navy De
partment will pay - costs of their
Mlurtatloti. 1
' After graduation, these men vlulQ
ne requirea to remain on active ou
ty as officers for a period equal
to the time they are enrolled In
the program.. -
' A selection board consisting of,
naval officers and civilians exper
ienced n the field of education will
be convened to pass upon appli
cants for the new program. One ba
il fur tins V" i n f i tne I.a-
i lit- flrve t.- ,. j Tu. usrps
piogiam la that selection will be
made from among enlisted person
nel ojily. That means that men who
are 'Interested in this new .educa-
t.ui.U I '. ai ... ilj i
must be on active duty iv. i
Navy at the time of making ac
tion. v . ,
and other scientific .stablishments sic difference in the selection o:
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