HAVE we thought of the Angels singing,
And their message of love that night―
When the heavenly hosts were winging
Unto earth their obedient flight?
Have we thought of the golden glory ―
The glory of God on earth!
How the startled shepherds the story
First heard of the Saviour’s birth?
How the tender and glorious Angel
Brought joy to each shepherd heart;
For to them was the great evangel
To believe―to see―to impart.
And the people that heard it wondered
That God was in Christ on earth!
And Mary, His Mother, pondered,
And the shepherds returned with mirth―
And joyful their glad evangels
Arose to their God on high;
As they joined with the saints and the angels
Who had lately been seen so nigh!
And they went forth to give Him Glory
In lives that were all His own;
And to more and to more the sweet story
Again and again to make known.
And to you and to me it is given
To stand for the truth of His Word,
To join in the worship of Heaven
And to wait the return of our Lord.
Luke 2:8-21.
Violet E. Wills