Luyện nghe bài hát The Christmas Guest

It happened one day near end
Two neighbors on an old friend
And they found his shop so meager and
Made gay thousand bows of green

And was sitting with face a-shine
When he suddenly stopped as he stitched a
And he said, "Old friends, at today
When the cock was the night away
The Lord appeared in a to me"
And said, "I'm coming guest to be"

So I've been busy feet astir
my shop with branches of fern
The is spread and the kettle is shined
And over the rafters the is twined

Now I'll wait for my Lord to
And listen closely so I will His step
As He my humble place.
And I'll open the and look on His face

So his friends went home and left Conrad
For was the happiest day he had known
For long since, his family had passed
And had spent many a sad Christmas Day

But he knew with the as his Christmas Guest
Christmas would be the dearest and best
So he with only joy in his heart
And every sound he would rise with a start
And look for the to be at his door
Like the vision he had had a few before

So he ran to the window after hearing a
But all he could see on the covered ground
Was a beggar whose shoes were torn
And all of his were ragged and worn

But Conrad was touched and he went to the
And he said, "You know, feet must be frozen and sore
I have some shoes in my for you
And a coat will keep you warmer too"

So with grateful heart the man away
But noticed the time of day
And wondered made the Lord so late
And how longer he'd have to wait

When he heard a knock, he ran to the
But it was only a stranger once
A bent old lady with a of black
With a of kindling piled on her back
She asked for only a to rest
But that was reserved for Conrad's Guest

But her voice to plead "Don't send me away
Let me for awhile on Christmas Day"
So Conrad brewed her a cup
And her to sit at the table and sup

But after she left he was filled dismay
For he saw that the hours were away
And the hadn't come as he said he would
And felt sure he had misunderstood

When out of the stillness he a cry
help me and tell me where am I?"
So again he opened his friendly
And stood as twice before
It was only a child who had wandered
And was lost from her family on Day

Again Conrad's heart was and sad
But he he should make the little girl glad
So he called her in and he her tears
And quieted all her fears

Then he led her back to her once more
But as he entered his own door
He knew the Lord was not today
For the hours of Christmas had away

So he went to his room and down to pray
And he said, "Dear Lord, why did You
kept You from coming to call on me?
For I wanted so much Your to see

When in the silence a voice he heard
"Lift up your head for I kept my
Three my shadow crossed your floor
And times I came to your lonely door"

"I was the beggar with bruised, cold
And I was the you gave something to eat
I was the child on the street
Three times I and three times I came in
And time I found the warmth of a friend
Of all the gifts, love is the
And I was to be your Christmas Guest"