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I. THE NATIVITY
Could every time-worn heart but see Thee once again, / A happy human child, among the homes of men, / The age of doubt would pass, -- the vision of Thy face / Would silently restore the childhood of the race.
II. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
Thou wayfaring Jesus, a pilgrim and stranger, / Exiled from heaven by love at thy birth, / Exiled again from thy rest in the manger, / A fugitive child 'mid the perils of earth, -- / Cheer with thy fellowship all who are weary, / Wandering far from the land that they love; / Guide every heart that is homeless and dreary, / Safe to its home in thy presence above.