(Author Unknown)

Nearly 2000 years ago in an obscure village, a Child was born of a lowly woman. He grew up in another village where He worked as a Carpenter (most likely; his Step-Father Joseph was a Carpenter). When He was about 30 He Taught and Preached.

This Man never went to College or Seminary. He never wrote a Book. He never held Public Office. He never had a Family. He never traveled over 200 miles from His Birthplace. While only in His 30's He was sentenced to Death on a Cross between Two Thieves. His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had--the simple coat He had worn. His body was laid in a borrowed Grave. Three Days later this Man arose from the dead--living proof that He was, as He had claimed, the Savior whom God had sent, the Incarnate Son of God.

Nineteen Centuries have come and gone and today the risen Lord Jesus Christ is the central figure of the human Race. On our Calendars His Birth divides history into two eras. One day of every week is set aside in remembrance of Him. Our Two most important Holidays celebrate His Birth & Resurrection. This one Man' s life has furnished the theme for more Songs, Books, Poems, and Paintings than any other person or event in History. Thousands of Colleges, Hospitals, Orphanages and other Institutions have been founded in Honor of this One who gave His life for us. All the Armies that ever Marched, all the Navies that ever sailed, all the Governments that ever sat, all the Kings that ever reigned have not changed the course of history as much as this One Solitary Life.