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Show H w- 00 YOUNG GIRLS WRITE IN I VERSE B i . The Sacred Heart academy students i have caught stray beams from Beth- B lehem's Star. Tho following class ex- B orrises by third academics of Sacred H Heart academy are deemed very crcd- H italilc and will, no doubt, be read with j gratification by frionds of the young H , ladies: Hj Hark, die angelic chorus! Hl 'This Christmas morn; H Low in adoration bend, T, 1 I For Christ is born! H I 7i,:- B Guided by a light -Jg H The shepherds came; . H Before the Babo they knelt '"' , H To praise Ills name. "Wo, too, on.-Christmas mornf. This Babe implore To free our hearts from sin, H And Him adore. H H May we some Christmas morn . H Abide on high, . ., To love and servo our Lord M "With Marv nigh! M j MAE GRIFFIN". H 0 take our hearts, Lord, all contrite M Wo bring, and guidpd by lovo s light, B As o'er our lonely way it streams B And helps us onward by its beams; B Tho shepherds watching thore "by H night B I ed safe to Him by star so bright, B With costly presents praised His B H j "ttrc offer nim our best, it seems: B 0 take our hearts! H: 1 . 0 happy day when Yuletide gleams! Bl. 0 (lay when Christ from sin redeems! B I pnY4k "s J"rom K'lilt and give delight, Bli Safeguard us through tho darkest , H nd when the world with gladness B 0 take our hearts! H GLADYS HARDY. H Illuminating skies of rarest hue!, H A star shono clear in sea of sapphire- H Urhlle angel voices joyful tidings Hl A.nd praises of our now-lwrn Savior H Proclaiming to the shepherds the glad H birth H Of Jesus, and to men "good will on j 0 Holy Child, preson'c our hearts j from nin, H And grant that we at last may Hcav- H en B GLADYS MUSGRAVE. ' H Gently the silver orescent benms, H While shepherds watch the fold; ' '.Softly the dawn through night air gleams As hearts glad tidings hold. For us in lowly mangor born, The infant Christ and King. Rejoice, and on this Christmas morn Let grateful wishes ring! 0 Holy Jesus, Babe so fair, Help us Thy Love to win, That over In Thy watchful care We may be free from sin! RUTH RAGAN. All glittering, spotless, 'neath tho starry blue, A vasty sheen of white; earth dons again Her shimmering bridal robe,as If she fain Would look her fairest, wear her pur-! pur-! est hue, . In offering th unsullied in homage duo To Him who gave His Son in mercy's name That wondrous night when first the Christ child came, And joy-crowned Bethlehem Heaven's j raptures knew. God grant our hearts upon this holy night, Our hearts with weight of sin and shamo oppressed, May change their guilty hue, for one as white As that in which th' adoring earth Thou dressed; Ah! grant a, spark of Thv eternal light May guide and guard, then lead us Jiome to rest! LAURA M. JOHNSON. A dome of blue on high Where golden star-beams throng; Afloat upon the silent air, Tho shepherds hear a song. And lo! there shone above A star of wondrous light, The herald of the new-born King, The' symbol of His might: While from the open gates Came chanting angels fair, "Peace on earth, good-will to men," A benediction rare! And as we wander now, Through life's uncertain maze, Wo, too, should come this Christmas morn, His Holy Namo to praise. NORA DUNN. Tho Orient star that shone so bright Around tho shepherds that fair night. Their pure souls filled with wondrous light. Through deserts led by guiding star. The Wise Men came from lands afar; No danger could their ardor mar. With joyous love unto their King Rare gifts the courtly Magi bring, Yet we to earthly treasures cling. O Lord, may we this Christmas day Bring tokens that shall last for aye; Before Thee, humble hearts we lav' RUBY CHESHIRE. Oh! Magi-llke. unerring, strong. Tho star of faith, our light must be, If wo would find the King of Love And all His Infant Glory see! ALICE TERRILL. Sacred Heart Academy, Christmas, 1911. |