Luyện nghe bài hát The Christmas Guest

It happened one day near end
Two called on an old friend
And they his shop so meager and lean
Made gay with thousand of green

And Conrad was sitting face a-shine
When he suddenly stopped as he stitched a
And he said, "Old friends, at dawn
When the cock was crowing the night
The Lord in a dream to me"
And said, "I'm your guest to be"

So I've been with feet astir
Strewing my with branches of fern
The table is 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 door and 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 away
And Conrad had spent a sad Christmas Day

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

So he ran to the window after a sound
But all he could see on the snow covered
Was a beggar whose shoes were torn
And all of his clothes 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 shoes in my shop for you
And a coat that will keep you too"

So grateful heart the man went away
But Conrad the time of day
And wondered what made the 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 more
A bent old lady a shawl of black
With a bundle of piled on her back
She asked for only a to rest
But was reserved for Conrad's Great Guest

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

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

When out of the he heard a cry
help me and tell me where am I?"
So again he his friendly door
And disappointed as twice before
It was only a who had wandered away
And was from her family on Christmas Day

Again heart was heavy and sad
But he knew he make the little girl glad
So he called her in and he wiped her
And quieted all her fears

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

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

soft in the silence a voice he heard
"Lift up your head for I kept my
Three times my shadow crossed your
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 homeless
Three times I knocked and three times I in
And time I found the warmth of a friend
Of all the gifts, love is the
And I was honored to be Christmas Guest"