Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1887 — A CHRISTMAS HYMN. [ARTICLE]

A CHRISTMAS HYMN.

Oome, sing the otdeu song on*e more! The Christmas-carol sing: With solemn joy. from shore, to share, Let earth, its tribute bring. Though nigh two thousaa i year* hav* sped. The tale is ever fresh Ol woman born, in humble shed, The word of God made flesh. With guiding star, and angels tong, Heaven gTeet the waiting earth; - And sages come and shepherds throng To view the wondrous birth. Then she fulfilled those prophet-dreams: That Hebrew vision old; From Bethlehem’s stall a glory streams That makes the future gold. A gotten future-health and peace To all beneath the sun; A time when wars and wrongs shaH*ea*e, ~,And heaven and earth te one. Be this our tru*t. vhrongh long delay. With no weak doubt's defiled; And be in all our hearts to day, kcct bom.'tbe efcfiial Cbiigr ~