Article February 4, 1905 Issue

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If at this Christmas season those men and women upon whom fortune has smiled years of great prosperity feel moved to make the occasion as joyous as it can be made for their less fortunate fellow-beings, let them consider the wisdom of converting the old spirit of feudal patronage into the living, modern spirit of democracy. Let them resolve to be fair and just first, and generous, if they may be, afterward. Let them determine to take no grasping advantage of opportunity, but rather to extend opportunity to those whose need is not of gifts but of a chance and encouragement to help themselves. For this is the way, and the only way, and, we add, the Christian way, in which, under modern conditions, the reign of peace on earth and of good will among men can be realized.

The Independent.

The Christian is not a foolish optimist. He does not fatuously shut his eyes to the existence of stupendous evils, numerous and widespread. But he believes in the promises of God; he is convinced that there is more good in the world than bad, and that the good is constantly increasing and conquering. The verdict of history and of all commonsense observation is that the world is growing better all the time. Man is getting completer control of his animal appetites, his selfishness, and his passion. He thrills to the exhortation of God, "Be ye perfect," and struggles ever toward the infinite Ideal. The kingdom of God, for whose coming Jesus bade us pray and work and live, is being daily and predominatingly realized.

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