Luyện nghe bài hát The Christmas Guest

It one day near December's end,
Two neighbors on an old friend.
And they his shop so meager and lean
Made gay thousand bows of green
And was sitting with face a-shine
When he suddenly as he stitched a twine
And he "Old friends, at dawn today,
When the cock was crowing the night
The appeared in a dream to me
And said "I'm coming your to be."
So I've busy with feet astir
Strewing my shop branches of fern.
The table is and the kettle is shined.
And the rafters the holly is twined.
Now I'll for my Lord to appear
And listen closely so I will
His step as He my humble place.
And I'll the door and look on His face.
So his friends home and left Conrad alone
For this was the day he had known,
For long since, his had passed away
And Conrad had many a sad Christmas Day.
But he with the Lord as his Christmas Guest
This Christmas would be the and best.
So he listened with joy in his heart
And with every sound he rise with a start
And for the Lord to be at his door.
Like the vision he had had a few before.
So he ran to the after hearing a sound
But all he see on the snow covered ground
Was a shabby whose shoes were torn
And all of his clothes ragged and worn.
But Conrad was touched and he to the door
And he said, "You know, your feet be frozen and sore.
I some shoes in my shop for you
And a coat that keep you warmer too."
So with grateful heart the man away
but Conrad the time of day
And wondered what the Lord so late
And how much longer have to wait.
When he heard a knock, he ran to the
But it was only a once more.
A bent old lady a shawl of black
With a bundle of kindling on her back.
She asked for only a place to
But that was for Conrad's Great Guest.
But her voice 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 filled dismay
For he saw that the hours were away
And the Lord come as he said he would.
Then Conrad felt he had misunderstood.
out of the stillness he heard a cry
"Please help me and me where am I?"
So again he opened his friendly
And stood disappointed as before.
It was only a child who'd away
And was lost from her family on Day.
Again heart was heavy and sad
But he knew he should make the little glad.
So he called her in and he her tears
And quieted all her fears.
he led her back to her home once more
But as he entered his own door
he knew the Lord was not today.
For the hours of 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 to call on me?
For I wanted so your face to see."
When soft in the silence a he heard.
"Lift up your for I kept my word.
times my shadow crossed your floor
And three I came to your lonely door.
I was the beggar with bruised, feet
And I was the woman you gave to eat.
I was the child on the street.
Three times I knocked, and three times I in.
And time I found the warmth of a friend.
Of all the gifts, is the best.
And I was to be your Christmas Guest.