The Spirit of Christmas

Henry Vandyke Carter

Verlag: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books

Beschreibung

The Spirit of Christmas is a short story, an essay, a sermon and two prayers for Christmas.

"It was the hour of rest in the Country Beyond the Stars. All the silver bells that swing with the turning of the great ring of light which lies around that land were softly chiming; and the sound of their commotion went down like dew upon the golden ways of the city, and the long alleys of blossoming trees, and the meadows of asphodel, and the curving shores of the River of Life.

At the hearing of that chime, all the angels who had been working turned to play, and all who had been playing gave themselves joyfully to work. Those who had been singing, and making melody on different instruments, fell silent and began to listen. Those who had been walking alone in meditation met together in companies to talk. And those who had been far away on errands to the Earth and other planets came homeward like a flight of swallows to the high cliff when the day is over."

Verfügbar seit: 12.12.2023.

Drucklänge: 50 Seiten.

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