Men can exist on things that care for their physical
needs without lifting their eyes to the stars
or turning their hearts to hear the angels' song.
But men are seldom content to live a lifetime
that way. They're ever searching for peace and
happiness that makes life rich. And more than
just a matter of daily existence. That's the
reason the star and the song still bring it to
a confused world each Christmas. The thoughts
of everlasting peace and spiritual satisfaction.
May the hunger in men's souls today urge them
to lift their eyes to the star. that they may
journey towards its glorious light. May men realize
that the only peace in the world is found in
the heart of the man, the woman, who has found
Christ as his Savior. The only one who can bring
peace to the individual today is the Christ,
the Son. of the living God. Peace on earth. But
the only one who can bring that peace and give
that peace is the very Christ, the divine Son
of God. The King is coming. In the holiday season,
we hear so much about peace. But if there is
to be peace, real peace, lasting peace, the kind
of peace that men dream about, Begin in the human
heart. In your heart. In my heart. In the individual
heart. The pathway to peace. To be glad of life.
Because it gives you the chance to love and to
work and to play and to look up at the stars.
To be satisfied with your possessions but not
contented with yourself until you've made the
best of them. To despise nothing in the world.
Nothing except falsehood and meanness. And to
fear nothing except cowardice. To be governed
by your admirations rather than your disgust.
To covet nothing that is your neighbor's. Accept
his kindness of heart and the gentleness of manners.
To think seldom of your enemies, but often of
your friends. And live every day with Christ.
We live. and move and have our being in him.
Peace on earth? He will give that peace. and
indescribable is the spirit of Christmas. It's
something far deeper than mere gift -giving.
And all the spontaneous joy and all the gaiety
that goes with the season. It expresses itself
in the very spirit with which it draws people
together. It weaves into a golden cord that binds
us all into a spirit that has been called for
centuries, goodwill toward men. The story of
the babe in the manger, the star of Bethlehem,
the three wise men is old and yet it's ever new.
And one cannot think of it without there being
a tendency to overlook the deep religious significance
of Christ's birth. Christmas is not just a time
for festivity and merrymaking. It's more than
that. It's a time for the contemplation of eternal
things. The Christmas spirit The real Christmas
spirit is the spirit of not only giving, but
forgiving. How can we expect our children to
know and experience the joy of giving unless
we teach them that the greater pleasure in life
lies in the art of giving rather than receiving?
We cannot very well tell the art of giving unless
we practice it. But to give with the thought
of getting will not help matters, for then giving
becomes a matter of bookkeeping. And we should
make the yuletide season an occasion not merely
for the giving of material things, but an occasion
for the giving of that which counts indefinitely
more. The giving of self. And there is no greater
gift than the giving of self. We are, my friend,
our brother's keeper. I am my brother's keeper.
You are your brother's keeper. And let us keep
this truth in mind. Let us ever extend peace
and goodwill to men everywhere. Christmas is
a light that has flamed through the ages. It's
the glow that warms the hut's men wherever the
old yet ever new manger story is known and loved.
Christmas is peace. The promise of angels fulfilled
for a season is the foretaste of what could be
if men... would but follow the teachings of the
one whose birthday it is. Christmas is a spirit
that flows from one heart to another, from one
land to another. It's more precious than rubies
and better than gold. Christmas is a fate. A
faith in goodness and kindness, in truth and
love. It's a faith in God, in his son, in ourselves,
in our fellow men. Christmas is joy, and emotion
is natural to the heart of man as to the heart
of God. Surely a joyful creator, fashioned. Snow
garland fir trees and diamond frosted stars for
our delight. And small winged creatures that
sing even to the rain. Christmas is a benediction.
Turning men's thoughts from material things to
those which are spiritual. It's a blessing. which
implants goodwill and fellowship among all peoples.
What is Christmas? It's tenderness for the past,
courage for the present, hope for the future.
A fervent wish that every cup may overflow with
blessings rich and eternal and that every path
may be led to peace Sweet little Jesus boy, they
made you be born in a manger. Sweet little holy
child, didn't know who... To save us, Lord To
take our sins away Our eyes was blind We could
not see centuries have come and gone and today
he is the centerpiece of the human race and I'm
Paul within the mark when I say that of all the
armies that ever marched and all the navies that
were ever built and all the parliaments that
ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned
all put together have not affected the life of
man upon this earth. as has that one solitary
life. The one who alone will bring peace, goodwill
to men.