CHRISTMAS-DAY ANTHEM. 
 
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 SARA HENDERSON SMITH. 
 
 "And, as the angels were gone away from them into Heaven, the 
 shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and 
 see this thing which is come to pass."— Luke ii. 15. 
 
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TTISION of glory 
 In ancient story, 
 Lives there a legend 
 
 So simple, so grand ; 
 Heaven's pearly gates unbarred, 
 Forth sweeps an angel guard 
 Pausing, where lowly men 
 
 Wondering stand. 
 
Mission celestial 
 Sent to terrestrial 
 Beings, why rest not 
 
 Where kings may adore ! 
 No royal state is here — 
 No marshalled hosts appear — 
 Only the shepherds near 
 
 Jordan's famed shore. 
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Now through the midnight air 
 Rings a tone sweet and clear, 
 " This day to you is born 
 
 Saviour and King " 
 Scarce housed in Bethlehem, 
 Uncrowned with gold or gem, 
 Fear not your tribute 
 
 Of worship to bring. 
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Cherub and Seraphim 
 Swell the grand choral hymn, 
 " Glory to God on High, 
 
 Peace to earth given.** 
 Upward they float again, 
 Wafting the triumph strain, 
 Nought left to man, save 
 
 The star-studded heaven. 
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Then no delaying, 
 Only obeying ; 
 ** Onward to Bethlehem," 
 
 They said, '* Let us go, 
 There seek the manger 
 That shelters the stranger, 
 Loftier than infant 
 
 That palaces know." 
 
Now they have found Him, 
 Kneeling around Him, 
 Blessed babe — blessed mother — 
 
 Their Lord they adore, 
 So in our hearts may we 
 Such welcome render Thee, 
 Jesus Emmanuel, 
 
 King Evermore. 
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