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THE BOYHOOD OF JESUS

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    PUBLISHED BY
    DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY

    Factory and Shipping Rooms, Elgin, Illinois




Try to be like Jesus.


    The Bible tells of Jesus,
        So gentle and so meek;
    I’ll try to be like Jesus
        In ev’ry word I speak.

    For Jesus, too, was loving,
        His words were always kind;
    I’ll try to be like Jesus
        In thought and word and mind.

    I long to be like Jesus,
        Who said “I am the Truth;”
    Then I will give my heart to him,
        Now, in my early youth.
                     —_Lillian Payson._




    COPYRIGHT, 1905,
    BY DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY.

[Illustration: THE BABY JESUS.]




The Little Lord Jesus.


    Away in a manger,
        No crib for a bed,
    The little Lord Jesus
        Laid down his sweet head.
    The stars in the sky
        Looked down where he lay—
    The little Lord Jesus
        Asleep on the hay.
    The cattle are lowing,
        The poor baby wakes,
    But little Lord Jesus
        No crying he makes.
    I love thee, Lord Jesus;
        Look down from the sky,
    And stay by my cradle
        To watch Lullaby.
               —_Luther’s Cradle Hymn._




The Child Promised.


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THERE was once a time when there was no Christmas at all. There were
no beautiful Christmas trees and happy songs and stockings filled with
presents. No one shouted “Merry Christmas