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Show SONG OF THE SAVIOR. ; . . , (Copyright, 1900, by Edwin Markham.) t 'Twas the God of Song and Mirth Who descended to the Earth. It was He that veiled His face " In the sorrow of the race; r- He that toiled at Nazareth, ' Going with us down to death; . r- He that bowed the heavens for men, r- And arose to light again. - r ' 4 , So the First-born Son of Light , - Shone upon the hlman night. , Bringing down the Final Truth I In His deep, eternal youth. j ' h God was reconciled to man " When the ages first began; ' " But that man be reconciled -f K God became a little child. -f So appeared the God of Song In the planet going wrong; , 1 Came to help us lift the weight I Of the planetary fate; " Came and taught the one relief ff " For the gray primeval grief Taught that Love, though defiled, j Could not set the law aside. "" -r I -f -f 4- tttt rr t--f-f --- - |