The proffer'd blessings near Christ's throne above:

Once gain'd, there's naught can them and you dispart

While you shall live; nor shall one joy be gone

While endless centuries of bliss roll on!

70. CHRISTMAS.

This is the day of all earth's days the best;—

This is the bright, and wondrous, glorious morn,

On which the Son of God from heav'n was born,