Hea,rth Fires Aglow

This Christmcrs there is cr leeling oI qbiding strength cnd security within the cloisters oI Americcrn lcrmily hectrths. The wcrr cgcrinst bcrrbqric retrogression has been won. The lightoI cr new qnd better world hcrs dcwned. Its rcys are shining through the windows of homes lrom which there went forth to crrns thn Delenders oI the Faith thcrt is Our Country.

Their gilt to us hcrs been preservction of everything thct mckes our nqtional life worth while: Freedom oI worship,lreedom oI expression,Ireedom of crssembly and the right oI petition for redress oI grievcnce . . the human dignity oI individucl mcn, unsubmerged incny subiugcrted mcss. Those qre the foeedoms and the rights lirst nourished crt Colonial hecrths, . . todcy the heritcge oI every citizen . ol every home.

The home is the citcrdel oI every Americcn virtue. It is the reql bqse upon which qll the sociql crnd industricrl grcndeur oI America hcs crisen.It is the provider oI the spiritucrl strengrth upon which the other, more materiql things qre built, the comlorts crnd conveniences oI our cgle. It is the source oI cll well-being.

Thus, this Christmds, we see in the llickering lights and shcrdows lrom the heqrth lire'sglow the God-given strength to survive the trcgedies oI wcrr . . . tobind the American lcrmily crnd the Americqn home in the lcrith oI He who died on Cclvcrry thqt others might be scrved.