Christmas was approaching. Ornamental stars of many varied types and sizes, some of which were hung from high buildings with an impresive display of electric lights, illumined the city. Never before had I seen so many Christmas stars as this year! While I was looking at all the decorations, I could not help admiring the skill, the inventiveness, and the variety of all the star arrangements. This symbol of the star, of course, can be understood to represent that spiritual light which indicates that Christ, or Truth, has come to earth.
While I wished to sincerely feel genuine rejoicing and inspiration when I looked at these symbolic stars, I didn't have such a response. What I felt was a desire for humanity to stop being a modern idolater. I wished that the true light, the light which the Science of Christ imparts, would be recognized and accepted by all, to make Christmas festive with thoughts and acts of kindness, of peace, of spiritual rejoicing, and not with stress and commercialism.
Even with all the abundance of artificial light from these stars, to me they seemed pale and incapable of dispelling the darkness of materialism with which the human heart struggles. These lights in themselves, of course, don't lead toward the true sense of the heavenly birth. Nor do they prepare the heart with the humility and wisdom to recognize that Christ, the Saviour, come to demonstrate the wonderful love of God for man.
