DOMINION PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

White Ribbon, Volume 29, Issue 6, 1 December 1957, Page 2

DOMINION PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

I 'ear Fellow Members. 1 do wish you :i Happ> Christmas and i Joyous New Year. Strange things have happened this •car; tiling which have caused most of US food thought, We cannot say tins year's histor> been a happy or contented one: we had the Sue* (anal cn-is and then we lia\c had to lace up to the new power oi the Satellite and what it could mean to tiie whole world should knowledge yms gained, he put to u-es detrimental for mankind. Somehow the spirit of Christmas seems hk< echo from some "far country*. I'm this i> false Ihe spirit of Christmas is the very spirit of God spilling o\er in love towards men and tin*- should rest and indwell every Christian'breast It is such a lovely quietening thin, know that Christ was aware "t this era in winch we find ourselves today, and said, "when the»e things come to -pass, lift up your heads, your redemption draweth nigh." The Christmas spirit i- hut a foretaste "t what is t<> In- Let us warm ourselves in that "-pirn and cover and protect •> from fear, by the warmth and certaintv d's < ioodu ill towards all Men

! know that Christmas seems to rush upon us SO quickly and each year Wf remark that it w - "only yesterday" we were celebrating this festive »n. But despite the hurried tempo of our days, it is good t<» come aside to this gaj festal Day, the day on which the Lord Jesus came to earth to gladden and inspire the wilful heart- of men and to lead them and us to the Heart you will go a-holidaying, some will sta) at home and some will go picnicking. Wherever we may he. let US in spirit, draw near to the and Archangels who. on that gladsome morning, hurst the silence of Eternity with the grandest music earth ever heard Let us capture in our hearts the meaning of I n Earth, Goodwill i- Men This e, this Goodwill, is not lotm ethereal Utopia of the Mind, but it is to he a working, cleansing, ing, active force, and this is needed today We have miss- 1 the point sadly, if we simply, with a wistful nostalgia relegate the whole Christmas story hack into the limho of a <\v;><\ past Christma-' Let us turn to the Sacred Cradle and rejoice in the Birth OJ feSUS, for He changed the whole concept oi living and His Name i- 'Wonderful Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince i I Peace". Then let u further, and remember, that unto Him is given the Kingship of this world, for "He shall reign as King of Kiuus and Lord of Lords"

We do not need to fear the mighty ones of tins world ; we do not need to fear the weapons which are piling up. weapons which ran annihilate man kind if we belong to the Blessed Babi Bethlehem, this Son of the Everlasting Father, this King of then we can enjov the coming festivity with hearts bursting with love and good cheer May we not only rememher our own immediate circle but widen our hearts to include the lonely, the disheartened and weary, then indeed we have caught the meaning of Christmas and in a -mall way are offering our gift of the Cold <»f Obedience, Incense of Lowliness, and the Frankincense of Sacrificial Giving Yes indeed, may you have a Happy Christmas and joyous \ew Year. Yours in foyous Sen i INSTANCE TOOM,ER