The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1936, Page 4

G THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 20, 1936. Daily A laska Emp ire Wz&gggg& ‘&K‘EW}&WW" )gg&w hillside. The man whose wheel rolled the greatest| s | distance was the ruler of the town for the following ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager CHRISTMAS GREETINGS | — 2 s 1‘ In China the celebration cannot be entered into PRI GOMBANY at Second and. Main Streets, Juneas. fi AT ot e D |unless one’s debts of the year are all paid. A very ol B L e 4 In common with the rest of the Christian world we are called upon R ‘E:Od Chn moeen, B G SRRl N RIS Hog Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class to celebrate the birthday ¢ " XY 3 : 2 Biod e gty | go in debt and if one must, then by all means matter. f- celebrate the birthday anniversary of Him who gave His life that mankind DAy that debt before starting ‘the new year. | ; T SUBSCRIPTION RATES. f ]r;}"'_“m].' Him I\"ll;f\lfblffit&]‘f“u;: 'ibfm",l‘?") ‘35 t")fecmér,j*it acc."}’t ‘tf full m_“f“““’*’"f.h(,‘ “B| The Christmas spirit is indeed a blessing to the X L b Tal oiiawe vati 4t the Tollowins rates |8 LI I R L occasion is one in which to give | giver and to the ncedy who receives. Tt makes friends, One vear. in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; | R XIS LT f" AL S done. is entered into by people of nearly all faiths, nationali- - T T o v/ sy Wil esigbly Bt & It is a very festive occasion; one that suggests being merry and happy. | ties, and races, in some form or other, and coming the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery g‘ All thi <h(_n11M be seasoned with the Christ spirit. We should enjoy ourselves |in the midst of the long winter of the people of the N lnoes: Mews Ditise, 802; Bustusss Oftiss, Stk i y ng joy to others, and that after all is the best sort of happiness. He I north, brings such a time of jollity that the winter — e e 4z Who said “It is more blessed to give than to receive” gave an authentic recipe does not seem so long and the children even look Wi Press is exclsivels enitled fo the use for o3 for huppn}x- Particularly let us not forget those who are unfortunate ant #A | forward to Christmas as the happiest time of the year. o 7 7 s e 43 liberally within his means to aid in creating happiness for ”,y By i | THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED 70 BE LARGER | B3 A L in creating happiness for everybody ' —_— __ THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION P i I wish the 1:00])]e of ;)\Iuska, old vund young, a Merry and Iappy éfi By THE REV. DAVID WAGGONER CHRISTMAS o #i Christmas and a Glad and Prosperous New Year. flfi‘ {Firat Briabytértan, Chiirch) % . = £'4 A miser must have a wretched time at Christmas VEUZIEIEY, | for Christmas is above all things a time of generos n —— | God set us an example when He gave His Son, His time of the first Christmas. No holiday is more uni- | and are often strangely confused, We find that the only Son, His most precious possession. The Wise Men H. R. SHEPARD versally celebrated than is Christmas. All over the | festival, intended by the church fatl to honor the |followed His example when they brought gold, their Ehn world people are looking forward joyfully to the fes- | birth and teaching of Jesus, is oftcn observed in a |richest treasure, frankincense, the worship of their AND SONS | tivities connected with the birthday of the King of | spirit altogether foreign to that purposc | hear and myrrh, the emblem of suffering and Kings. It is really a time of great “joy to all people Present day greetings cards indicate this tendency ".\':\(-r ¢ in service, and laid them at the feet of the | Not only do the nations rejoice but also the various | to alienate the holiday from the Christ. Cards are |Christ-child. In-so-far as we share our love, sym- c s of people within the nation. Welfare associa- | plentiful that present only secular subjects, and whose | pathy, and possessions with those who need them do b tions, schools, young people’s groups, lodges and |greetings do not make even the slightest reference to |we follow in their steps. ettt churches take special pains to see that the more un- | Christmas. In others there is a meaningless admixture It is part of the lesson Christmas teaches us, to fortunate people of the land are made happy. Within | of sacred and secular. Methods of observing Chx-mbiimm infinite patience with the faults of others and the homes, both rich and poor, parents are doing their | mas also show the same lack of discrimination, and we | in enduring hurts and wrongs. There are trees which, & . {Ru thgade pacts — | utmost to make each child happy. The children dig | find those who fail to realize it is profane to .\])en-l‘v\']u-n struck and bruised, bleed fragrant balsm. So TRUE COMMUNITY SPIRIT { out of their banks to get presents for ‘dad and mother. | Christmas eve in a beer parlor. | should it be with us with unkindness; if we bleed, we _ | Teachers and pupils, employer and employee, master We find no such confusion in Bethlehem at the [should bleed love, not bitterness. That is the way By MAYOR 1. GOLDSTEIN and servant, are all made happy by the interchange | scene of the Nativity. There we find only an atmos- | to manifest the true spirit of Christmas. Christmas comes to Juneau this year with our |of gifts. phere of deepest reverence and awe, and an attitude | “Tis not enough that Christ was born I 8 hearts saddened by memory of the tragic slide disast Boy and girl scout organizations seek for oppor- | of worship. As we read the Biblic wccount of the | Beneath the star that shone, - only a month past. For some of us the joys of the Yule- | tunities to spread joy to others. In many of the | first Christmas we read of the Wise Men who came| And earth was set that blessed morn tide season will mean little, clouded because of thechurches the “White Christmas” is observed. No pres- | from afar to worship Him who was lying in the manger. Within a golden zone. sorrow and suffering that have followed in the wakeiCchts are received by the members of the church school | We read of the shepherds who glorified and praised God He must be born within the heart of this staggering misfortune. | but gifts are collected and sent either to unfortuna‘e | for all the wondrous things that thes Before he finds his throne, But it is heartening and helpful to the soul to re- | People or to the mission field. Among all classes of | seen. We read of Mary who sang her And brings the day of love and good— flect upon the manner in which the community, and people there is an attempt made to spread joy because | giving and who “kept all these wondrous things in her The reign of Christ-like brotherhood.” the friends in distant places, rallied to the aid of the | it is Christmas. At this season of the year humanity | heart.” We are told of the angels who sang the Gloria | JREC P LN Hee 5 e unfortunate vietims, typifying the true spirit of Christ- -‘w“m»‘: lo‘ be trying to follow the example of the Prince | In Excelsis that night over the plains of Bethlehem E"TIIE SWEETEST STORY EVER TOLD” mas, the essence of brotherly love. Last year our peo- | Of Peace. And we read the wonderful words of Simeon when he whpi ple were torn by industrial strife, and the lesson “‘l‘;\'llllfi(:j.lzi‘ll(f;‘n;)‘(flj':ni:li).x":‘]: C,\];:;l,?l.:‘.‘:?l“m L«(J‘uflt @ beheld the child Jesus, “Lord, now lettest thou thy | By THE REV. JOHN A, GLASSE b learned then was that the things that affect any |Sample package s ) e ighty to men to show | servant depart in pedce, according to thy word; In\" (Pastor Novthr ‘Light Presbytirian Clharoh) substantial group of our citizenry affect the interests flu-m what a happy world this would be if lh(-‘ teach- | mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast of all members of the community; that we cannot|ings of Christ were to be adopted and practiced all | prepared before the face of all people; « light to lighten | live separate lives, divorced from our neighbors. the time. the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.” And now there has come sharply home to nus i RO T | Until we have shared this feeling. we have not the great truth that we do care for our fellowmen, | GOD’S WORD TO THE WORLD known Christmas. Pity him who knows Christmas | that we do stand ready to hear the cry of the o only as another s ar holiday, and fails to comprehend afflicted, with money and with acts of kindness and By DEAN CHARL E. RICE the deep underlying joy and peace ch comes to sympathy, that after all we are one great family of! (T ty Cathedral) those who truly know Immanuel—"“God With Us.” human beings whose interests are inseparably inter- “The Word was mace flesh and dwelt among us. ‘twined. | This is the Christmas message. “Immanuel,” God| The true community spirit, of unselfishness and,With us in human form—this is the basis of our | sacrifice, of brotherly love and helpfulness, is good !rejoicing in the Christmas season. We may forget By ADJUTAD doctrine, not only at Christmas but on every day of | it; may resort to all kinds of artificial means to make | (Salvation Army) | the year. May we have more of it in Juneau and every {it a joyous festival without accepting the fact which Christmas is the day of Life’s supreme gift.| | There is little if anything new about Christmas; yet it abides as the sweetest story ever told, the age- lold story of God's love for humankind the world around One generation passes on to another the traditions it inherits or may add, interpreted in the light of its THE UNSPEAKABLE GIFT ‘R where! ‘lh(' festival proclaims. We may glorify “Santa Claus,’ ""Chrisb is born.” The Divine Babe lies in a manger. |own experience, and the succeeding generation needs | ¥ only to learn and adapt the message for itself. So it|} AND years, nor is it the same in all parts of the world, and | this is well. But the message and significance of Christmas YOU f David a Savior. which is Christ the Lord, for God PROSPER e e o loved the world that He gave His only begotten i s a y ear all! may speak of entering into the “spirit of the season;”| What is so helpless as a new-born babe? It cannot = # piE Y Chntinsl i HARDY New. Year to (R ) b R §OT i oranan iy : / n, that whosoever believeth in Him should not|{ THIS lm operate or even exist for any appreciable time,|is a Babe-love of a mother’s heart. cradled in 2| o 2 here should be ,“peace on earth, good will among KR G And that body is the truth expressed by St. John. mother’s arms | Q b % | men"—the sweetest story ever told | Each year as Christendom observes the anniver- The Babe of Bethlehem is omnipotent. T | And blessed are they in each generation to whom £ (Bishep of Alaska) : i H laes A . ; s £ : et " | Christmas means essentially that, for whom the day | Christmas is here with its unique festive grandt‘||r""°"°d to say, “Never before has the message had|the destinies of the universe. The rude stable that | iy % £ % 2 | . 2 i3 % 5 z ... |is a fresh dedication rather than a mere celebration, and exuberance of joy; joy for the individual whether Such a vital meaning to the world as toda And [housed and protected the stranger in her terrible | |is that the observance of Christmas varies with the MAY 7R - remain the same, “unto you is born this day in the city | 3 ut on this earth a spirit must have a ; s{walk. It cannot talk. Unless it is fed it dies. Love| : e B e e Loy b . V€| perish but have eternal life;” and because of Him By BISHOP J. R. CRIMONT | sary of the birth of our Lord in human flesh, we are|swaddling clothes that they wrapped around Him arve | {and who endeav serve it in the spiri e P young or old, joy for the home, joy for social groups, |1t iS true, for as life becomes more complex, and its predicament became prophetic of the protection and EATCTAm ODGtRE It pirit of he iy ® wherever the blessings of Christian civilization have | Problems more complicated, the need of definite |defense His advent was to bring to the outcast, thc i Ul cnmm'_i Je giniamaortes. 3 penetrated and have been preserved. | knowledge of God becomes greater. “This is life|shelterless and the lonely. And through the centuries, | o S & But Christmas would not exist if there were not | eternal, that they might know Thee. the only true with undimmed brilliance, this erude building shines TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY Christ, whose birthday it commemorates; and His|God, and Jesus Christ Whom Thou hast sent.” in the hearts and minds of countless multitudes with | By ESTHER M. KANEN JUNEAU MoToR co. birthday would have little or no significance, if it was But some will say, “Are we justified in speaking |the glory that fell upon it when Divine Love opened PR E'ytlfl “ ll‘ ]‘ 3 4 brig! not telling us “the story of that Eternal Love which |©f God in terms of humanity, as we do in the Christmas | His eyes upon the shepherds and the Wise Men, pro-| - '“} s as w“i\ .;wmnewo; ]llcl f‘]” ‘mt right, 152 M . St ph impelled the Son of God to break through the walls | Message?” We cannot do otherwise: We have no|claiming to all nations that the ignorant and the VJV‘ll ",“’, ""C. Nt C:’" ,L“ “‘ \(;m‘-nwn p am St. one 30 of Heaven to reach its own, and from a hill, that be- | Other terms, and we are driven by the poverty of our learned, the small and the great are forever one in o 9. Chfel ORIy awniiod, e Joueney 19 came the world's altar, went back laden with the as- | thoughts to use such terms. We are justified in doing |His heart. wm‘l“z;‘l"“‘ R IR E. E. NINNIS pirations and longings of human hearts.” 50 by the Bible, for in its first pages it bears witness| The road we climb is steep and stony. Many | /0 l:l Shinnk Ad.plA . Hu 4 i s Christmas is the day on which the Son of God |to the significant fact that man was created in the|obstacles block the path of progress, But whatever ;‘ 1“; ,s’,lw.,"‘" P;or sh Y watching thel; fold - L 5 stooped to be a little child that He might weep and ‘ image of God; and if man -bears God's image, God | the problems—social, racial or economic—it is the | : nt' eared, ;Au_n they feard. xh.( Heavenly throng i rejoice with the children of men, and while paying | 150 bears man's image. Still, it is very childish and |Little Child that leads. The government shall be _;fl:fleat exultation extolling in song, i a debt of ours, that we could not pay, would show |lTeverent to speak or even think of God in the|upon His shoulder. 81l ATREL pan SCONEHSIA the taings be (ld { us the way and leave us the means of reaching our [fashion which obtains among many good people, To the prophet, He is “Wonderful Counsellor.” Of Jesan the .sa\.or‘, FHO tha.t Dighy wa.s.bom.‘ é ultimate destiny as adopted children of God. and for which they plead the example of passages|To the angelic host, He is “The Prince of Peace.' As the Angels continued "_‘e" SanE l'_hs praise i Indeed this is the day on which “the gooaness: from the OId Testament. The early revelations of|To the apostie, He is the “Master” and “Example.” SO AR IDUEL e eees on cach Chrisiipe mom ! O liane i Ciod our Baviovr appeared??as 1s Sk.iG"d were professedly rudimentary and immature.|To the historian of eternity He is “the King of Our !1eans !111. with joy and our voices we raise, i Paul’s description of Christmas—whereas the Power of | They were necessarily adapted to the moral and in-|kings and Lord of lords.” To the sinner, He is E cholng the song e pes sane min 4 God is seen in the creation of the world, and His | tellectual culture of the times in which they were|the “Saviour, the power of God unto Salvation.” e GILLe A Wisdom is manifest in its preservation, His Love and :gi\'en, It is strange how Christians of today will Here we are again at the loveliest season of the » WE WOULD SEE JESUS By CHARLES C. PERSONEUS His Mercy appeared when His only begotten Son |Persistently turn their backs upon the Christianyear. loveliest because it is the most heavenly and became Man to redeem us. This fact is the raison ¢’ | revelation, and go hunting for their religion among|Christ like season. The season when domestic fes- etee of Christmas, the cause of our rejoicing and of the patriarchs and prophets of the Mosaic dispensa- |tivities and social beneficences and generous gift- our custom of mutual giving, in remembrance of the ton. Why should we descend from the lofty heights|besiowing deeds of our merry Christmastide make the (Pastor Bethel Pentecostal Assembly) g Great Gift of God to man, With that Gift freely |Of outlook to which Christ has led the religious in-|bells to chime and the organs to peal and the choirs We greet you again as we near this Christmas § given was promised the gift of “Peace on earth to|stinct and conscience of Christendom? Whatever the | to sing and the children to carol and the ministers to |season with its good wishes and friendly greetings. men of good will” of which the Angels sang over advance in secular thought, we must climb those|proclaim “Christ is Born.” Again we sing the glad Christmas carols, and repeat Bethlehem., divine peaks of vision for our completest measure- It is an expressive and appropriate way to bid |the sweet old story of how “God so loved the world plant in the heart : BACKGROUND OF CHRISTMAS TUCK’S PLUMBING SHOP «..0On Wheels. . . E i Peace, the Peace of Christ, is what the world Ment of man, and our final conception of God. “He|farewell to the old year and give welcome to the|that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever ! needs most in our days as well as in past and future |that hath seen Me said Christ, “hath seen new. Let us cast off the old man, his disagreeable- believeth in Him should not perish, but have ever- { days. Father.” For, “I and the Father are One.” It ness, his selfishness, his depression, his irritability, his | lasting life.” Our hearts are filled with love and joy HAPPY ~ That peace is allied with justice, truth and charity, | N0t all of Christianity to say, “Christ is God-like;" for | cowardice, his unkindness, and put on the new man,|as we think of Joseph and Mary watching over the i It was truly said of Christ’s birth into this world 'now we know that “God is Christ-like!” Joy. Faith, service, loving obedience, in God's un- |little Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in YULETIDE 4 { that “He came unto His own, and His own received Nor need we fear the criticism of making God too | speakable Gift to the world, Jesus Christ. the manger; of the shepherds who heard the angel i Him not.” His own still receive Him rot. When th-y COMMON. God chose %o reveal Himself in human _— announce that wondrous message: “Unto you is born Gnd do receive Him they accept the nature, therefore this human nature which we bear AN ANCIENT PRACTICE this day in the city of David a Savious, which is Christ which He came to i is a fit receptacle for the Divinity, and it may reflect —_— the Lord,” and then join with the heavenly host who BEST WISI{ES shall have the glory of its Divine Author. While we are on this By PASTOR H. L. WOOD sang: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth shall have the n i carth, He must always exist for us in colors and out- (Seventh Day Adventist Church) peace, good will toward men.” Our hearts thrill for the b viduals rule their 1yari' v lines which we take from our human nature. This The celebration of the holidays at the annual|88ain with the story of the wise men who came from when cepi‘ai a > vion is inevitable from the limitations in which we do|winter solstice is a very ancient practice. Many’|the East, and when “they saw the young child with COMING social justice according to Chr 1eiples, when our thinking. OChristian art has always pictured the|hundreds of years before the birth of Christ the Mary His mother, they fell down, and worshipped | 4 o statesmen determine their polic s the dicta Angels in human form; but Christ places man above | pagans celebrated the feast of Saturnalia which began [ Him” and presented Him with gifts. NEw YEAR of a narrew nationalism, but in the light of ovr com- (he Angels! So with our conceptions of God. Even|on the 21st day of December, the shortest day of the ‘The story of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ is mon brotherhood in Christ when we wisely and reverently abstain from picturing | year and continued for ten days. The pagans being |Wonderful and precious to hearts and we never grow Until then and in proportion with our patting Him to our imagination, we cannot think of Him|sun-worshipers gave this elaborate celebration in tired of it, but the words that come to us this Christ- aside, in our conduct, these Christian princples of CXCept as we invest Him with the highest and grandest|honor of their sun-god who had reached his farthest |mas season, are the words spoken by certain Greeks justice and truth and charity, we s continue to see attributes of our human nature. We cannot conceive | point south and was now returning to dfive away the | Who came to Jerusalem years later and said to Philip: brother in arms against brother in private strife, class of anything higher; therefore God became flesh that|cold, and bring warmth, happiness, springtime and|“Sir, we would see Jesus.” Sometimes in the rush|g against class in social and industrial hostility, and We might know Him as “Our Father;” and ourselves,plenty. The last day of the feast was given in honor |and bustle of Christmas we forget the central fact of | - people against people in national conflict. as His children. The humanity of God, and the of Janus the god beginnings, from which we get our | Christmas—Jesus, the Son of God. We think of the We wish to all the people of our Territory, and we | Divinity of man are seen in Bethlehem! word January. In modern mythology we have re-|Jjoys and blessings He brought us, but we forget to ask of God for them as a Christmas gift. the boon of | placed the god Janus with “old father time” and the|do as the Wise Men did; when they found Him they that Peace of Christ; that they may taste its blessings new year “cupid” starting out to run the yearly|“fell down and worshipped Him.” Let us worship in their own life, and that by prayer and by the shin-| circuit of time. Jesus the Saviour and not the things of this world, ing beauty of their Christian conduct they may hasten By THE REV. ERLING K. OLAFSON This yearly celebration took on many forms in|Or some imaginary person. In Hebrews 2:9 we read and extend the reign of that Peace in the world around (Resurrection Lutheran Church) | the various countries. In northern Europe it centered | those wonderful words: “We see Jesus, who was made them. Christmas! Yuletide! These two names are|around “Jolly old St. Nicholas,” a derivation of satan |2 little lower than the angels for the suffering of Thrice Happy Christmas to All applied to the holiday season we are approaching.|the “old Nick™ or “Pluto.” In the Scandinavian coun- death, crowned with glory and honor; that He by the They represent the two elements that are present|tries the feast centered around the “yule log” or ever- |grace of God should taste death for every man. For in this major festival. For Christmas has a double green tree, also the annual election of the village chief |it became Him for whom are all things, in bringing origin; it has its Christian inception in the custom|or mayor. This latter office went to the man who|many sons unto glory, to make the Captain of their of commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, and de-|could roll a firewheel the farthest. This firewheel|salvation perfect through suffering.” Can we say CHRISTMAS—A SAMPLE PACKAGE By THE REV. O. L. KENDALL 4 (Methodist Church) rives its pagan background from the midwinter festival ~. “And the angel said unto them, ‘Fear not for be-|in honor of the Sun-God, held shortly after the winter hold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall |solstice. It was the intention of the early Christian represented the sungod and was covered with oil-|like the Apostle: “We see Jesus?” We cannot see soaked bits of inflamable materials, At the contest|Him as the shepherds and wise men did, but we can all aspiring to the office would stand in line, prefer- |see Him with the eye of faith. We can see that Jesus be to all people.’” fathers to take over this pagan holiday and to make . This message was given to the shepherds at the|it Christian. But even now the two influences remain, | their “firewheel” would send it flaming down the!might save us from sin. ably at the top of a nearby hill, and each lighting [took a place a little lower than the angels that He IRA TUCKER