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Show l.0n-Christmas! I M viprirn IIP l,feherittt ff'jj fpHE miracle is wrought again, f 11 fffiThe Lamb of God is bora h W f And angels sing the song of peace. 17 AftJVbove the earth this morn. (d'iechom round the whole wide world jelr poke'sfill the air And'mnnew hope and faith and love To mankind everywhere. )ff 1 yj In every heart there wakes anew. ) W Sweet yearnings and desires, ( m An eyery home new cheer is born X ( Arq,u)ncKhe Christmas fires. All hate and clufetcnd fear have fled, All bitterness andgreed, Our joy is now to kiveand serve, To fill another's ne.V U O would tht Christmas peace and love And all its hope and cheer jt Vf Could live within our hearts and souls Through every dayxand year. f --X---if4f-X--X--X--?:--?f-X- CHRISTMAS KINGDOMS CHRISTMAS kingdoms all around us All their lights and bells confound con-found us; Streets that tingle with the gloitf Of bright windows, row) by row, Tinsel gleaming, candles red, Not to light us unto bed, But to glow for us in glory Round the pine tree's Christmas story. Christmas kingdoms whose are thep But these little hearts of play These that come with faces glsaming, Wearing wings of elfin dreaming, Dancing, skipping, gay and sweet Through each kingdom's dazzling street, Swinging us with them again -Back from all cur husks of men. Christmas kingdoms here tliej) shine Where the wreaths of holly1 twine Where the crowsfoot in between Spreads its lace of living green, And the red bails and the blue Deck the street and avenue, Blazing all the way" with glory Of the Christmas kingdom's story). I CHRISTMAS GARLANDS By MINNA IRVING I1 J DN CHRISTMAS EVE a slender boy Came singing in the snow, His arms were filled with holly wreaths And sprays oi mistletoe. The curls about his forehtad formed A golden diadem, His sapphire eyes rejected still The Star of Bsthlehem. He pointed to the Christmas wretiths, Bejeweled, red and white, His voice rang out like silver bells Upon the frosty night: "These scarlet berries ar the drcpi Of blood that Jesus shed; These pearls upon the mistletoe Are Mary's tears," he said. ! w : : v : ; -: -: : At Christmas Time OA'C of the Chrislmcs snow, J All loiely whiteness; 1 Sing of iht Christmas Iree, j All shining brightness; j Tell the old Christmas tale 1 Stable and star Lift up the Christmas song, Send it afar. Bells ring and voices sing! A II earth shall hear How hapfiy Christmas time Crowns all the year. An Old English Carol loscpfj teas a-toalfetng. &e Ijearb an ancjcl sing, & "M msijt sijall be tfje fairtfj-tintc fairtfj-tintc t Cfjrisst, tjje fjeatjenlp Sins. "Jf?e ntitfjer fc'JjaU be bom 3n hotisen nor in hall, - J?or in tfje place cf parabise, $ut in an ox'si stall. "Jf?e nndjer shall be clofheti 3!n purple nor in pall, ?3ut in the fair tohite linen tbat nsien babiesf all. ' "Jije neither Shall be rotfceii 3n Silber nor in golli, J3ut in a toooben manger That restetlj on the moufti." 9s Joseph toas a-toalkin.3, het'e feiti an angel sing, .Snb iflarp'S chili at mifcntcrht Klas born to be our iting. tEljen be pe rjlab, goob people, his night of all the pear, Snb light pe up pour canbles, jfoc is star it sh'in-eib dear. ipiNGTA . (mt'Sy) TT'WAS ihTSghl befistmaefedio-fcl For the news, most important, tha5-taoy c?ud get. It clicked, and it buzzrd, and it puned with its static. Like a veteran oi wars, who was old and rheumalic. Then finally deaied. to the unbruken joy OI lather, and mother, and Bobby, the boy. "I have it, ' cried father, who. catching a wave Unusual in length, caught the message it gave. "Come quick." hecned shrilly, "come on. listen here To the strangest old messajc we've had in a year The long room was dim with a flickering light; . The outside, quite Irosty. bemantled in white. Click. Click buiz a flutter. and then the word "P. Came through tne receiver, right out of the sky. "Am coming at midnight amve between one, (The ringing of bells) and the rue ol the sun." Then it stopped, it was Santa, and out ol the an Camethepleadinjofdiildrer. who wanted him ihere. Some called from the (air coraled India's shores. Some from the far tropics, some from the Azores; All Europe, and Asia, and Africa heard. For ail had tuned-in and were getting the w ord - "1 '. buz7."I arn corning." Click "brngin; surprise For those who are eager, and eaily to nse May possibly see rne--lhesear!y ones may Ere I hop in my a:rsh:p andastcn away. Discarded. mvIeigh, with the days that are gone. Will come with no flourish of bells or of horn; But you mayheanhe jitie of air-driven jarj As I drop mjjjuse packets, and humedly pass. Ss .... |