Article December 26, 1931 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from Basil Binyon, Palfrey Perkins, Beverly L. Oaten, Andrew Richards

[Editorial in the Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada]

Christmas is over, and if we have taken in not merely the meaning of the day but its broad, kindly, tolerant, comprehensive spirit to guide us in our lives, there will be much gain to each one of us individually. Christmas brings us face to face with the obligations of Christianity. It is not enough to talk of good will; it is more important to practice it. The sentiment of Christmas is a beautiful sentiment, but we cannot afford to leave it at that. It should be a case of carrying on in practice what Christmas preaches in the silent language of the associations of the day. It is not enough for us to know that Christ [Jesus] was an Exemplifier of all that is good, all that is holy, all that is kindly, all that is beautiful in life. It should be our endeavor to follow in his footsteps.

After all, how small, how trivial, are our animosities, those things which part individuals! How insignificant they are beside the great charity of the Exemplifier of life as it should be lived! How easy it is to forget and to forgive, to think no more of the "ancient grudge," if we only get ourselves to think of Christianity in the terms of Christ [Jesus]! How great a thing is good will! It paints the picture of life in glowing tints. It makes an agreeable instead of a disagreeable world, one which is worth living in. It is a world the making of which for ourselves lies within our power if we only exert ourselves to use it in not being indifferent to the claims which Christ [Jesus] with the religion he brought with him imposes on us.

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