Posts Tagged ‘baby’
Once in Royal David’s City
Saturday, October 25, 2008 12:49 No CommentsOnce in Royal David’s City
Once in royal David’s city,
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her Baby,
In a manger for His bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ, her little Child.
He came down to earth from heaven,
Who is God and Lord of all,
And His shelter was a stable,
And His cradle was a stall:
With the poor, [...]
True Meaning of Christmas by Brian K. Walters
Monday, October 20, 2008 10:57 No CommentsTrue Meaning of Christmas
by Brian K. Walters
In todays day and time,
it’s easy to lose sight,
of the true meaning of Christmas
and one special night.
When we go shopping,
We say “How much will it cost?”
Then the true meaning of Christmas,
Somehow becomes lost.
Amidst the tinsel, glitter
And ribbons of gold,
We forget about the child,
born on a night so [...]
A Christmas Carol by Josiah Gilbert Holland
Saturday, October 18, 2008 8:41 No CommentsA Christmas Carol
There’s a song in the air!
There’s a star in the sky!
There’s a mother’s deep prayer
And a baby’s low cry!
And the star rains its fire while the Beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king.
There’s a tumult of joy
O’er the wonderful birth,
For the virgin’s sweet boy
Is the Lord of the earth.
Ay! the star [...]
most tremendous tale of all
Friday, October 17, 2008 14:40 No CommentsAnd is it true? And is it true,
This most tremendous tale of all,
Seen in a stained-glass window’s hue,
A Baby in an in ox’s stall?
The Maker of the stars and sea
Became a Child on earth for me?
~Sir John Betjeman
