Excerpt from The Romance of a Christmas Card
"Luther, I'm going to run down to Letty's. We think the twins are going to have measles; its the only thing they haven't had, and Letty's spirits are not up to concert pitch. You look like a blessed old prophet to-night, my dear! Whats the text?"
The minister pushed back his spectacles and ruffled his gray hair.
"Isaiah vi, 8: 'And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying whom shall I send?... Then said, Here am I, send me!'"
"It doesn't sound a bit like Christmas, somehow."
"It has the spirit, if it hasn't the sound," said the minister. "There is always so little spare money in the village that we get less and less accustomed to sharing what we have with others.
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