Article December 13, 1958 Issue

"THE DEAR CHRIST ENTERS IN"

THOMAS O. POYSER

The approach of Christmas stirs great joy and gratitude in the heart of the Christian Scientist. He welcomes it as an opportunity for the magnification of the things of Spirit and the subjugation of material pleasures and pastimes. He knows that through higher conduct and thought the true concept and significance of Christmas will appear. More than a mere celebration of the birth of Christ Jesus, the most spiritually minded and best individual ever to inhabit this earthly sphere, Christmas commemorates the revelation to the human consciousness of the Christ, the divine idea of God.

The story of the nativity is dear to students of Christian Science. Its simplicity and homeliness are the only fit and proper accompaniments to its great spiritual import. Had the event been attended by ceremony and the mere giving of earth's finite treasures, which characterize today's observances, its significance might well have been lost. But he who of all mankind best exemplified the spiritual ideal of Truth was received into a materialistic world in the meek and humble surroundings of a lowly manger in a roadside inn.

We who would honor this wondrous event should be ever watchful lest our commemoration lose amid worldliness and materialism the spiritual purity and grandeur of which it is worthy. The alert Scientist turns from the gross materialism so frequently marking this date and in humble quietness seeks communion with Spirit, God.

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