Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1901 — THE HOLY NIGHT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE HOLY NIGHT

One star burned low within the darkened east. And from a stable door an answering light Crept faintly forth, where through full hours of night A woman watched. The sounds of day had ceased. And save the gentle tread of restless beast There dwelt a hush profound. The mother’s sight— Co holden by her Babe took no affright When shadows of the beams, that caught the least Of light, seemed shapened to a lengthening cross; Che only saw a crown made by a fleeqe Of golden hair. Naught presaged pain or loss— To her. the pivot of the swinging sphere I-ay sheltered in her arms so warm and near; A mother’s heart proclaimed Him “Prince of Peace!” —Edna A. Foster.