THE MIRACLE DREAMS

By Susie M. Best

That night when in Judean skies

the mystic star dispensed its light,

a blind man moved in his sleep and

dreamed that He had sight.

That night when shepherds heard the song

of hosts angelic choiring near,

a deaf man stirred in slumber's spell and

dreamed that he could hear.

That night when in the cattle stall

slept child and mother cheek by jowl,

a cripple turned his twisted limbs and

dreamed that he was whole.

That night when o'er the newborn babe

the tender Mary rose to lean,

a loathsome leper smiled in sleep and

dreamed that he was clean.

That night when to a mother's breast

the little King was held secure,

a harlot slept in happy sleep and

dreamed that she was pure.

That night when in the manger lay

the sanctified who came to save

a man moved in the sleep of death and

dreamed there was no grave.