LUX IN TENEBRIS.

DDARK falls the night, withheld the day,Weary we fare perplexed and chill,Led by one little guiding rayShining from centuries far away,—Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.The torch of glory pales and wanes,The lamp of love must know decease,But still o’er far Judæan plainsThe quenchless star-beam lives and reigns,—Peace and Good-will: Good-will and Peace.And clear to-day as long agoThe angel-chorus echoes still,Above the clamor and the throeOf human passion, human woe,—Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.Through eighteen hundred stormy yearsThe dear notes ring, and will not cease;And past all mists of mortal tearsThe guiding star rebukes our fears,—Peace and Good-will: Good-will and Peace.Shine, blessed star, the night is black,Shine, and the heavens with radiance fill,While on thy slender, guiding trackThe angel voices echo back,—Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.

DDARK falls the night, withheld the day,Weary we fare perplexed and chill,Led by one little guiding rayShining from centuries far away,—Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.The torch of glory pales and wanes,The lamp of love must know decease,But still o’er far Judæan plainsThe quenchless star-beam lives and reigns,—Peace and Good-will: Good-will and Peace.And clear to-day as long agoThe angel-chorus echoes still,Above the clamor and the throeOf human passion, human woe,—Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.Through eighteen hundred stormy yearsThe dear notes ring, and will not cease;And past all mists of mortal tearsThe guiding star rebukes our fears,—Peace and Good-will: Good-will and Peace.Shine, blessed star, the night is black,Shine, and the heavens with radiance fill,While on thy slender, guiding trackThe angel voices echo back,—Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.

DDARK falls the night, withheld the day,Weary we fare perplexed and chill,Led by one little guiding rayShining from centuries far away,—Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.

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DARK falls the night, withheld the day,

Weary we fare perplexed and chill,

Led by one little guiding ray

Shining from centuries far away,—

Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.

The torch of glory pales and wanes,The lamp of love must know decease,But still o’er far Judæan plainsThe quenchless star-beam lives and reigns,—Peace and Good-will: Good-will and Peace.

The torch of glory pales and wanes,

The lamp of love must know decease,

But still o’er far Judæan plains

The quenchless star-beam lives and reigns,—

Peace and Good-will: Good-will and Peace.

And clear to-day as long agoThe angel-chorus echoes still,Above the clamor and the throeOf human passion, human woe,—Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.

And clear to-day as long ago

The angel-chorus echoes still,

Above the clamor and the throe

Of human passion, human woe,—

Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.

Through eighteen hundred stormy yearsThe dear notes ring, and will not cease;And past all mists of mortal tearsThe guiding star rebukes our fears,—Peace and Good-will: Good-will and Peace.

Through eighteen hundred stormy years

The dear notes ring, and will not cease;

And past all mists of mortal tears

The guiding star rebukes our fears,—

Peace and Good-will: Good-will and Peace.

Shine, blessed star, the night is black,Shine, and the heavens with radiance fill,While on thy slender, guiding trackThe angel voices echo back,—Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.

Shine, blessed star, the night is black,

Shine, and the heavens with radiance fill,

While on thy slender, guiding track

The angel voices echo back,—

Good-will and Peace: Peace and Good-will.


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