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b rlsf m a s HE long journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem . . . 1

a new Star in the sky .' . . heavenly music above

the hills of ludea . . . the flutter ot angel wings

. . . the swift iourneying of the Shepherds . . .\

Mary and Joseph and the new-born Child . . .. the cominu of the Wise Men, with their gitts of gold, lrankini ' cense and myrrh ., . .

from these inspiring things the Song of Christmas was fashioned more than twenty centuries ago. The years have added new notes ol happiness. Carols and song upon the air-. . . can dles gleaming into the night. . . secret whisperings and laughter in the home . . . greetingsgoing from friend to friend . . . deeds ot love and mercy done in -the name ot a Child.

No great symphony or composition can match the Song ot Christmas. lt rises abovle the clatter and roar ot the citys it throbs through the scattered town andhamlet; it sings through the sunlit islands ol the South; it permeates the frozen wastes ol the Northland. In ever-widening volume its strains eche around the world.

Before its magic the hosts of darkness take flight. It touches the slumbering chords ol memory; it heals old hurts and scars;

it binds loved ones in a closer and deeper tie. There are ne ' l 4 Q e _. g /

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