Article December 17, 1938 Issue

Christmas

MARY SEDGWICK BLAKEMORE

In her article "What Christmas Means to Me" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 262), Mrs. Eddy speaks of Christmas as "the dawn of divine Love breaking upon the gloom of matter and evil with the glory of infinite being."

Dawn means a beginning—the first appearance of light in the morning. A faint glow gradually grows brighter until the eastern sky is painted in resplendent colors. With the coming of dawn, objects before indistinguishable assume shape and form, growing clearer as the light grows stronger, until they are distinct and defined. After the darkness, how glorious is the first faint light! So, to one distressed, in a night of chaos or fear, even a faint concept of the power of God and of His love comes as a harbinger of "on earth peace, good will toward men." With the dawn of spiritual light, the night of error disappears.

What causes the night? Absence of light. In order to dispel the night of fear or doubt, certain qualities are necessary, such as trust, faith, confidence. Even though the way may not yet be clear to us, we can trust God, knowing that He dispels the shades of night, the gloom and fear of lack. The night may seem long, the dawn slow in coming, but our continued trust in God's love and care will scatter the gloom until it disappears into utter nothingness.

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