A new note in the Christmas Carol

Clara Wood Mingins
Published by The Sherwood Company New York City 1913
Copyright by the SHERWOOD COMPANY New York 1913
PRINTED BY The ULLMAN PRESS, Inc. 201 WILLIAM ST. NEW YORK
“It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near to earth
To touch their harps of gold.”
So sang the clear, full, childish voice. Singularly melodious, thrilling, sympathetic, it floated up and out, seeming to envelope in a tender, joyous harmony all who came within its range.
In the library “Father dear” sat with pen suspended and moistened eyes, as the notes of the Christmas Carol were borne in upon him. The thronging memories carried him back to that wonderful Christmas morning eight years before, when the sweet singer was born.
She had come in a flood of golden sunlight, when Christmas bells were chiming, happy voices singing, and the joy of life seemed rampant upon all the earth. The “doctor friend” had come to him in this same library and had said:
“The Christmas day has brought to you and your house God’s blessing—the gift of a little child.”