Quote#Happiness
Christians, awake! salute the happy morn
Quote byJohn Byrom · 1692–1763
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Hymn for Christmas Day (1750).
English (original)
Christians, awake! salute the happy morn, Whereon the Saviour of mankind was born.
— John Byrom
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