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Title: Christmas Light

Author: Ethel Calvert Phillips

Release Date: December 25, 2008 [EBook #27615]

Language: English

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Christmas Light

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Christmas Light

BY
ETHEL CALVERT PHILLIPS

_With Illustrations_

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BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1922

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY ETHEL CALVERT PHILLIPS

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.

TO

MY MOTHER

Light of the world, the world is dark about Thee;
Far out on Judah's hills the night is deep.
Not yet the day is come when men shall doubt Thee,
Not yet the hour when Thou must wake and weep;
O little one, O Lord of Glory, sleep!

Love of all heaven, love's arms are folded round Thee,
Love's heart shall be the pillow for Thy cheek.
Not yet the hour has come when hate shall wound Thee,
Not yet for shelter vainly must Thou seek.
Rest, little one, so mighty and so weak.

Lie still and rest, Thou Rest of earth and heaven;
Rest, little hands--our Hope of bliss ye keep;
Rest, little heart--one day shalt Thou be riven;
O newborn Life, O Life eternal, sleep!
Far out on Judah's hills the night is deep.

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Contents

I. Naomi's Garden 1

II. One Sabbath 20

III. The Trip to Jerusalem 37

IV. In the Dark 60

V. All the World Comes Visiting 73

VI. The Shepherds 88

VII. In a Manger 101

VIII. The Light of the World 116

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Christmas Light

CHAPTER I

NAOMI'S GARDEN

It was in a li