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The Birth of a Baby (YC No 162)

The birth of a baby

Can kindle just maybe

A spark of compassion for all humankind.

At Christmas we wonder,

Amazed as we ponder

A sight that stirs love in our heart and our mind.

A babe so dependent,

A human descendant,

So fragile and helpless gives strength to the weak;

When love is wide open

To outcast and broken,

The baby is present for all those who seek.

Perhaps we could venture

To join an adventure

Of singing the chorus already begun;

Its mercy is tender;

True justice its splendour;

This chorus when sung gives great strength to each one.

But better than singing

Are actions when bringing

This Good News of peace and acceptance and grace;

With love so beguiling

The baby is smiling;

The heart of the chorus is here to embrace.

The story enduring

Of love re-assuring

May raise in our hearts what we know to be good.

It urges a question

And prompts the suggestion

To make this world gentle.  If only we could!

For Christmas is telling

With hope overwhelming

Of one man’s endeavour to let God be king.

He showed by his living

And by his forgiving

That love is eternal.  Let Christmas bells ring! 

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