Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 258, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1953 Page: 4 of 6
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Light You Life
At The Churches
First Baptist Church
Ml & ROSS
REV. H. H. McBRlDE
Sunday School . ||,
Morning Service 11 A. M.
Training I nlon td® P. M.
Evening Services 7*45 p. ftf.
Youth Fellowship &t3® P. M.
Assembly of God
REV. R. E. MAXWELL
Radiu Broadcast 8:45 A. M.
Sunday School 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worn hip 11HM A. M.
«*• A. Friday Night 7:15 P. M.
Night Service 7:15 P. M.
Church Of Christ
A. F. WALLER—Minister
Radio Broadcast iJS A. M.
Bihle Classes for all 9t*S A. N.
Preaching ft Communion Mt4S A. M.
Preaching * Communion 7^P. M.
Herald of truth American Broadcasting Co 1: P. M.
First Christian
1®1 E. WILLIAMS .
REV. J. E. MONTGOMERY—Pastor
Sunday School 9:3® A. M.
Morning Service ItdSt A. M.
Chi Ros 6:00 P. M.
Evening Service 7:3® P. H
Episcopal
EASTfl
(St. Andrews)
F.ASTON ft ELM STREETS
The Rev. Richard Allen Lewis, Rector
Holy Communion 7:00 A. M
Holy Kucharist and Junior Church •
School 9:30 A. M.
Morning Prayer and Senior Church
School 11:00 A. M.
Kpiseopal Youth Organization .... 5:30 P. .M
School of Religion 7:30 P. ML
Bethel Baptist
REV. H. R. WATKINS—Pastor—Colored
Sunday Morning Church School 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worship ... 11 A. M.
'framing Union 0 P. M.
Evening Service* 7:30 P. M.
Wednesday Mid Week Prayer Meeting 7 JO P. M.
First Presbyterian Church
REV. W. E. PLAPP— Pastor
Son^By Sckool . S.4S A* M
NumiMf Worship ► 11HNI A. M.
W*Htmmk*ter Fellowship §s3# P*
RvmiQtr V orship ••• • ••*♦ • ►♦• ^Wl
African Methodist
. EV. A. R. SUMMERS, JR.—Colored
Evening Service—2nd ft 4th Sunday ®:3®
First Methodist
REV. W. E. SHIPP—Pastor
Sunday School
Morning Worship ...............
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Evening Worship Service
9:45 A. DL
A. M.
6:30 P. M.
. 7:3® P. M.
St. Paul Methodist
150® E. ELM
REV. JAMES HOLDRIDOB—Parnst
Church School 10:0® A. Si
Morning Worship 11:0® A. M.
Children* Fellowship Is® **• "•
Evening Worship 7:0® P. M.
Worship Service on let., 3rd. ft 5th. Sunday
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ST. PAUL METHODIST CHURCH, 1500 EAST ELM
KEEP CHRIST
IN CHRISTMAS
Scripture-7-Prepare ye the way of
the Lord." Mark 1:3.
In anticipation of the • coming
Yule season someone has said,
"The message is not 'Prepare the
way for Santa Claus,' but 'prepare
ye the way of the Lord'."
Currently in our Church as we
look toward the approaching holi-
day season is the slogan, "Keep
Christ in Christmas."
These two statements merely
reveal the consciousness that more
and more we are allowing many
of the customs, which we associate
with Christmas, to overshadow the
'elebration of the birth of the
Christ-child.
Among the early Christians.sev-
eral dates were observed as the
birthday of Jesus. All the dates
were obviously influenced by pagar.
observances. It is uncertain just
why the date December 25 was
chosen, since there is no data in
the New Testament by which the
birth date of the baby Jesus may
be definitely determined.
However, the final selection of
December 25 seems to have devel-
oped out of the need to substitute
a Christian celebration for the pa-
gan festival with its immoral cus-
toms.
Few of the customs still connec-
ted with the celebration of
Christmas are actually Church fes-
tivals—that is, they were neither
consecrated by the Church nor im-
posed by the Church. Many of the
ancient practices and festivals were
continued by the Christians but
with a new significance attached.
This new significance was the
celebration of the BIRTH OF
CHRIST. THE SON OF GOD.
The celebration of Christmas
without the Babe of Bethlehem
at the center then becomes for us
no more than a secular celebration
or a pagan festival. . .
The increasing secularization of
Christmas accompanied by negli-
gence in worshipping Christ, which
has come about among Christian
people has crept upon us because
like the inn-keeper, we simply do
not have room for Jesus. Like th '
inn-keeper we do not mean to
rude or bear ill-will against Christ,
hut all of our available time is
taken up with other activities—all
of our available space is occupied
by other guests.
Though not hostile against Christ
we are so busy buying and selling,
wrapping, gaming and feasting,
that we canr.ot find any place for
the Saviour of the world. The
tragedy of today is that this worid
with its noisy and demanding clam-
or of common interests has poured
in upon us and taken possession of
our time and attention, and when
Christ comes with his infinite gift
for the enrichment of our souls,
there is no room for him ir. the inn.
It is not surprising that the mul-
titudes of the unbelieving? do not
make room for Jesus amidst their
reveling and merrymaking, for
they evidently do not recognize who
Jesus is. If they realized His great-
ness ami what He could do for-
th* m, they would make room for
the Lord Jesus Christ in their
hearts, in their homes, and in their
First of A Series On Local Churches, by Local Ministers—
lives.
May we all this Christmas "pre-
pare the way of the Lord." ivlay
we make room for Him in our
hearts and in our lives.
If we are to do this, our cele-
bration of the Christmas Festival
this season must bear^ certain
marks. First of all, there must be
'worship. H. Hensley Henson has
said, "A merely secular holiday
crowded with noisy pleasures is no
fittingversion of the Christian
Festival. Worship stands in the
forefront of this commemoration of
Christ's birthday." We worship by-
coming together in the Lord'"*
house and gathering round the
Table He has prepared for us: ami
we show kindness for His sake to
His chosen representatives: the
poor, the sick, the sorrowful. Hens-
ley says, "This aspect of worship
is symbolized by the custom of giv-
ing presents at Christmas-tide, but
how sadly hollow has the symbol
become! We give presents now not
to the poor and sorrowful, who
need our consolation, but to one
another, the rich to the rich, the
happy to the happy." With worship
which is the first mark of our
Christmas Festival is harmony.
That is the order of the angel's
Song, "Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth, peace."
Christmas will mean more to us
this year than ever before if we
will recognize that the real mean-
ing of Christmas is inward and
spiritual, and not to be identified
with outward and material accomp-
animents. Christmas is a time
when we should remember that
"God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son." As
I'. R. Southgate has said, "Christ-
mas means the fulfillment of the
hopes and prophecies of the ages;
it means the coming into the life
of humanity of the life of God, in
order to reconcile the world unto
Himself and to lift humanity on to
the spiritual plane of thought and
life. There is, therefore, a-Chris-
tian reason for rejoicing and fes-
tivity; for "unto us is bom a Sav-
iour wheh is Christ the Lord." Any
explanation of Christmas which
leaves out of account these deeper
meanings is sub-Christian."
May we to the glory of God pre-
care the way of the Lord by keep-
in.ar Christ in Christmas.
by Rev. James R. Hold ridge
Pastor. St. Paul Method?*! "
Rev James R.
Pastor St. Paul Methodfcd
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l At The Cbirtbts
I.
Church Of God
REV. RUSSELL E. BUTLER, Pastor ,
Sunday School 10:0® A. M
Morning Worship 11:0® A. M.
Evangelist Service 7:30 P. M.
Tuesday Night Prayer Service 7:3® P. M.
Young People's Endeavor, Sat. .... 7:3® P. Mf
Calvary Baptist Church
REV. JEROLD R. McBRlDE, Pastor
Sunday School 10:0® A. M.
Morning Worship 11M A. M.
Religious Film 6:30 P. M.
Training Union 7:00 P. M.
evangelistic Service SHI® P. M.
7th Day Adventist
ELDER V. J. MALONEY, PASTOR
iftl South Shetton
Sabbath School
Preaching
. 2:30 p..
33® p. i
Jewish
Williamson Chapel ,
(Methodist) 1
PASTOR S. J. SMITH—Colored
Sunday School 9:45 .A
Morning Worship 11:0® A. Si.
Epworth League 6t3® P. M.
Rose Ave. Baptist
REV. R. E. WRIGHT—Pastor
Sunday School .v.. 9:45 A. M.
Worship 11:0® A. M.
Singing 7:3® P. M.
Evening Worship 8:M P. M.
Mt. Olive Baptist (Colored)
REV. N. FOSTER—Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 A. M.
8TU ............ ... ............ 0:3® P. M*
Evening Worship 7:3® P. M-
Christian Science Church
PASTOR—
Sunday School 9:99 A. M.
Church Services llM A. M.
Church of the Nazarene
H. C. ATEN—Pastor
Sunday School — —. 1® A. M.
Morning Worship 11 A. M.
(X. V. P. S.) Youth Service Id® P. M.
Evening Service 7:9® P. M
Wednesday Prayer Serrice 7 P. M.
Catholic (Sacred Heart)
PASTOR—FATHER BALDWIN ft
FATHER MEUREE
Sunday BCsjni . . . . •• ► X S0 A M*
Evening Services 7:30 P JML
Pentecostal
REV. E. W. COPELAND
Corner N. Baylor ft R Lindsey
Sunday School ...................... 10:00 A. M.
Preaching Service 11M A. M.
Evening Worship 7:0® P. Si.
Midweek Prayer Service Wednesday Night 7 P. M.
Church of God In Christ *
REV. AMOS TAYLOR—Pastor—Colored
Sunday School 9:4.1 A. M.
Bihle Drill ftrfW P. M.
W - W W 7:0® P. M.
Evening Worship 8:0® P. M.
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B. H. Trams*ell & W. R. (Bill) Black
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Good Eats Bakery
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Horvev OlcoRers
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Glenn LuttreU Motor Co.
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Sweeney Insurance Agency First National Bank
Hank Sweeney Court« y-Serviee-DependaWlr.y
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Clay Building Material Co.
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 258, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1953, newspaper, December 4, 1953; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth134698/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.