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 Conrad was sitting with face
When he stopped as he stitched a twine
And he said, "Old friends, at dawn
the cock was crowing the night away
The appeared in a dream to me"
And said, "I'm coming guest to be"

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

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

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

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

So he ran to the window hearing a sound
But all he could see on the snow ground
Was a shabby beggar whose were torn
And all of his clothes ragged and worn

But was touched and he went to the door
And he said, "You know, your must be frozen and sore
I have shoes in my shop for you
And a coat that keep you warmer too"

So grateful heart the man went away
But noticed the time of day
And wondered what made the so late
And how much longer he'd have to

When he heard a knock, he ran to the
But it was a stranger once more
A bent old with a shawl of black
With a bundle of kindling piled on her
She asked for only a place to
But that was for Conrad's Great Guest

But her seemed to plead "Don't send me away
Let me rest for awhile on Day"
So Conrad her a steaming cup
And told her to sit at the and sup

But after she left he was with dismay
For he saw the hours were slipping away
And the Lord hadn't come as he he would
And Conrad felt sure he had

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

Again heart was heavy and sad
But he knew he should make the little girl
So he called her in and he her tears
And all her childish fears

he led her back to her home once more
But as he entered his own darkened
He knew the Lord was not coming
For the of Christmas had passed away

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

When soft in the silence a voice he
"Lift up your for I kept my word
Three times my shadow your floor
And three 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 homeless
Three times I knocked and three I came in
And each time I the warmth of a friend
Of all the gifts, love is the
And I was honored to be your Guest"