AMCO NEWS
Vol. XXVI No. 5
Adams-Millis Corporation
Nov. -Dec. , 1968
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THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
I am the Christmas Spirit!
I enter the home of poverty, causing pale-faced children
to open their eyes wide in pleased wonder.
I cause the miser's clutched hand to relax, and thus paint
a bright spot on his soul.
I cause the aged to renew their youth and to laugh in the
old, glad way.
I keep romance alive in the heart of childhood, and brighten
sleep with dreams woven of magic.
I cause eager feet to climb dark stairways with filled
baskets, leaving behind hearts amazed at the goodness of the
world.
I cause the prodigal to pause a moment on his wild, waste
ful way, and send to anxious love some little token that re
leases glad tears--tears which wash away the hard lines of
sorrow.
I enter the dark prison cells, reminding scarred manhood
of what might have been, and pointing forward to good days
yet to come.
I come softly into the still white home of pain, and lips
that are too weak to speak just tremble in silent, eloquent
gratitude.
In a thousand ways I cause the weary world to look up
into the face of God, and for a little moment forget the things
that are small and wretched.
I am the Christmas Spirit!