Peace On Earth

The inn was full at Bethlehem; A busy crowd was there; And sorne were rich. and some were wise, And some were youngand fair; Bnt who or what ihey were, to-day There Is not on e to care ; Rut, in the cnttle's rnanger, There lay a baby stcanger, Soft nestled. lUre a snow white dove, araong the scented hay; And lo! throngh him was given Our song to Earth and Heaven, The song; two worlds together slng npon a Christmfts day: " Glory to God ! Good will to men ! O listen! Wake tt once again ! Peace upon earth 1 Good will to men.' They slng it. tliose who sana !t flrst, The angels strong and high; They sing In shlnlog white, the saints, Who die long years gone by, And all the Quttering cherub throng, The Phildren of the sky ; They sing the patiënt, wsatipg souls Who Kt.it I Faith's conflicts know Tuey sing, I,ife's happy innocents, Their faces all aglow; One nielody filis hesiven above And iioats from Earth below. The song of tliat sweet stranaer Who, in the cattle's manger Lay nineteen huntired j ears ago aruong the scented hay 1 All sin and wrong forglven, Earth seems close kin of Heaven, And sweet two worlds together sing upon a ('hristinas dav.