| OCR Text |
Show Unitarianism in Utah There rises forever the Let the shining and immortal form of Goodness. unbelieving heart be put to shame, and let the mocking mouth fall still- For the nature of truth is to • 32 co IS rorever conquer, and the heart of goodness young. CHRISTMAS DAY And there a son. the Son of the He shell Voice, saying, Thou shalt bring forth and shall be called the Son of Man, and great, came unto us a He shall be reign Highest; in wisdom and in peace; and of his there shall be kingdom no end. Then said we unto the Voice, How shall this be, seeing we know God? And the Voice answered and said, Even now the power of the Highest overshadoweth thee; not Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Then we that heard these sayings laid them up in our hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And behold, he was born a babe, among the lowliest of the low; we 'wrapped him and laid him in a of love ministered unto him. manger. and the The angel shepherds came and laid their gifts at his feet; all the world's workers, and offered the fruits of their labor. Kings and magi gave freely their science and their power, for One had been born who was to be greater than they. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, for the strength of humanity was in him, the tenderness and of a million hope years. And the glory of that hope shone round about him. emancipating his soul into freedom and joy. For 10, the barriers are.broken down, and the child of one hath become the child of all. Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: Before him whose servants the Prince of Peace, the they are Child glorified and because he is the Child of Man.33 - worshiped, 32 104 Trapp and Porte, Trapp and Songs and Readings, 49. Porte, Songs ilnd Readings, 55. 33 |
