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Show CHIRSTMAS COCITATIOIIS. S i ThU earth had not In orbit rollM Or prreent form rpcclved : ' , When in trtuJ council -lifply Gods A glorlom plan conceived,,. . , ... And nit tho in(rnlng BtnnV did shout! Ait Anthem fraught with praise, Yea, propheed ami tng wllh'joy, Of tlicse th Iattor Day. , : Tho plnticoHcclved, tto' man should sin, AnJ through transfffefsion fall-; -And eln mid darkness cwet.earth,' . A with a 6ble pallr-. Tbat J6iis Christ on eVrtfb nhoud come, .; WJth Ijeallnj; in hU wtugs,"" And conquer death, hell, and tbegrare, . And reign as King of Kiugs. r s His gioricu plan came from the,,Head,T' Father of Light and Love, 3 . : V , vIVib sanctioned y th -heaveuly hosts, . Who dwelt with Hlrn above; TIiatlirii.t should come, dwell in' the Ikslv, : ' ' And ifce u wcrlfiee . 'J'iiat counties millions of the dead, ;Afd living night reolee. ' Whilo fhepherds watched their .flock toy . ;, night, . ; ' "., j ; , O'er-pro:vd on Indian plalns ; ThemngeU of t!is I-6rd appeared, Cfcantingwlestlal strains; ; ,'v. i Such heavenly Melodies burst forth-- . 7 . Serapihto s(rau arise!' :,: , Echoing jrui from .w.erM to wor .. Along the star-lit skies. ,- VPeace'on earth, good ,dll o mAn', ; . ' 'Ihe shluinjj seraphs 'sang,- , Oelestialcholra caiiglit up the stran. . ; , While heavenly inusio rang BehoUl tiw fitar of BethlehemS. y ; ,-See! where its halo i)aysj ' ' 5 - i ! Your King! And SaW of tfc Is world, . There in k manget lays. t ; Th foxei hrad their place of rest, The buds securely slept . r " 'Mid leafy koughs when night had come; - Wlillfi Jp.silS ofllniPH wnnf i .' Despised, rejected, skk and faint,- . , Athirit, and litckitr, bread, .' , t An outcast and wanderer, Not where ta lay Ills head,':.. .-. : ' i " ? He ixreached the gaspel, healed the sck, ;i Gavtteyeslgfct to tte blind, ' . ' ' And fod 'the hungry inultltude,'- i Yea, sought to bless mankind Great drops of blood oozed through Ills ;' v pores, . : . In afcony He wept v 1 Ani prayed, "Thy will fee deno, n-ot . Je." ; I White His disciples slept,.' TheJens, tboy smote' and spat him, And spllleil'HU preolous blood;. Tbey o-iiled Ulea to the shameful cross, ' .Tet, crucified their God m , He died but soon He 'rose again, 1 ; With viutry o'er the tomb ' iJlc loosfld their clmrnp, thocaptives free'd ' And brakt tke prUon'j gloom. . Rlni; WW glad bells, your sweetest 'vidmes! Rlnj? out the glad rcfraiu, Peae boon earth, good! will to man," Riiipjbnit! ringoutS again, Peril, forth sweet bells la midnight hour, "Good will 'good will t man. Hosannah to the King of King, ' Affivn! atneni aroenl ! C. L, W. |