Bethlehem

I never knew, until today,
(Tho’ I have lived “three-score and ten”)
That “House of Bread”
Was the “real” name
Of Jesus’ birthplace
Bethlehem!

Now, it has just occurred to me,
(For surely we must ever learn?)
How apt it was
That Jesus Christ
The “Bread of Life” –
Did once come out of
Bethlehem!