Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1902 — CHRISTMAS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CHRISTMAS

O Christmas, Merry Christmas, Is with us once again, With memories and greetings, With Joy .and with itspalu, *— A minor In the carol, A shadow In the light, A spray of cypress twining With the holly wreath to night. And the hush Is never broken By the laughter light and low, As we listen In the starlight To the bells across the snow. 0, Christmas, Merry Christmas, 'Tls not so very long Since other voices blended With the carol nnd the song! Could we bnt hear them singing As they are singing now, Could we but see the radiance Of the crown on each dear brow, There were no sigh to smother, No hidden tear to flow, As we listen In the starlight To the bells across the snow. 0, Christmas, Merry Christmas,. This never more can be, We cannot bring again the days Of our unshadowed glee, But Christmas, Happy Christmas, Sweet herald of good will, With holy songs of glory Brings holy gladness still. For peace nnd hope may brighten And patient love may gtow. As we listen In the starlight To the bells across the snow. —Frances U. Havergal.