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,'On December 25th we celebrate the birthday of a certoin Jewish carpenter who lived, and worked, and taught, and laughed, and loved more than nineteen hundred years ago in that barren country that we now call oothe Holyland". What sort of a fellow was He, this young Hebrew who, by the time He was thirty-three years of age had done His great work, and gone home to His Father? Artists of the old school did the world a great disservice by picturing Him with both paint brush and words as a sad' looking 'oMan of Sorrows", so that many people even to this day, still think of Him in that wav.

Yet every open-minded student of biblical lore understands that He was indeed nothing of the kind. He was probably the most vivid, the most vital, the most nragnetic, the most thrilling man who ever walked the earth. How otherwise can you picture strong and busy men and women dropping everything that they had, to walk behind this young unknown Jew from the desert country of Nazareth, and following Him even to the cross? Tb get a mental picture of this magnificent young man, radiant with strength, vibrant with confidence, His face and form as appealing as His tremendous words were inspiring, would be a wonder{ul Christmas present for anyone who previously had failed to consider Him in this fashion. You don't think that the man who scoureed the money-changers from the temple in such manner that they fled before Him like chaff before the wintry wind, was any peh, tired-looking, physical weakling, do you ? On the contrary, He was undoubtedly the most impressive and tremendous young inan they had ever seen, with eyes that flamed with indignation at the desecration of the temple of His Father; with muscles hard as steel.

Yes, sir, it would be a wonderful idea for eveiy thinking person at this Christmas season, to get a corrected idea of the founder of Christianity. Saul of Tarsus was a blood-thirsty ruffian whose business was seeking out, torturing and destroying the followers of Jesus. He had incited the stoning of the gentle Stephen, and held the robes of those who cast the stones. One day He was on his way to Damascus to ferret out and kill some more Christians. Saul of Tarsus was tough. The hardest, cruelest gangster you ever heard of was probably a gentle creature compared with Saul. And as he proceeded along the road to Damascus he met face to face a young man he had never seen before. To Saul, Jesus of Nazareth was only the name of a crucified Jew whose followers he was intent on destroying. Yet when Saul met the resurrected Jesus face to face that day on the road to Damascus, what did he do? What did he say? Vas he tough? Was he Saul, the killer of Christians? No. Saul needed but once glance at that young Man of Nazareth, and said: 'oW'hat wilt Thou have me do." That was all. But for the remainder of his long life. Saul of Tarsus was Paul the Apostle, visiting the peoples o{ the civilized world and preaching and proclaiming the gospel o{ Jesus. One moment he was face to face with that incomparable Carpcnter; yet that moment changed the entire course of human historv.

Picture to yourself, {riend, what manner o{ man that must. have been that Saul of Tarsus saw that day on the road to Damascus. Can there be an iota of doubt in \-our mind that He was such a Man as never before and never since has walked this earth? Can you doubt that He was wonderful to look upon, that He overflowed with strength and r,itality. that He fairly flamed with life. and hope. and confidence, and with physical beauty and virility. in addition to His spirtual magnetism? W'hen we get that sort of a picture o{ this Jewish Carpenter. \r'e are started on the road to understanding what it was that happened to Saul. the killer, that day on the road to l)ama,scus. and to so great a multitude of other people who saw and heard Him; and we begin to glimpse the whyfor of His indelihk' impression upon billions of people who have <'ome after.

More than His physical magnihcence mu-st have heen the flaming light that shone from His countenance. A "man of sorrows" forsooth. Where do we find Him, a-" He proceeds on His mission of prea<rhing the philosophy o{ love and fellowship and understanding and forgiveness? Wherever happy people gathered together, there He was. At weddings. at friendly gatherings where men and women and little children were to be found. That He was a joyous companion seems undehatable. ['e find Him sa1 ing to His friends: "They call me a wine bibber. and a man gluttonous." We find Him changing water into wine so that the wedding feast might take place as planned. We find Him doins many things and going many places that indicate definitely thai He was a friendll . joyful. marr.elous conpanion.

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