Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Jul 24, 2013 23:00:16 GMT -5
WHEN JESUS SMILED
THE CATTLE LAY STILL
IN THE DARKENED STALLS;
THE SMELL OF THE
HAY WAS SWEET.
JOSEPH KEPT WATCH
THROUGH THE LONG, STILL
NIGHT AT MARY'S FEET.
THE WINDOWS WERE BLACK
AND BARRED IN THE INN;
THE FLOCKS ON THE
HILL WERE ASLEEP;
MARY DID LOOK ON
THE BABY BY HER SIDE;
AND HER THOUGHTS
WERE DEEP.
TIMIDLY UP TO THE
MANGER CREPT TWO
YOUNG CHILDREN,
SEEKING TO FIND
SHELTER AND REST.
ONE BOY WAS DEAF;
THE OTHER WAS BLIND.
THE FACE OF MARY
WAS TENDER AND CALM
AS JOSEPH MADE ROOM
FOR THEM. NEARER THEY
CAME, TILL THEY KNELT
IN THE STRAW, AT HER
GARMENT'S HEM.
SOFTLY SHE CROONED
A LULLABY LOW,
AND A GREAT STAR
LILIED THE NIGHT.
THE SINGING WAS SWEET
TO ONE LITTLE WAIF;
TO THE OTHER, THE LIGHT.
CLOSE TO THE HEART
OF HIS MOTHER LAY,
LIKE A BLOSSOM, THE
LOVELY CHRIST CHILD.
SOFTLY HE STIRRED
AND OPENED HIS EYES
AND SLOWLY HE SMILED.
SUDDENLY THEN A
WONDERFUL THING,
A BEAUTIFUL THING
OCCURRED:
THE LITTLE BLIND BOY
CRIED: "LOOK, OH, LOOK!"
AND THE DEAF BOY HEARD.
- Mary J. Elmendorf
THE CATTLE LAY STILL
IN THE DARKENED STALLS;
THE SMELL OF THE
HAY WAS SWEET.
JOSEPH KEPT WATCH
THROUGH THE LONG, STILL
NIGHT AT MARY'S FEET.
THE WINDOWS WERE BLACK
AND BARRED IN THE INN;
THE FLOCKS ON THE
HILL WERE ASLEEP;
MARY DID LOOK ON
THE BABY BY HER SIDE;
AND HER THOUGHTS
WERE DEEP.
TIMIDLY UP TO THE
MANGER CREPT TWO
YOUNG CHILDREN,
SEEKING TO FIND
SHELTER AND REST.
ONE BOY WAS DEAF;
THE OTHER WAS BLIND.
THE FACE OF MARY
WAS TENDER AND CALM
AS JOSEPH MADE ROOM
FOR THEM. NEARER THEY
CAME, TILL THEY KNELT
IN THE STRAW, AT HER
GARMENT'S HEM.
SOFTLY SHE CROONED
A LULLABY LOW,
AND A GREAT STAR
LILIED THE NIGHT.
THE SINGING WAS SWEET
TO ONE LITTLE WAIF;
TO THE OTHER, THE LIGHT.
CLOSE TO THE HEART
OF HIS MOTHER LAY,
LIKE A BLOSSOM, THE
LOVELY CHRIST CHILD.
SOFTLY HE STIRRED
AND OPENED HIS EYES
AND SLOWLY HE SMILED.
SUDDENLY THEN A
WONDERFUL THING,
A BEAUTIFUL THING
OCCURRED:
THE LITTLE BLIND BOY
CRIED: "LOOK, OH, LOOK!"
AND THE DEAF BOY HEARD.
- Mary J. Elmendorf
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