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First Line: Not only, surely, on the earth
Last Line: Christmas wherever children are.
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The


Not only, surely, on the earth
The bells of Christmas tell His birth --
The joy of Christmas must be given
To those who know the joy of heaven.

And so, I think, they gather 'round
His throne to-night, and cymbals sound;
For I have heard upon the air
The Christmas laughter over there.

I think He does not care for praise,
The splendor of His Christmas Days --
No, for another, sweeter, reason,
That heaven has its Christmas season.

For over there our little ones,
Our lovely daughters, sturdy sons,
In heaven itself would surely grieve
Without their cherished Christmas Eve.

What great men's souls may walk the street
Of heaven before the judgment seat,
What aged saints what crowns may wear
Of holy glory over there,

That street to-night another throng
Has filled, and filled that street with song;
I know on heaven's streets of white
That Christmas night is children's night.

And, though a broken circle here
Makes Christmas sad, and doubly dear,
We know that Christ has not denied
The little children at His side.

For sometimes when the night is long
I think I hear a Christmas song,
Yes, I have heard one special voice
That made me hunger and rejoice.

To-night we need no Christmas tree;
But up in heaven there must be
Music and laughter, song and star --
Christmas wherever children are.





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