EVERYWHERE, CHRISTMAS TO-NIGHT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 444, 24 December 1908, Page 3

EVERYWHERE, CHRISTMAS TO-NIGHT.

(By Phillips Brooks)

Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to

night ! Christmas in lands of the fir tree and

pine. Christmas in lands of the palm tree and

vine ; Christmas where snowpeaks stand

solemn and white, Christmas where cornfields lie sunny and bright ; Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-

night ! Christmas where children are hopeful and gay, Christmas where old men are patient and grey; Christmas where peace, like a dove in it’s flight, Broods o’er brave men in the thick of

the fight ; Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight ! For the Christ-child who comes is the

master ot all, No palace 100 great and no cottage too

small; The angels who welcome Him sing from the height. ‘ In the city of David a King in his might.’ Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight ! Then let every heart keep its Christmas within, Christ's pity for sorrow, Christ's hatred of sin, Christ’s care for the weakest, Christ's

c Mirage for right, Christ’s dread ot the darkness, Christ’s love of the light ; Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight ! So the stars of the midnight which compass us round, Shall see a strange glory, and hear a

sweet sound, And cry, ‘ Look ! the earth is aflame with delight, 0 sons of the morning, rejoice at the sight.’ Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight !