A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 306, 23 December 1912, Page 1 (Supplement)

A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

,Hy JQSIAII iIiI.HK.KT HOLL-ANDi There's a song in the air: There's a star in the skyi There's a mother's deep prayer And a baby's low cry. 1 And tin- star rains il.- tire while the beaui it'ii! sing. F,,r tin- manger of Retble-hem cradle? a There's n tumult of joy u'er the vvor.dPrful birth. | Kur Hie virgin's swept hoy Is ih,. 1,., rd nf tin- ,-arth. I Aye. th.- star rains ii- iir,-. and the beautiful For tiie manger of Bethlehem cradles a 1, tig! j In th.- light of that star Lie the ages inipearled: And thai song from afar Ila- swept over the world: Kvery hearth ii- aflame, anil the beautiful In the "h-unes of ;lie nations, that .Ipsus :s We reioicP in tiie light. And we echo thP song Thai ernes d-ovii through the nidi: I l-'roui ill,- heavetilv throng. j Aye. we shoul 1" the lovely evangel they And we gi>eet iv his cradle our Saviour and | Kins! "j

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CHRISTMASTIDE COUNSELS

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