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A RAY FROM CALVARY by JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE

First Line: O CHRISTMAS, HAPPY CHRISTMAS, IN THE
Last Line: AND CATCH THE REFLEX OF THAT RAY THAT FELL FROM CALVARY.
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; NATIVITY, THE;

O CHRISTMAS, happy Christmas, in the days that bring their cheer,
One thought amid the centuries grows brighter every year:
That not alone for man was made the sweetness of thy birth,
And not alone for him was decked the holly-wreathed earth,
But all that on Him doth depend, like Him might blessed be,
And catch the reflex of that ray that fell from Calvary.



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