WEBVTT 00:00:00.110 --> 00:00:04.929 Men can exist on things that care for their physical 00:00:04.929 --> 00:00:08.509 needs without lifting their eyes to the stars 00:00:08.509 --> 00:00:12.429 or turning their hearts to hear the angels' song. 00:00:12.949 --> 00:00:18.910 But men are seldom content to live a lifetime 00:00:18.910 --> 00:00:23.789 that way. They're ever searching for peace and 00:00:23.789 --> 00:00:28.710 happiness that makes life rich. And more than 00:00:28.710 --> 00:00:32.770 just a matter of daily existence. That's the 00:00:32.770 --> 00:00:36.509 reason the star and the song still bring it to 00:00:36.509 --> 00:00:39.770 a confused world each Christmas. The thoughts 00:00:39.770 --> 00:00:45.109 of everlasting peace and spiritual satisfaction. 00:00:46.590 --> 00:00:53.509 May the hunger in men's souls today urge them 00:00:53.509 --> 00:00:57.859 to lift their eyes to the star. that they may 00:00:57.859 --> 00:01:04.079 journey towards its glorious light. May men realize 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:09.700 that the only peace in the world is found in 00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:15.239 the heart of the man, the woman, who has found 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:21.780 Christ as his Savior. The only one who can bring 00:01:21.780 --> 00:01:25.120 peace to the individual today is the Christ, 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:32.200 the Son. of the living God. Peace on earth. But 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:36.739 the only one who can bring that peace and give 00:01:36.739 --> 00:01:42.120 that peace is the very Christ, the divine Son 00:01:42.120 --> 00:05:57.199 of God. The King is coming. In the holiday season, 00:05:57.699 --> 00:06:05.540 we hear so much about peace. But if there is 00:06:05.540 --> 00:06:15.740 to be peace, real peace, lasting peace, the kind 00:06:15.740 --> 00:06:30.160 of peace that men dream about, Begin in the human 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:42.240 heart. In your heart. In my heart. In the individual 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:54.959 heart. The pathway to peace. To be glad of life. 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:58.819 Because it gives you the chance to love and to 00:06:58.819 --> 00:07:03.300 work and to play and to look up at the stars. 00:07:04.980 --> 00:07:10.180 To be satisfied with your possessions but not 00:07:10.180 --> 00:07:16.079 contented with yourself until you've made the 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:23.899 best of them. To despise nothing in the world. 00:07:24.970 --> 00:07:34.810 Nothing except falsehood and meanness. And to 00:07:34.810 --> 00:07:42.769 fear nothing except cowardice. To be governed 00:07:42.769 --> 00:07:47.569 by your admirations rather than your disgust. 00:07:48.449 --> 00:07:53.959 To covet nothing that is your neighbor's. Accept 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:59.519 his kindness of heart and the gentleness of manners. 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:10.139 To think seldom of your enemies, but often of 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:16.740 your friends. And live every day with Christ. 00:08:19.939 --> 00:08:28.779 We live. and move and have our being in him. 00:08:30.259 --> 00:12:17.820 Peace on earth? He will give that peace. and 00:12:17.820 --> 00:12:22.879 indescribable is the spirit of Christmas. It's 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:28.000 something far deeper than mere gift -giving. 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:33.940 And all the spontaneous joy and all the gaiety 00:12:33.940 --> 00:12:38.179 that goes with the season. It expresses itself 00:12:38.179 --> 00:12:42.279 in the very spirit with which it draws people 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:48.309 together. It weaves into a golden cord that binds 00:12:48.309 --> 00:12:52.690 us all into a spirit that has been called for 00:12:52.690 --> 00:12:58.350 centuries, goodwill toward men. The story of 00:12:58.350 --> 00:13:01.269 the babe in the manger, the star of Bethlehem, 00:13:01.450 --> 00:13:09.649 the three wise men is old and yet it's ever new. 00:13:10.370 --> 00:13:14.269 And one cannot think of it without there being 00:13:14.269 --> 00:13:19.340 a tendency to overlook the deep religious significance 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:26.059 of Christ's birth. Christmas is not just a time 00:13:26.059 --> 00:13:32.059 for festivity and merrymaking. It's more than 00:13:32.059 --> 00:13:38.399 that. It's a time for the contemplation of eternal 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:45.899 things. The Christmas spirit The real Christmas 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:52.059 spirit is the spirit of not only giving, but 00:13:52.059 --> 00:13:57.700 forgiving. How can we expect our children to 00:13:57.700 --> 00:14:01.100 know and experience the joy of giving unless 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:05.019 we teach them that the greater pleasure in life 00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:11.000 lies in the art of giving rather than receiving? 00:14:12.750 --> 00:14:17.610 We cannot very well tell the art of giving unless 00:14:17.610 --> 00:14:24.370 we practice it. But to give with the thought 00:14:24.370 --> 00:14:30.950 of getting will not help matters, for then giving 00:14:30.950 --> 00:14:35.509 becomes a matter of bookkeeping. And we should 00:14:35.509 --> 00:14:39.029 make the yuletide season an occasion not merely 00:14:39.029 --> 00:14:42.070 for the giving of material things, but an occasion 00:14:42.070 --> 00:14:46.429 for the giving of that which counts indefinitely 00:14:46.429 --> 00:14:56.590 more. The giving of self. And there is no greater 00:14:56.590 --> 00:15:07.070 gift than the giving of self. We are, my friend, 00:15:07.149 --> 00:15:19.289 our brother's keeper. I am my brother's keeper. 00:15:21.370 --> 00:15:27.710 You are your brother's keeper. And let us keep 00:15:27.710 --> 00:15:34.429 this truth in mind. Let us ever extend peace 00:15:34.429 --> 00:19:15.960 and goodwill to men everywhere. Christmas is 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:21.180 a light that has flamed through the ages. It's 00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:25.019 the glow that warms the hut's men wherever the 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:30.839 old yet ever new manger story is known and loved. 00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:37.819 Christmas is peace. The promise of angels fulfilled 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:41.799 for a season is the foretaste of what could be 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:45.380 if men... would but follow the teachings of the 00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:51.819 one whose birthday it is. Christmas is a spirit 00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:55.920 that flows from one heart to another, from one 00:19:55.920 --> 00:20:00.140 land to another. It's more precious than rubies 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:09.779 and better than gold. Christmas is a fate. A 00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:13.920 faith in goodness and kindness, in truth and 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:19.799 love. It's a faith in God, in his son, in ourselves, 00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:24.319 in our fellow men. Christmas is joy, and emotion 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:27.460 is natural to the heart of man as to the heart 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:35.130 of God. Surely a joyful creator, fashioned. Snow 00:20:35.130 --> 00:20:41.730 garland fir trees and diamond frosted stars for 00:20:41.730 --> 00:20:46.910 our delight. And small winged creatures that 00:20:46.910 --> 00:20:52.569 sing even to the rain. Christmas is a benediction. 00:20:53.549 --> 00:20:57.789 Turning men's thoughts from material things to 00:20:57.789 --> 00:21:03.740 those which are spiritual. It's a blessing. which 00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:09.900 implants goodwill and fellowship among all peoples. 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:17.980 What is Christmas? It's tenderness for the past, 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:25.619 courage for the present, hope for the future. 00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:33.859 A fervent wish that every cup may overflow with 00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:38.880 blessings rich and eternal and that every path 00:21:38.880 --> 00:22:20.089 may be led to peace Sweet little Jesus boy, they 00:22:20.089 --> 00:22:30.170 made you be born in a manger. Sweet little holy 00:22:30.170 --> 00:22:51.539 child, didn't know who... To save us, Lord To 00:22:51.539 --> 00:23:01.140 take our sins away Our eyes was blind We could 00:23:01.140 --> 00:25:56.859 not see centuries have come and gone and today 00:25:56.859 --> 00:26:02.779 he is the centerpiece of the human race and I'm 00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:05.180 Paul within the mark when I say that of all the 00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:07.980 armies that ever marched and all the navies that 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:09.900 were ever built and all the parliaments that 00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:13.319 ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned 00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:19.200 all put together have not affected the life of 00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:27.200 man upon this earth. as has that one solitary 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:40.720 life. The one who alone will bring peace, goodwill 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:43.440 to men.