IT CAME UPON THE

MIDNIGHT CLEAR

It came upon the midnight clear,

That glorious song of old,

From angels bending near the earth

To touch their harps of gold: -

‘‘Peace on the earth, good-will to men,
From heaven’s all-gracious King!’

The world in solemn stillness lay

To hear the angels sing.

Sull through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled;

And still their heavenly music floats
O’er all the weary world;

Above its sad and lowly plains

They bend on hovering wings,

And ever o’er its Babel sounds

The blessed angels sing.

And man, at war with man, hears not
the love song which they bring;

O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
And hear the angels sing.

And ye, beneath life’s crushing load
Whose forms are bending low,

Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,

Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;

O rest beside the weary road,

And hear the angels sing.

For, lo! the days are hastening on,
By prophet bards foretold,

When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the Age of Gold,

IT’S ALMOST
CHRISTMAS and that
means the Christmas
Caroli ships will be mak-
ing their annual trips
around our local waters
fully lighted and sending
strains of Yuletide carols
across the waves. See
page A20 for a_ full
schedule of times and
locations of the ships.

Al15 - Wednesday, December 7, 1983 - North Shore News

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When peace shall over all the earth

Its ancient splendours fling,

And the whole worid give back the song
Which now the angels sing.

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