. The house on the hill; or, Stories for Charlie and Alice . so thatwe can plant it in the garden; and I hope it will liveand flourish many years ! And, said the Mother, it will always remind usof this happy Christmas Day. Come with me to thepiano, and we will sing our little Christmas Hymn, andthen we will say good-night. So, standing around her, as she played, the childrenjoined their clear voices in singing together Mammas CHKISTMAS HYMN. Sing, children, sing,Sing a merry Christmas lay,Jesus Christ was born to-day-He, the Life, the Truth, the Way ! Sing, children, sing! 42 THE HOUSE ON THE
. The house on the hill; or, Stories for Charlie and Alice . so thatwe can plant it in the garden; and I hope it will liveand flourish many years ! And, said the Mother, it will always remind usof this happy Christmas Day. Come with me to thepiano, and we will sing our little Christmas Hymn, andthen we will say good-night. So, standing around her, as she played, the childrenjoined their clear voices in singing together Mammas CHKISTMAS HYMN. Sing, children, sing,Sing a merry Christmas lay,Jesus Christ was born to-day-He, the Life, the Truth, the Way ! Sing, children, sing! 42 THE HOUSE ON THE HILL. Look, children, look,See oer Syrias plains afar,How that brightly beaming star,Shines where Babe and Mother are ! Look, children, look! Hark, children, hark!Do you hear the angels sing- List the tiding that we bring,Christ is born, your God, your King ! Hark, children, hark ! Pray, children, pray,Christ the Saviour lives on high,But He hears the humblest cry !-Ever loving, ever nigh. Pray, children, pray ! 43 THE HOUSE ON THE HILL. THE CROSS OLD NCE there was a man who lived in an old,old house ; but it was a very good house, andeverything was pleasant around it, and thisman had many things to make him he was not happy. He was always grum-bling, grumbling. He used to sit down every night bythe fire in the kitchen, and fret, and scold, and grumble,and say, What a miserable man I am. Now, there was an old Cricket lived in a corner ofthe big fire-place. He had lived there a great manyyears, and brought up a large family of children, andtaught them all to be merry and good. And though he 44
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