For
nearly two thousand years Christian people have desired to prove to the world that the babe born in Bethlehem of Judea brought to mankind the gospel of salvation.
At
the time of the birth of Jesus, as Luke relates, certain "shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night," "were sore afraid" as "the glory of the Lord shone round about them.
The
earnest efforts of mortals to establish lasting peace between the nations of earth are, for the most part, based upon a material concept of Life and its expression, the universe.
It
is impossible to study the Bible, and especially the New Testament part of it, without being convinced that prayer is the means whereby men may reach out for and receive the aid of Deity.
When
Moses felt afraid to undertake the work God had given him to do, because he recognized his own inadequacy, he asked God whom He would send with him to help him.