As b -at lie must, if all is true.
lie will be fiii-( to pray for j on
This much at b ast v< <? may assume,
\\ hiitc'i-r our ilestinj or doom,
Tbiit ever since she sacred day.
N'oa.- nineteen bundled years away,
Through many an age of song and
sermon.
I'.v (Sreek and lloiuiitl. tiaul and (<er
uia ii.
Iiicki i.s bas aiven in sweetest measure
The truest dream of Christinas plea
II I '
And yon. il*.ii il raff, havr read it brt
t < r
In tone ami st> le. in look and letter,
Than an.v tun n I i vrr heard;
And this because with every word
Your soul was thrilling on your tongue.
I low poor the Hong that is not sung
With the heart throbbing in tliu voice,
Till listening worshipers rejoice:
And now that 1 lic.kens, king of men,
With radiant u-"wn and angel pen,
Surveys these scenes on Christmas Pay
I'-urn his bright throne so far away.
No advent of thai star-eyed ninrn,
Which 8iiw the human Savior horn,
.Vill pass without a giateful prayer,
Since Christmas eatol, too, is th*re..
