Man at the Gate of the World

Mr. President was a radio series that ran on the ABC Network from June 26, 1947, to September 23, 1953. Each half-hour episode was based on an incident in the life of one of the people who have held the office of President of the United States, but the dialogs were written in such a way as not to reveal the name of the President until the last line of dialog at the end of the program, when the President would be addressed by name. The audience was thus encouraged to guess, from the plot of the episode, which President it was.

However in December 1949 it was decided that because the Sunday broadcast fell on Christmas, a special program should be aired. You will hear how, in observance of the Christmas holiday, Edward Arnold put aside his role as Mr. President to bring his listeners a special Christmas story. "The Man at the Gate of the World: A Story of the Star," the tale of Caspar, one of the three magi of tradition who follow a star to Bethlehem, was written by a Welsh Sunday school teacher, William Edward Cule, in 1929. 

The story tells of how Caspar gives up his wealth and privilege to stand at a city gate washing the feet of weary travelers, in order to accomplish Christ's teachings to his disciples. Cule's story was almost scrapped after he read Henry Van Dyke's parable "The Other Wise Man," but decided his story of the star had its own place among the assorted narratives. 

And now "Mr. President" episode 131, "The Man at the Gate of the World"