Recitation: THE THREE KINGS. First scholar: monarchs three, Who have laid aside their crowns, and renounced their high degree; The eyes they love, the hearts they prize, the well known voices kind, Their people's tents, their native plains, they've left them all behind. Second scholar: The very least of faith's dim rays beamed on them from afar, And that same hour they rise from off their thrones to track the star; They cared not for the cruel scorn of those who called them mad; Messiah's star was shining and their royal hearts were glad. Third scholar: But a speck was in the midnight sky, uncertain, dim and far, And their hearts were pure, and heard a voice pro claim Messiah's star; And in its golden twinkling they saw more than com mon light, The Mother and the Child they saw in Bethlehem by night. Fourth scholar: And they have knelt in Bethlehem! The everlasting Child They saw upon His Mother's lap, earth's Monarch meek and mild; His infant feet, with Mary's leave, they pressed wit! loving kiss Oh, what were thrones! oh, what were crowns! to such a joy as this? Fifth scholar: Ah, me! what broad day light of faith our thankless souls receive, How much we know of Jesus, and how easy to be lieve; 'Tis the noonday of His sunshine, of His sun that setteth never; Faith gives us crowns, and makes us kings, and our kingdom is forever! (F. W. Faber.) Hymn 86. "Silent Night! Holy Night!" Recitation: THE VIRGIN'S HYMN. Sleep on; sleep on, tho'shadows fall, (Katherine Pyle.) Hymn 241. “Hark! Hark! My Soul! Angelic Songs Are Swelling.” Brief address. Distribution of gifts. Offerings. And greatly to be praised and glorified forever. Bless we the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost; We praise and magnify. Him forever. Blessed art Thou, Lord, in the firmament of heaven; And greatly to be praised, and glorified, and highly exalted forever. The Almighty and merciful Lord, bless and preserve us. To keep us without sin. Have mercy upon us. As our trust is in Thee. And let my cry come unto Thee. The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. God, who hast made this most holy night to shine with the brightness of the true Light; Grant, we beseech Thee, that we have known on earth the mysteries of that Light, we may also come to the fullness of its joys in heaven; through the same, our Lord Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 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