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AN OFFERTORY by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE

First Line: OH, THE BEAUTY OF THE CHRIST CHILD
Last Line: YET WHO HATH SEEN HIS FACE?
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; NATIVITY, THE;

OH, the beauty of the Christ Child,
The gentleness, the grace,
The smiling, loving tenderness,
The infantile embrace!
All babyhood he holdeth,
All motherhood enfoldeth --
Yet who hath seen his face?

Oh, the nearness of the Christ Child,
When, for a sacred space,
He nestles in our very homes --
Light of the human race!
We know Him and we love Him,
No man to us need prove Him --
Yet who hath seen his face?



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