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Text:At Christmas Time
Author:M. Alice Metcalf
Tune:[Give and forgive at Christmas time]
Composer:Daniel Bliss Towner
Media:MIDI file

10070. At Christmas Time

1 Give and forgive at Christmas time;
Live and let live at Christmas time;
Tho’ all the world be wrapped in night,
The stars above are shining bright,
At Christmas time, at Christmas time.

2 Give and forgive at Christmas time;
Live and let live at Christmas time;
The darkness yields at last to light,
And wrong will be conquered by right,
At Christmas time, at Christmas time.

3 Live and let live at Christmas time;
Give and forgive at Christmas time;
Tho’ bitterness has cast its blight,
Let truth and love our hearts unite,
At Christmas time, at Christmas time.

4 Live and let live at Christmas time;
Give and forgive at Christmas time;
For all the world must own His might,
Who came to bless mankind with light,
At Christmas time, at Christmas time.

5 Give and forgive at Christmas time;
Live and let live at Christmas time;
Till through the year shall shine the light
That glorified the holy night,
At Christmas time, at Christmas time.

6 Give and forgive at Christmas time;
Live and let live at Christmas time;
From deepest depth and highest height,
Be praise to God and glory bright;
At Christmas time, at Christmas time.

Text Information
First Line: Give and forgive at Christmas time
Title: At Christmas Time
Author: M. Alice Metcalf
Language: English
Source: Bible Study Songs, by Bertha F. Vella and Daniel. B. Towner (Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1899)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Give and forgive at Christmas time]
Composer: Daniel Bliss Towner
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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