Christmas Day Poetry

I know not how that Bethlehem's Babe
Could in the Godhead be;
I only know the Manger Child
Has brought God's life to me.

I know not how that Calvary's Cross
A world of sin could free;
I only know its matchless love
Has brought God's love to me.

I know not how that Joseph's grave
Could solve death's mystery;
I only know a living Christ,
Our immortality.

I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe

~Harry Webb Farrington, 1910

Painting: Adoration of the Shepherds
James Tissot
1836-1902