How Would Jesus Keep Christmas?
By Editor
"How would Jesus keep Christmas?" is a question asked by a prominent religious journal. The question is easy: If He were on earth just as He was formerly, He would just go about doing good, as on other days. There are some things, it is safe to say, that He would not do. He would not make that the one day in the year for dispensing charity, and consider His duty done for the year. He would not make it a day of gluttony and debauchery. He would not make it a day of idolatry by a waste of means on self-indulgence that was needed to carry the Gospel of salvation to the heathen. It is not difficult to know what Jesus would do on any day; for He left a record that is ample proof. He would observe in becoming manner the special days set apart for special observance by divine authority, and ignore the claims of all others to special notice. He would take advantage of any occasion, by whomsoever appointed, if special opportunity presented, for working the works of God—not because of the day, but because of the opportunity. On Christmas, as on other days, He would be about His Father's business—the business of saving souls. And it is for us to do likewise.