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Now sweeping down the years untold

Now sweeping down the years untold

Author: Laura C. Nourse
Published in 10 hymnals

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1. Now sweeping down the years untold,
The day of truth is breaking;
And sweet and fair the leaves unfold,
Of love’s immortal waking.

2. For flower and fruitage now are seen,
Where blight and mildew rested:
The Christ today to us has been
By word and deed attested.

3. His living presence we have felt,
The Word made flesh among us:
And hearts of stone before Him melt,
His peace is brooding o’er us.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #4647

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Author: Laura C. Nourse

Nourse, Laura C. (?--1929). A resident of Pompey, New York, she studied with Mary Baker Eddy in 1888. She moved to Escanaba, Michigan, in 1893 and to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in 1897. She was a Christian Science practitioner and teacher from 1890 to 1925. --Joan E. Wilson, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line: Now sweeping down the years untold
Author: Laura C. Nourse
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Cyber Hymnal #4647
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