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The Christmas Guest I "It happened one day at the year’s white end Two neighbors called on an old-time friend | And they found his shop, so meagre and mean, Made gay with a thousand boughs of green. And Cbnrad was sitting with face a-shine When he suddenly stopped as he stitched a twine " II "And said ‘Old friends, at dawn today When the cock was crowing the night away, '■ The Lord appeared in a dream to me And said, ‘I am coming your guest to be.’ So I’ve been busy with feet astir ; | Strewing my shop with branches of fir. I III The table is spread and the kettle is shined ' And over the rafters the holly is twined. '' And now I wiH wait for my Lord to appear And listen closely so I will hear His step as He nears my humble place r< And I open the door and look in His face.’ IV "So his friends went home and left Conrad alone For this was the happiest day he had known. For, long since, his family had passed away And Conrad had spent a sad Christmas Day. But he knew with the Lord as his Christmas guest Thia Christmas would be.thtf dearest and best. V “And he'listened with only joy in his heart * ^ And with every sound he would rise with a start * And look for the Lord to be standing, there - i In answer to his earnest prayer, ; So he ran to the window after hearing a Aound j But all that he saw on the snow-covered ground VI “Was a shabby beggar whose shoes werd; torn And all of his clothes were ragged and worn •* So Conrad was touched and went to the'door And he said ‘Your feet must be frozen and sore And 1 have some shoes in my shop for god.* '] And a coat that will keep you warmer, ;too.’; VII "So with grateful heart the man went away But as Conrad noticed the time of day; ? } He wondered what made the dear Lord so late And how much longer he'd havei to waii. 1 When he heard a knock and-ran to the doory < But it was only a,stranger once more. * 1-. * i!
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