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Silent night ! Holy night ! Shepherds quake at the sight, Glories stream from heaven afar, Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia; ■ AChrist, the Saviour, is born! Christ , the Saviour, is born! Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light, Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, ' Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth, Jesus, Lòrd, at Thy birth. AS THE SONG HAS BEEN CHANGED Silent night ! Holy night ! All is calm, all is bright, Round Thy Children, Father on high, Beams the light of Thy starry sky; , Silent night ! Holy night !..... Shepherds kneel at the sight! Glories stream from heaven afar, Golden beams from the eastern Star;' Comes the glorious morn, Comes the glorious morn! Silent night! Holy night! Shineth now God’s pure light. Radiant beams from Thy holy face, Bring the dawn of redeeming grace, Peace and heavenly love,’ Peace and heavenly love. Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.
the exact fact as presented in the Scriptures. There was no attempt to quote, although as it now turns out, we hap pened to use the very words of Scripture. In the second place, he cites a passage of Scripture, quoting a few words from it, and thén flatly, contradicts the clause immediately preceding the words quoted from the verse. This verse reads, “It behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren.” Our friend says, “He was like unto His brethren but not in all t h i n g s This is rather a serious statement for a man who has undertaken to black-list institutions and teachers in the name of defending the inerrancy of Scripture. In the third place he not only flatly contradicts the plain Word of God, but denies the completeness o f the incarnation, which is a deadly heresy which strikes at the heart of the New Testament evangel. Just think of the tragedy of faithful servants of God and loyal teachers of the Word being black-listed around the world on the basis of such loose work and judgment as that ! The fact that our friend means well makes the thing the mòre pathetic. No wonder our Lord denied His servants the right to pull up the tares. If the rest of us are responsible to these self-appointed guardians of the Faith, to whom are they responsible? When the Pope fails in his ethics and exegesis to whom shall the saints look? Our fathers answered, “No creature possesses power or authority to judge the Word of God. God has graciously explained His mind and will in His Scriptures. These we must hear and receive and not as in worldly kingdoms, be made to submit to the expositions of some one man who is empowered to give them at his pleasure,” As a result the Reformation shook Europe. We are won dering if the time has not come for a new reformation, a new movement away from the traditions of the doctors to the very Word of. God, the only infallible rule.of faith and practice. HE utter disregard for spiritual things and the tendency toward a Christless Christmas, comes out in the program of a Southern California high-school entertainment. School-teachers in many places are cringing, before the modern Christ-haters and are ready to pay almost any price to have peace with them, even to altering the words of great hymns of the church. The program before us contains the words for three hymns to be sung at the Christmas' celebration. In the hymn, “Joy to the World,” thè word “Saviour” is removed and the word “Father” substituted. In the hymn, “Oh, Come, all Ye Faithful,” the name “Jesus” is removed and the word “mighty” put in its place and the closing line, “Christ, the Lord,” is made to read, “Worship the Lord.” But worse than this, is the revised version of the Christmas hymn, “Silent Night.” Here are two versions : AS THE SONG IS Silent night ! Holy night ! All is calm, all is bright, Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child, Holy Infant so tender and mild, ^¿£. m . A Christless Christmas
What is this but the Spirit of Herod that sought the Christ-child’s manger-bed to destroy Him if possible, that first Christmas night ? When school-teachers sanction such alterations in the hymns of the church, they show clearly what their attitude to the Bible is, and that they are ready even to insult the Christian conscience of a great city.. They are utterly dead to all sense of loyalty to the Son of God. What is the sense of celebrating the birthday of Jesus Christ at all, if HE is to be cut out of it ? Thank God there are multitudes of godly teachers throughout the land who would not stand for such dis loyalty to Jesus Christ, to say nothing of such disrespect to the country in which they live, which was founded upon the Bible. The number of the other kind, however, are on the increase. Let Christian people keep their eyes on the doings in the schools. God help this nation if it plays the craven act of Pilate and again delivers Christ over to the Jews and Atheists to be crucified—crucified within the very nation that He, and He alone, has made mightiest of all nations on earth today. We will have a Saviour-less, Lord-less, Christ-less, meaning-less Christmas if atheism is allowed a hand in the affairs of our schools. Our Christmas Cover To our good friend, Rev. G. A. Griswood of San Diego, we are indebted for the beautiful painting repro duced on the cover of this issue. While the artist made use of many colors, it will be interesting to know that we have reproduced it by a three-color process, the effect being to bring out all of the colors originally used. Three plates were made, and one- impression made on top of another. Thanks to Mr. Griswood, and thanks to our efficient printers whose work throughout the years has won many comments as to its high character. —Managing Editor.
Sleep in heavenly peace, ’ Sleep in heavenly peace.
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