Henry Van Dyke
The Spirit of Christmas
The great gift of Jesus to the world was himself. He lived with and for men. He kept back nothing. In every particular and personal gift that he made to certain people there was something of himself that made it precious.
For example, at the wedding in Cana of Galilee, it was his thought for the feelings of the giver of the feast, and his wish that every guest should find due entertainment, that lent the flavour of a heavenly hospitality to the wine which he provided.
When he gave bread and fish to the hungry multitude who had followed him out among the hills by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were refreshed and strengthened by the sense of the personal care of Jesus for their welfare, as much as by the food which he bestowed upon them. It was another illustration of the sweetness of "a dinner of herbs, where love is."
The gifts of healing which he conferred upon many different kinds of sufferers were, in every case, evidences that Jesus was willing to give something of himself, his thought, his sympathy, his vital power, to the men and women among whom he lived. Once, when a paralytic was brought to Jesus on a bed, he surprised everybody, and offended many, by giving the poor wretch the pardon of his sins, before he gave new life to his body. That was just because Jesus thought before he gave; because he desired to satisfy the deepest need; because in fact he gave something of himself in every gift. All true Christmas-giving ought to be after this pattern.
CONTENTS
A DREAM-STORY THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL
A LITTLE ESSAY CHRISTMAS-GIVING AND CHRISTMAS-LIVING
A SHORT CHRISTMAS SERMON KEEPING CHRISTMAS
TWO CHRISTMAS PRAYERS
A CHRISTMAS PRAYER FOR THE HOME
A CHRISTMAS PRAYER FOR LONELY FOLKS
- ISBN
- 1535217855 / 9781535217859
- Pages
- 30
- Weight
- 3.36 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.07 in.
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