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hen we were gone astray, O, tidings of comfort, of joy, For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was Born on Christmas day. In Bethlehem, in Jewry, This blessed babe was born, And laid within a manger, Upon this blessed morn; The which his mother Mary Nothrom God, our Heavenly Father, A blessed angel came, And unto certain shepherds Brought tidings of the same, How that in Bethlehem was born The son of God by name. O, tidings, &c. Fear not, then, said the angel, Let nothing you affright, This dayepherds at those tidings, Rejoiced much in mind, And left their flocks a feeding In tempest storm and wind, And went to Bethlehem straight way This blessed babe to find, O, tidings, &c. But when to Bethlehem they came. Whereat this infant lay, TBethlehem they came. Whereat this infant lay, They found him in a manger Where oxen feed on hay: His mother Mary kneeling Unto the Cord did pray. O, tidings, &c. Now to the Lord sing praises, All you within this place, And with true love and brotherhood Each other now embrace; This holy tide
--All the angels in heaven have some particular province, that is, some particular work to do, and this is the work of this dear angel; and because he is always interceding for us, he is called earth's angel. The tears of this dear angel form a bright limpid stream before the throne of the great God, always pure and calm, but one Christmas eve, when all the happy angels in heaven were singing most beautiful hosannas, and the whole court of heaven were prostrate before the once Babe of Bethlehem, this stream of the angel's tears was agitated, and its silvery sweetness was moved by little waves that sobbed and sighed mournfully; and dear St. Mary cast her sweet eyes upon the sad pleading waters, and she sent a bright messenger to inquire why earth's angel was so grieved on Christmas eve. The dear angel said he grieved bitterly this night for the sorrows and miseries of little children; some were dying with hunger and cold, some poor little babies were dying un-baptized, and al