Christmas Bells

By Lydia D. Alder

In aftertimes, again the echo swells;
And lo, on earth, from every land and clime,
The clanging of the merry Christmas bells
Wafts far and wide on happy Christmas time
Judean mem’ries. How the heart o’erfills
For joy they bring and love to all on earth;
And, floating o’er the everlasting hills
They chime, “All hail, all hail, the Christ Child’s birth.”

This is the Glory song, the song of love,
A song the angels ever sing above,
Before God’s throne, for e’er, they chant this strain,
With “Conqueror, mighty Conqueror,” its refrain.
God looks on Earth while yet it moves in space
With smiles of approval wreathed upon his face,
For morn brought One whose peace shall end all strife,
This day of days the Christ Child brings us life.

(1914)