Glory to God
The Watchtower, July 15, 1963
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Glory to God?
◇ A candid observation in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge testifies how ineffective Christendom’s Christmas celebration is in bringing glory to God: “The religious significance of Christmas has been too commonly minimized among Christians, the day among adults being degraded into one merely for the exchange of presents, often neither given nor received in any affection, but out of a sense of obligation or as barter. In too many homes the children, whose day it more particularly is, are not taught to link their merrymaking on Christmas with the gift of God to the world in the person of his Son Jesus Christ. Although some of our denominations hold service on that day, the vast majority of Protestants do not attend, and most of our denominations keep their churches closed.”—Volume III, page 48.
Also in this issue
- Announcements
- Contending “According to the Rules”
- Family Responsibilities in Keeping Jehovah’s Worship Pure
- Giving Encouragement to Others
- How I Kept Strong in Faith in a Chinese Communist Prison
- Questions From Readers
- Strength Imparted Through Encouragement
- The First Bible Printed in America
- The Forgiveness of a Loving Father
- The Other Side of the Handbill