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Away in a Manger
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Old poem/card
Posted in Bible, christmas poems, Jesus Christ, nature, poem, uncategorized, worship, tagged CHRISTMAS COLORS on December 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
CHRISTMAS COLORS (20th card)
Color Christmas red.
For bright young cheeks on Suzie and Fred,
For dogwood seed pods as they shed,
For flying, feathery cardinals bred.
And He who was Bethlehem born
Was also red – bloodily torn.
Christmas was the beginning,
Calvary the sad ending.
Color Christmas red.
Color Christmas white.
For mistletoe berries and their rite,
For snow that fell from the realm of kite,
For icicles’ unique snappy bite.
Whitish was the symbolic dove
That descended then from above,
White the sand on which He walked,
Purer still, the way He talked.
Color Christmas white.
Color Christmas green.
For pointed holly leaves with their sheen,
For blue spruce and white spruce, oh so keen,
For every evergreen ever seen.
The fish and bread Breaker did pass
Fifty by fifty on the grass
While fig found it did not suit
To be full but without fruit.
Color Christmas green.
Color Christmas gold.
For all the shiny tinsel that’s sold,
For candle flame, regardless of mold,
For merchant’s profit in crispy fold.
The old temple He did replace,
A golden prayer-house in disgrace.
King He was; deserved the crown
In spite of religion’s frown.
Color Christmas gold.
Color Christmas dark.
For wintery trees in “formal” bark
For gray-to-brown mountains, unclad, stark
For snow clouds’ own horizontal mark.
Dark was the world before His gift,
The veil did rend! Sin’s night did lift!
Its no longer dark – He came.
Since; things haven’t been the same.
Hark, angels, men hark.
– eab Dec. ‘85
Hope to Hopeless
Posted in Bible, Bit 'O Verse, christmas poems, philosophy, poem, uncategorized, worship, tagged hope to hopeless on December 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Thank God for Redemption’s plan
Which came down this time of year
Giving hope to hopeless man
Caught in trouble and in fear.
– eab, 12/21/06
Old poem/card
Posted in Bible, christmas poems, history, Jesus Christ, uncategorized, worship, tagged (18th card), CHRIST OF CHRISTMAS CRUCIFIED on December 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
CHRIST OF CHRISTMAS CRUCIFIED (18th card)
Mary, the carpenter’s wife,
Has been delivered of a Man child.
She conceived and then bore,
Heaven’s Seed and remained undefiled.
She gave birth in a peasant “home”
Of linage Royal and old.
Bearing her reproach she thus gave,
Divinity a fine human mold.
He came, He loved, He cried,
He walked by the azure sea side.
He cared, He worked,
He sought those who had never been taught.
He touched, He scattered, He plead.
The Holy Scriptures He read.
He stood, He bore, He died.
The Christ of Christmas, crucified.
– eab, Dec. ’82
Charles Wesley – born
Posted in Bible, christmas poems, heaven, Jesus Christ, today in history, uncategorized, worship, tagged Charles Wesley, Charles Wesley born, on this date on December 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
ON THIS DATE
Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King, peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!”
Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies; with th’ angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!”
Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new born King!”
Charles Wesley was born 12/18/1707 at the Epworth Rectory in England. He was the eighteenth 18th child (born 18th was 18th 🙂 ) of Anglican pastor Samuel. Charles & his older brother John formed the “Holy Club” (Charles was more responsible than John for Whitfield’s conversion). The group was derisively dubbed “Methodists” for methodical forms of personal piety. Charles underwent a spiritual conversion 5/20/1738. Between 1737 and 1742 he & John published six volumes of original hymns. He penned more than 6,500 hymns. He died 3/29/1788.
His “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” obviously fits Resurrection morning. His “And Can It Be?” “O for a Thousand Tongues,” “Love Divine All Loves Excelling,” “A Charge to Keep I Have,” and “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” fit any day. But this time of year we love to sing his, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.”
Old poem/card:
Posted in christmas poems, Jesus Christ, poem, uncategorized, tagged Old poem/card, Spirit of Christmas on December 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS (17th card)
Pick up the loose holly leaves,
Sweep the carpet and then,
Pack the wreath away to stay,
In the Christmas-stuff storage bin.
Untwine the silver ribbons,
From chandelier so thin,
Slow down the pace of this place,
For Christmas is over again.
Chop the tree into firewood,
Place used boxes away.
The train for lad (and Dad),
Crate up for the next special day.
Candles and fancy paper,
In the seat by “the bay,”
Right beside the gowns that hide,
The shepherds in each Christmas play.
Does the Spirit of Christmas
Likewise, find Itself packed
And, with the pear tree, to be
In the far away attic stacked?
Oh – It will be used next year,
No luster will be lacked;
Unless abuse or disuse,
Find It broken or sadly cracked.
May the Spirit of Christmas be left intact.
Leave It, please leave It, unpacked!
The more that you choose It,
And prayerfully use It,
The less likely It is to be cracked.
– eab, 12/14/81
Old poem/card
Posted in christmas poems, Jesus Christ, uncategorized, worship, tagged FAITHFUL TO DUTY on December 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
FAITHFUL TO DUTY (16th card)
If shepherds hadn’t been watching their charge,
As all good shepherds do.
If they hadn’t been dutifully faithful.
In spite of damp and dew.
If men of sheep hadn’t sheep-minded been
The long winter night through,
They’d have missed that chorus grandly suspended,
Announcing centuries of prophecy ended,
In notes and quality, in minors and ranges, so large –
Masterfully blended.
If wise men hadn’t been looking upward,
As wise men want to do.
If ancient scholars hadn’t known the sky
And humbly, knew, they knew.
If star-spangled men hadn’t known their flag,
The night that star first flew,
They’d have missed the invitation of all earth,
To rejoice in the King of Creation’s birth;
The astronomical discovery worthy of reward –
Announcing Royal worth.
– eab, Dec. ’80
STUDENT’S LAMENT
Posted in christmas poems, education, history, poem, uncategorized, tagged STUDENT'S LAMENT on December 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A STUDENT’S LAMENT [1]
Christmas vacation? So soon?
Now how can that be?
We are enjoying the boon,
Of school, work, and study.
Do we really have to go,
Leave themes and all that,
And go see snow,
Wear gloves and muffled hat?
Well, since you say so, O.K.
Matter of fact, that’s fine,
But this I would like to say,
We’ll hurry back for sixty – nine.
Good, God bless you, we pray
On Christmas as every day.
– eab, 12/16/68
[1] Written for our second Christmas party at Hobe.