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This year when Christmas boughs are draped, And cards around the doorway taped, And cookies baked, and green wreaths hung. And carols in the crisp night sung; This Christmas cannot be as fair For in our home, there's an empty chair.... Dear God in Heaven, bless with peace We feel that Christmas joy has ceased, For we still grieve and cannot bear The stillness of that empty chair. Instill in us a second sight To see in death a lasting light Which reassures that though she died She now kneels before the manger side To celebrate the blessed birth More grandly than she could on earth. And may the visions of your care Bring hope enough to fill that chair So Christmas carols may be sung And Christmas bells may still be rung And Christmas peace replace all fears And Christmas joy be felt through our tears.....~
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I've had my first Christmas in Heaven, A glorious wonderful day! I stood with Saints of the Ages, Who found Christ, the truth, and the way.
I sang with the Heavenly choir: Just think! I, who so loved to sing! And Oh! What celestial music We brought to our Saviour and King!
We sang the glad songs of Redemption, How Jesus to Bethlehem came, And how they called His name Jesus, That all might be saved through His name.
We sang once again with angels, The song they sang that blest morn, When shepherds first heard the glad story, That Jesus, the Saviour was born.
Oh, dear ones, I wish you had been here: No Christmas on earth could compare With all the Rapture and Glory We witnessed in Heaven so fair.
You know how I always loved Christmas. It seems such a wonderful day, With all of my loved ones around me, The children so happy and gay,
Yes, now I can see why I loved it. And oh, what a joy it will be, When all of my loved ones are with me, To share in the glories I see.
So, dear ones on earth, here's my greeting: Look up 'til the day dawn appears, And oh, what a Christmas awaits us, Beyond all our partings and tears.....~
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