The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-25


Whence, why this wondrous love?
4Around which countless worlds revolve
And endless mercies mover"
From the spirit of our Fathers
The benediction came;
BE calm oh, restless spirit,
Become a child again.
Nor seek the mystic portals
Forbidden mortal eyes,
Only Gods trusting children
With child faith. reach the skes"
s'For the science of the ages
And the greatest minds of earth,
Return at last rejoicing
To the faith of infant birth"
when the trusting eyes first opened
On the heavenly light and skies,
Nurtured by love and virtue
In faith that never dies"
Out on the dim horizon
Where the shadows rise and fall,
"A voice from the omnlpresent
To the shipwrecked pilgrims call
"Reach out with faith for the life line,
Which God in His mercy will throw
Christ and the living present
Is all man need to know"
sWho seeks in vain to solve 1t,
But wars with the will of God
And soon or late the tempter
VIII feel the Christening rod"
\ S'From Christ-for sin with sorrow
No cruel judgments came,
forgiveness with repentance
In Him. the God, proclaim
Rand the centuries of changes,
With the gates of hell ajar,
acknowledge Lord, the Nazarene,
And Bethlehem His star"
For man would curse the erring,
And quickly throw the stone
Condemning frailty. sin and wrong
Though Christ died to atone"
sand when brother falters,
Would fain curse God and die,
Throw out the life line from the cross
Which faieth none who try"
"For earth hath shown no parallel,
Though wonders never cease,
. That from the bruised reed and cross
Mankind finds rest and peace"
'Since the morning stars first sang,
And man from Eden driven,
The tomb restored to heaven"
Throughout the crucial life of Christ
Which gave new hope to man,
Re celebrate this Christmas morn
Gods great redemption plan"
''And to each striving pilgrim,
Mans needful knowledge comes,
Flashing from the star of Bethlehem,
Now welcomed by Christmas guns"
"And gloom on the lives where sorrow
Swooped down on the feeble frame,
Shall find this Christmas season
A solace for their pain"
'And each shall feel the current
OF joy flashed from above,
AS 1t breaks from crystal fountains
OF Gods unfathomed love-
"There's none so great or humble
There's none so high or low
That may not feel the impulse
From whence all blessings flow.
sHushed be the harsher judgments.
Silenced, the lips of scorn,
Gods truth and light is breaking
In Joy this Christmas morn"
From Greenland's Icy Mountains
To golden tropic lands
Gods Christian laws are speaking
And peace on earth commands
''war drums will cease beating,
The battle flags be furled.
When all the sinful diplomats
Shall cease to curse the world.
From ocean unto ocean
Deep answers unto deep
That Christ hath borne earth's sorrows,
That man no more might weep
sand nature and her teachings
OF which we are a part
Leads ALL this Christmas season.
To Gods great living heart"
sand what if friends hath left us
In silence and in gloom
This Christmas morning tells us
That Christ rose from the tomb
"That even the dead and dying
Arose to sing his praise
lFor whom these centuries after
We, our Thanksgiving raise"
saThat none are lost forever
Who in this truth is born
And all thy loved departed friends
Still live, this Christmas MORN"
"And the greatest in Gods kingdom
Are lives that were crucifed
Content with the paths of the lovely
Who lived in the faith they died"
"And the image of mans maker
Was seen. when the Savior died.
In the growing act of a life of love
Is-God-exemplified
The dreamer awoke from his slumber,
And peace possessed his soul;
For the vision never vanished,
Nor the wonderful truths 1t told.
Birmingham, Ala.
ay-Christmas-Dec. %, A. D. 1904
r. f. ]
20Z5K First Avenue.