The Sweetest Story Ever Told
The Sweetest Story Ever Told
Christmas is the time of year
When men abound with love and cheer;
When candles burn with glowing light
And children’s smiles are sweet and bright.
When faces tired from so much frowning
Find relief in love’s surrounding;
When hatred, greed, and sinfulness
Are lost from sight in happiness.
But most of all it is the time
For the sweetest story, so sublime;
When God, the Father, in His love
Sent down His Son from high above.
When the virgin Mary in innocence
Brought forth the Son in magnificence.
When angels sang a glorious theme
That I Am has come, peace to bring.
When shepherds ran in joy divine
To find the child from David’s line;
When wise men traveled from afar
To find the answer for the star.
When Joseph watched in admiration
A scene of eternal duration;
When cattle lowed in their shelter den
While the heavenly child shared the manger bin.
To such a story the wise might say
It is but foolishness, this Christmas way.
But to the humble, whom Christ has found
It’s the sweetest story: “Heaven’s sound.”
– Joseph R. Chambers