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I. " . Come Ye To Bftfelthtra"
I . - v By DasToapkin* 4
?X Chri^ik*l936
Two thousand years ago V^agan power of Rome ruled the
world. The light of GreektiftMhad begun to be trampled out
beneath the feet of marchiW leCTMiaires. Pomp and pretense
prevailed about the ImpefflR^HIfJIfe, and the petty thrones
throughout the world. Such religion as the Romans had was but
a pretense, in which nobody, not even the priests, believed, and
which nobody had courage to discard.
Wickedness, power, luxury, indulgence, selfishness, were the
order of the day. Human rights were overlooked, and human
life was cheaper than the waters of the Tiber.
The faithful few of the remnant of Judah still ardently prayed
for the coming of the Messiah, but they faltered in their prayers.
Then came One who was to change the whole course of human
4ife and of human thinking.
He came not in the palace of a king; but the King came.
An humble child, to an humble! woman* in an humble stable of
an humble village was born while princes and potentates, un
aware of His coming, indulged themselves in drunken revels.
But angels announced His c??min? i$ the sweetest music ever
heard by mortal ears, to humble shepherds on the Judeafc hills,
and wise men, following the star of Judah, came to bow before
His manger-cradle, and to bring Hifn their rich gifts of gold and
frankincense and myrrh. ? ->
That Child came to estmblish'a* kingdom, not in imperial Rome,
nor yet upon Mount Zigfnot a kirigdon^^force, but a kingom
of love in the hearts dKfhr^t&most pNJttul kingdom that the
world has ever kn&aLi-The greatness fdF That kingdom rests
Upon its simplicity. Not the wise of the .world, nor yet the pom
pous are its princes, but the humble and ?the loving.
If we would be a part of it and share its greatness, let us, too,
journey to the manager and bow ourselves before a Little Child,
that we may learn of His the secrets of humility, of self-abnegna
tion, of service to our fellows, all based upon simple love and
simile trust
Thus, and only thus, can we^arn to be trulx great. 2