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And the angel answered: "I stay to guard this little tree, for it is sacred, and no harm shall come to it." AND THE ANGEL ANSWERED I STAY TO GUARD THIS LITTLE TREE FOR IT IS SACRED AND NO HARM SHALL COME TO IT
ir heads, and golden harps in their hands; love, hope, charity, compassion, and joy beamed from their beautiful faces, and their presence seemed to fill the forest with a divine peace. The angels came through the forest to where the little tree stood, and gathering around it, they touched it with their hands, and kissed its little branches, and sang even more sweetly than before. And their song was about the Child, the Child, the Child that had been born. Then the stars came down from the skies and danced and hung upon the branches of the tree, and they, too, sang that song,--the song of the Child. And all the other trees and the vines and the ferns and the mosses beheld in wonder; nor could they understand why all these things were being done, and why this exceeding honor should be shown the little tree. When the morning came the angels left the forest,--all but one angel, who remained behind and lingered near the little tree. Then a cedar asked: "Why do you tarry with us, holy angel? E AND THERE WERE CROWNS UPON THEIR FAIR HEADS AND GOLDEN HARPS IN THEIR HANDS LOVE HOPE CHARITY COMPASSION AND JOY BEAMED FROM THEIR BEAUTIFUL FACES AND THEIR PRESENT SEEMED TO FILL THE FOREST WITH A DIVINE PEACE THE ANGELS CAME THROUGH THE FOREST TO WHERE THE LITTLE TREE STOOD IN GATHERING AROUND IT THEY TOUCHED IT WITH THEIR HANDS IT KISSED ITS LITTLE BRANCHES AND SANG EVEN MORE SWEETLY THAN BEFORE AND THEIR SONG WAS ABOUT THE CHILD THE CHILD THE CHILD WHO HAD BEEN BORN THEN THE STARS CAME DOWN FROM THE SKIES AND DANCED AND HUNG UPON THE BRANCHES OF THE TREE AND THEY TOO SANG THAT SONG THE SONG OF THE CHILD AND ALL THE OTHER TREES AND THE VINES AND THE FERNS AND THE MOSSES BEHELD IN WONDER NOR COULD THEY UNDERSTAND WHY ALL THESE THINGS WERE BEING DONE AND WHY THE SUCCEEDING HONOR SHOULD BE SHOWN THE LITTLE TREE WHEN THE MORNING CAME THE ANGELS LEFT THE FOREST ALL BUT ONE ANGEL WHO REMAINED BEHIND AND LINGERED NEAR THE LITTLE TREE THEN A CEDAR ASKED WHY DO YOU TARRY WITH US HOLY ANGEL
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