Volume 4 — The Life of the Lord Jesus

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THE NATIVITY. By Lerolle.

"O blessed day which giv'st the eternal lie To self, and sense, and all the brute within; Oh! come to us amid the war of life; To hall and hovel come! to all who toil In senate, shop, or study! and to those Ill-warmed and sorely tempted-- Come to them, blest and blessing, Christmas Day! Tell them once more the tale of Bethlehem, The kneeling shepherds and the babe divine; And keep them men indeed, fair Christmas Day!"

--Charles Kingsley.

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