The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-12-21

Like ~snowhakes fall the white sheets softlv d..
That soon will bring good tidings" to the towr.
While Christmas chimes blend with the diapasor - I'll
press.
The world, in warp and wool of white
Shall sparkle in the morning light
And men will see, as comes the morn
When the White Prince Of Peace was horn
How Heavens gates opened in the night
Though centuries have passed since that bGtbe dav
When He who was to be the Man of men
A helpless infant in a manger lay,
The earth is still in darkness now, as then.
But many a bright ray breaks across the night
And shows a snow-white presage in the gloom
From clouds and darkness though the signals come
We know the world will glsten in the glory of the ligb,
The need OF peace. good will to men"
Is surely coming to our KEN
Behold within your hands the power
10 haste the eliminating hour,
y brothers of the magic pen!
This did the Christ in His large wisdom teach
10 those who saw Him when He rose again:
go we forth into all the world, and preach
The gospel, Peace on earth, good will to men "
But the firm rock on which His church was bnilt
Was whelmed with stagnant waters in dark wears
Through greed, and hate, and superstitious fears
In the pure name of Christ were wrought foul deeds u
ghoulish guilt.
But through the doom of dreadful night
There came a brilliant burst of light:
And Falsehood faltered in distress
with prescience of the newborn Press
In strenuous struggle for the right
. ye who with the all puissant Pen
Record the news, and in this latter day
Arc tho r,n;o IL f
You have a wider influence than thew
Who from the Pulpit beckon to the few
Yours S the high Mount where the multitude
lhrong round to hear the gospel thought-imbued:
On' Keep the feast, not with the old leaven. but with
the new!
Yours is the Magi's mystic spell.
Yours are the keys of Heaven and He'll.
You hold, 0 masters of the Press.
ne power to blight, the power to bless;
God grant the gift be guarded well!
Like Christ, you walk midst scenes of dire distress
And by the Spirit you are led to be
tempted by Satan in the wilderness;
Dut let the christ rise in you-and be free!
De yours the Chrlstlike sympathy and ruth -
oPurn HEELS hypocricy, as He did them
lis yours 10 save the starving souls of men
WIN" the unleavened bread Of sweet sincerity and truth.
god wlnnower shall be the Press.
Which from the Chaf Of w%orldliness
WIZ separate the golden grain
10 Iced the mind and soul and brain
VI the new age of righteousness.
II Is the season when the Earth draws near
Inc bourn Of Heaven, whence the Saviour mild,
IN love- and charity, and hope, and cheer.
came to be born on earth like a child
DID your ears hear the beat OF the angels wings;
ana though you walk in valleys sin-defled,
Lei Falth attend you, as a little child: L.
welcoming the coming years with a bows heart that
bithely sings.
lis yours the fire Of love to fan
AT winch is forged the Masters plan
mat hate, with which the world is rife,
And land and creed and labor strife
End in tine brotherhood of man!
Il horizon teeIs the first faint flush Of dawn;
lie noFnlng-star beams forth in calm delight;
Inc phantoms of the dark, a sickly spawn,
rY nom the glory of the Christmas light.
Inc crystals OF snow, whose perfect form
ohow the vast range of the Creators mind,
Cd'ch the stars message. Peace to all mankind, v
ana a new heaven and a new earth are born from out
the storm.
ne Christmas bells. without surcease.
Are telling Of the glad released
Listen while yet the world is still,
HHu near their promise OF good will,