Show lie aw 0 for instance that jtb V you were walking along aw a country lane at night that it was very cold and frosty that the snow creaked under your fl foot A and the twigs on the bare trees snapped when tile the wind touched them you sou are thinking of nothing noth IlIg but getting home to a warm fire and a good supper when suddenly a new light pours down from the sky you stop and look up this light Is soft and golden many colors grow and dissolve in ILI it you stand transfixed ed you hear voices a whole choir of them angelic and sweet the music floods the night gradually you discern floating figures figure S lifted on great eat and shining wings the voices swell to a rich crescendo and go ringing on ta through r qa the world ald for bertz ftfe 16 cordts rd r cria born 6 I 1 the light fades the music dies away you are left alone in ft a country lane it Is dark and cold coil but tile familiar lane takes on a different aspect it Is leading you not home but to a low stone building there are voices within you hear many people moving about without realizing the direction your feet are taking you find yourself stepping over the low threshold of a stable you advance finding yourself confronted by a scene of great simplicity A mother and her child a manger the big eyes of cattle cattie glowing in the shadows the glory that vas nias in ill the skies a little littie while ago seems centered above the babas head how would you feel what would you do when the vision faded would you ever again forget the beauty and meaning of christmas 0 1931 1031 western newspaper paper 1931 |