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Show rTXTTT r T r r XTTXTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT (Elrnstmas grayer CLAIRE STEWART BOYER O God man lifts his eyes tonight, He lifts his mind in certainty That Thou art the great ruling light Encompassing humanity, ; That Thou art love that warms the hearts Of every humble child of earth, For as Thy symbol Thou did'st send -- Thy Word through men to earth! O God, Thou gave'st a perfect world, But man, forsaking once Thy face, Saw evil there and straightway hurled Himself into a fearful place A world divided between good And evil hence his soul was torn In twain, lost was his holihood, So came his mortal morn. O God, he could not see Thee, yet He felt Thy presence ever near; In labor he could not forget, In suffering he seemed to hear Thy voice; eternal comfortings Filtered through all his weary days, And thus his self was given wings And thus again he sought Thy ways. Then in Thy blessed charity, In Thy compassion, Thou dids't send Prophets, with truth to make men free, But few, alas, could comprehend; So, as Thine Own great sacrifice, Thy Son was given up to man, ' ., To plant Thy Kingdom, though the price Be all to give Thy plan. Yet still man wavered in the right .... Thou wert so very far away, Until man asked then was new sight Given, to hail a latter day! For time had come for man to know That in his soul was God's own shrine, And "Ask and seek and knock" were so Thou were revealed! Divine! O God, at Thy Son's holy hour Of birth, again we turn to Thee .... Thou hast revealed man's hidden power That can transform humanity! Our earth is wrapped in evil's shroud, We see but darkly through the glass, Yet will Thy light dissolve this cloud And bring Thy Kingdom here to pass! O God, tonight we kneel before This dream a Zion of Thy might! Send forth Thy Word from shore to shore And quicken all with this, Thy Light Man is divine! Our strength must be ' 1 Godlike to carry out Thy plan! The world waits this reality Give it tonight to man! . i i i i i i i i i i i i , i i i i j j 1 1 1 1 mi 1 1 ii. |