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Christmas where snow peaks stand solemn and white:

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j Christmas where. ‘cornfields stand:sunny and bright,
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N-orphan boy, with weary feet,
‘On Christmas Eve, ‘aldne,. benighted,
‘Went through’ the town from street to street,
:'To see the clustering candles lighted

In homes where ‘happy. ‘children meet.

House he stood,’ to mark
The pleasant rooms that slione so ty
‘The tapers lighted, spark by spark,
‘Till all the trees were blazing rarely; ”
‘And sad his heart was, in the dark,

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“The poor boy rubbed his hands so blue,
< His little hands, the frost made chilly; j

'* His tattered’ clothes-he closer drew. ,
o> And crouched within @ corner stilly, sis
And prayed, ahd knew not what to do.

Then, suddenly, there Spas a light:
» Along the street, approaching nearer.
‘Anoth er. child,’ in garments white,:: y
“Spake as he came—and clearer, dearer,

“His voice made music in the nights :

“ram the Christ have thou 1 no feart

at. sparkled there! He saw it stand,”
A tree, o’erhung: with starry clusters

Oa all its, branches,

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«Let nothing you slewage:

For:Jemus Christ, our Saviour,

‘Wes born upon this day,

j ‘To save’ us all from Satan's’ “power |

When we were gone astray.

oO tidings of comfort ‘and joy! )~
For ‘Jesus Christ,’ our »Saviour,
“Was: born’ on Christmas Day.-

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‘And laid within'a manger,
Upon “this blessed’ morn;
The which His mother, Mary,
Nothing did take in ‘scorn. *

‘Bron God our Heavenly Father,

‘A blessed angel came;

“And unto) certain shepherds:

“SBrought: tidings of the’ same: ~

How that.in, Bethlehem ‘was born *, :

“The Son of God. by: name,

“Fear not: then sald the sae

Let nothing you ‘affright,

. ‘This day is born’ a. Saviour .

_Of virtue, Power, and might, :
So frequently, to vanquish ‘ ‘all:
The | friends ot Satan Suite

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‘And left their flocks a-teeding
oS 'In tempest, storm, and wind, ”
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_, Whereat this infant-lay,

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All-you. within. this place,
And with ; true an brotherhood

x “This holy. tide of Christmas |

~All others ‘doth deface,;.. “: ‘
‘Oo Hdings of comfort: and joy!
‘For festis Christ, our ‘Saviour,
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