Montana farmer-stockman. [volume], December 15, 1951, Image 1

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December 115; 1951
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HE SONG, "Peace on Earth to Men of Goodwill,"
was sung over a world in which slavery was
almost universal, women had few rights, monog
amy was spotted here and there, there wasn't a hos
pital or an old people's home, there wasn't a free
school, medical practice was one step removed from
the medicine man.
; Into this world a "Baby" was born.
Then, things began to happen. Slowly, the common
people began to breath a little deeper. Women found
more tenderness in their "men." The Missioners of
the Cross gathered little groups of converted Jews
and Gentiles into churches, trying the new experi
ment of living together in the fellowship of love.
Collections were taken up to care for the old and
disabled. The birth of a girl baby ceased to be re
garded as an affliction.
We often think of Peace as something that comes
mysteriously down from the heavens without any
effort or concern on our part. That is a great popular
mistake. You will note that if there is to be any
peace at all, it must come as a result of "Goodwill"
among men. If there is no goodwill there can't be
any peace, for peace is a result.
Goodwill in our homes will make them Edens of
happiness. Goodwill among men of business will
tend to co-operative efforts and fair dealings. Good
will-in our neighborhoods will bind families into one
vast family of helpfulness. Goodwill in the hearts
of operators and workers alone can take the bitter
ness out of industrial relationships. Goodwill among
the people of various churches can produce a har
monious forward movement tor good. Goodwill among
the leaders of the nations can never come so long
as curtains or walls of misunderstanding are allowed
to separate us into suspicious groups.
Why say "Peace," unless we also practice "good
will?"
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