Show 0 I 1 H if every day was christmas day 0 I 1 s A hush has fallen on our town a quietness complete secure which penetrates beneath the thrill of lighted tinseled green allure the sparrows feeding in the yard have sensed the kindliness abroad for even they seem off their guard forgetting wandering cat or dog s the heavenly peace gives way at times to chaired voices sweetly shrill rejoice they sing for he has come noel and on the earth good will and sparkling christmas trees that stretch their crispy arms toward you and me reflect the universal love the father meant our lives to be and as I 1 walk abroad today a consciousness so sweet benign seems falling like a gentle rain on groping hungering mankind oh heavenly father could it be that for one tiny little space the entire world of men might see the message of the christ childs face if in that sacred brief respite their inner inner souls weri were opened wide wi de so that receptive hearts and minds min ds received him and thy love inside then they might know beyond a doubt that in thy peace completely known dwells all the glory wealth and might that men usurp and call their own the hungering of mortal men finds assuage in the christly love from men reflected back to men and amplified by god above for god so loved tha world we read in love he sent his only son in peace oh earth he bade us cease from hating strife each everyone every one on christmas day most men declare a moratorium so brief of private hate or petty grudge and oh a weary worlds relief this peace so sweet is like the wings of angels folding us away dear god please grant humanity eternity of christmas days N if every day was christmas day and all the world plus me and you had let the light of christmas day shine shin out abundant all year through each private grudge or nations hate would be dissolved in one grand thrust thrust I 1 11 the peace of christmas day would turn the tools of war to heaps of rust gladys G riley |