The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1901, Page 7

THE SUVDAY I\LL. SWincror { am the Rose of Sharon Itwasl Whe caught the reddest sun-beams i the sky And gathered m the fragrance of the air. and held #t ligh within myclnlscefan' Once by the smming sea of Galilee, A Virgin saw me . fearlessly She plucked me from my bnistling stem and bore Me. cruel thorns and all. away with her! Twas | who saw the Light in Bethlehem's Star | saw the Wise Men. gathered from afar, 1 heard the angels voice from Heaven. when' it sang of Peace on Earth: Good Will to Men, 1 am the Rose of Sharon' Ouce | grew Along a lowly path on which 1 knew His blessed feet would tread. ‘Aud standing there He would behold a rose. waiing and fair!. The Master came that way | stretched my stem’ Untd it reached and touched his garmel.u"s hen And m that 1ouch a whispered message grew -, A message from the Father unto you! ' “Stay, fair sweet Rose.” the garments seemed to Say~ = Rose, with the wisdom of all yestérday-. : “Stay thou, and with thy petals wide unfurled, ~Be thou a Christmas gift to all the world}