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Show A Christmas Carol l f HE accompanying Christmas hymn was written l.y tho Right Rev. V j I Spalding. D. B., prior to his tragic death iu this city when run uown ; I I by an automobile on South Temple street. It has been ruiMishOil in ; ! the form of a Christmas card by the St. Mark's cathedral branch? ! of the Girls1 Friendly society. S I Followinc are the verses written by Bishop Spalding: Thev were only simple shepherds Thar watch d on Judah's plain; And while others slept, their guard they kept. Bearing the cold and pain; But the lieht that shone above them Was the lit;bt from God on high; And the song" of peace, that will never ! cease, Came from angels in the sky. ; 'Twas in the rude, cold stable 1 For not even an inn would welcome : Him ; Thouph all was His .by right; ' But the three wise kings wiio sought Him From their homes in a distant land ; Were led from afar by a Heavenly ' star ; That was guided by Gods own baud. 'Twas in a roufrh, hard manner "With the oxen tandini; by s That Murv mild laid tier ' first -born Child And hushed His infant crv; I But the Child that Mary nestled, And the shepherds and wise men soucht; ' Was the Kin'jj and Lord, whom angels i; ador'd ! ; And salvation to men had brought, j! j Years, years have pass'd since the ; I morn ins When Christ first came to men, l And the Son who laid down His Kin i;ly Crown Has taken it up again; Still Ho comes, as when in .ludah His feet this old earth trod; And to humble hearts His love He im- ; parts And makes us Sons of God. |