A DIALOGUE.
ALL TOGETHER -
Christmas bells tonight are chiming
O'er this land from sea to sea.
Christmas bells! they too are sailing
Many things to you and me.
FIRST SPEAKER -
Yes! to me those bells saying,
In the time so long ago,
Christ was in a manger lying,
Just a baby then you know.
And again those bells are telling
How the shepherds from afar,
In the east in early morning
Saw that bright, peculiar star.
SECOND SPEAKER -
And to me those bells are telling,
How the wise men quickly came
To worship and admire that baby.
How they gave to him a name.
And that name had a vast meaning,
Which they gave him there and then.
The promise had before been given
Of this child, their Savior then.
THIRD SPEAKER -
They tell me of his childhood and manhood,
Of his deeds of mercy and love,
In healing the sick, and restoring the dead.
Always pointing toward heaven above
Of Mary his mother, and Joseph,
How proud they both must have been
As they gazed on his features so lightened
With glory again and again.
FOURTH SPEAKER -
They tell me how kind was our Savior
How lowly and simple and mild,
How he loved to linger and listen
To the prattle of each little child.
How he took little children upon his knee,
And looking down in their tender eyes
Told them the story so beautiful,
Of his kingdom beyond the skies.
FIFTH SPEAKER -
Christmas bells to me are telling
Of those harsh and cruel men,
Who so willingly did torture Jesus Christ, the Son of
Man.
Tell me o'er and o'er the story,
How he
died onCalvary,
After suffering pain and anguish,
Died for you as well as me.
SIXTH SPEAKER -
Christmas bells to me are telling
How his friends who lingered near,
Placed his body in the grave,
Shedding there so many tears.
And how carefully they guarded,
Fearing some might steal away
The body of their blessed Savior,
As in the sepulcher he lay.
SEVENTH SPEAKER -
And to me those bells are telling
How the watchmen fell asleep,
And the angel came and woke our Savior,
From that slumber, long and deep.
How he talked to his disciples,
Told them of mansions yet on high,
And then ascended up to heaven,
Where he reigns beyond the sky.
ALL -
And in time we all may see him,
As he sits upon the throne,
If we always strive to serve him;
Make this Savior all our own.
Oh! what a blessed Savior was it,
Who was born on Christmas day?
Let us praise him for his goodness,
Praise him now with Christmas lay.
SING -
Christmas bells ring out the story,
All the day from early morn;
Tell the nations of his glory
Tell them all our Christ is born.