Christmas Angels

Christmas Angels, by DONALD G. MITCHELL Image from, Title: St. Nicholas: a monthly magazine for boys and girls, Volume 1, Part 1. Editor: Mary Mapes Dodge. Published: 1874. Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized: Oct 24, 2007.

And all the angels in heaven do sing, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; And all the bells on earth do ring, On Christmas Day in the morning.

And all the souls on earth do sing, On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; And all the bells on earth do ring, On Christmas Day in the morning.

Mr. Mitchell was born in Norwich, Connecticut, April, 1822. His father was the pastor of the Congregational church of that place, and his grandfather a member of the first Congress at Philadelphia, and for many years Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Mr. Mitchell's last publication, Fudge Doings, was originally published in tho Knickerbocker Magazine. It consists of a series of sketches, in a connected form, of city fashionable life.

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