“To-day the whole Christian world prostrates itself in adoration around the crib of Bethlehem and rehearses in accents of love a history which precedes all time and will endure throughout eternity. As if by an instinct of our higher, spiritual nature, there well up from the depths of our hearts, emotions which challenge the power of human expression. We seem to be lifted out of the sphere of natural endeavor to put on a new life and to stretch forward in desire to a blessedness which, though not palpable, is eminently real.” IfsWorldHumansWellsHeartRealWholeSeemsChristianSpiritualDesireNaturalChallengesEmotionExpressionHigherEternityInstinctDepthEndureChristmasAll TimeEndeavorSpheresAccentsNew LifeAdorationBlessednessBethlehemSpiritual Nature Author:James Gibbons
“England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.” MenYearsHeartSportsPoorHalfEnglandTalesChristmasCheerMerryPoor ManInspirational ChristmasChristmas HolidayChristmas EveXmasChristmas ThoughtsBest ChristmasAleMerry Christmas InspirationalChristmas Holiday GreetingsBest HolidayChristmas CheerInspirational HolidayPositive HolidayChristmas FriendshipMerry Xmas Funny Book:Poetical works Source: Poetical works
“Oh, heart, let's never grow too old To smile anew, when Christmas comes, At tassels red and tinsel thread, And tarlatan bags f sugarplums.” HeartGrowsRedChristmasBagsThreadTinselTassels Author:Nancy Byrd Turner
“And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad.” HeartPoorReturnBlessingLonelyGladChristmasPossessingChristmas DayChristmas HolidayBest ChristmasChristmas MagicHoliday TraditionsCharity At ChristmasBelieving In ChristmasHoliday Greeting Card Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God! To spread, where'er thy golden feet have trod, The benediction of His grace divine: To hold the promise of His final plan Blazing before the eyes of human-kind, And, at thy setting, leave His love enshrined Anew in the reminded heart of man!” MenWorldHumansHeartKindEyeSunGracePlansFeetDivineHolyPromiseTasksEmbraceFinalsSpreadSettingChristmasGoldenSettingsHis LoveFoldsBlazingBenediction Author:Guy Wetmore Carryl
“Much of the beauty of Christmas lies in its challenge to look further, deeper, until we find its secret in the heart of God. But we never find that unless we look beyond the presents under the tree.” LooksHeartLyingChallengesSecretTreeDeeperChristmas Book:A Happy Trails Christmas Source: A Happy Trails Christmas