{"id":112,"date":"2021-04-01T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/flintandfeather\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=112"},"modified":"2022-02-04T09:30:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T14:30:43","slug":"christmastide","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/chapter\/christmastide\/","title":{"raw":"Christmastide","rendered":"Christmastide"},"content":{"raw":"I may not go to-night to Bethlehem,\r\nNor follow star-directed ways, nor tread\r\nThe paths wherein the shepherds walked, that led\r\nTo Christ, and peace, and God\u2019s good will to men.\r\n\r\nI may not hear the Herald Angel\u2019s song\r\nPeal through the Oriental skies, nor see\r\nThe wonder of that Heavenly company\r\nAnnounce the King the world had waited long.\r\n\r\nThe manger throne I may not kneel before,\r\nOr see how man to God is reconciled,\r\nThrough pure St. Mary\u2019s purer, holier child;\r\nThe human Christ these eyes may not adore.\r\n\r\nI may not carry frankincense and myrrh\r\nWith adoration to the Holy One;\r\nNor gold have I to give the Perfect Son,\r\nTo be with those wise kings a worshipper.\r\n\r\nNot mine the joy that Heaven sent to them,\r\nFor ages since Time swung and locked his gates,\r\nBut I may kneel without\u2014the star still waits\r\nTo guide me on to holy Bethlehem.","rendered":"<p>I may not go to-night to Bethlehem,<br \/>\nNor follow star-directed ways, nor tread<br \/>\nThe paths wherein the shepherds walked, that led<br \/>\nTo Christ, and peace, and God\u2019s good will to men.<\/p>\n<p>I may not hear the Herald Angel\u2019s song<br \/>\nPeal through the Oriental skies, nor see<br \/>\nThe wonder of that Heavenly company<br \/>\nAnnounce the King the world had waited long.<\/p>\n<p>The manger throne I may not kneel before,<br \/>\nOr see how man to God is reconciled,<br \/>\nThrough pure St. Mary\u2019s purer, holier child;<br \/>\nThe human Christ these eyes may not adore.<\/p>\n<p>I may not carry frankincense and myrrh<br \/>\nWith adoration to the Holy One;<br \/>\nNor gold have I to give the Perfect Son,<br \/>\nTo be with those wise kings a worshipper.<\/p>\n<p>Not mine the joy that Heaven sent to them,<br \/>\nFor ages since Time swung and locked his gates,<br \/>\nBut I may kneel without\u2014the star still waits<br \/>\nTo guide me on to holy Bethlehem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":25,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-112","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/112\/revisions\/113"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/112\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}