BELLS OF BETHLEHEM.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 10, 10 December 1936, Page 6

BELLS OF BETHLEHEM.

You d love the bells of Bethlehem through the deep valleys ringing From convent, monastery, church, The old, old message bringing, Come, come and pray! God calls to-day 1 lis' this the bells are singing.

And oli 1 The olive-covered slopes, Tig trees and almonds bending Close by the soft-leaved tender vines; •And shepherds’ pipes are blending With bells that say—■ Come, come and pray! All good gifts God is lending. You'd love the ivhirr of graver’s tools, The pearl with opal shining, Black stone and polished olive-wood Cross rosary, enshrining: The bells they sing Of Christ the* King— The need of man divining. See! Through the church’s marble door To grotto dim descending— Earth s eager pilgrims seek His star And worship, lowly bending; Ring, bells, and say ’Tis Christmas Day, Christ’s Day to time unending! ANNIE MACDONALD.