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Blest Christmas morn, though murky clouds

Blest Christmas morn, though murky clouds

Author: Mary Baker Eddy
Published in 14 hymnals

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1. Blest Christmas morn, though murky clouds
Pursue thy way,
Thy light was born where storm enshrouds
Nor dawn nor day.

2. Dear Christ, forever here and near,
No cradle song
No natal hour and mother’s tear
To Thee belong.

3. Thou God-idea, Life encrowned,
The Bethlehem Babe—
Beloved, replete, by flesh embound—
Was but Thy shade!

4. Thou gentle beam of living Love,
And deathless Life!
Truth infinite—so far above
All mortal strife,

5. Or cruel creed, or earth-born taint:
Fill us today
With all Thou art—be Thou our saint,
Our stay, alway.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #584

Author: Mary Baker Eddy

Mary Baker Eddy (born Mary Morse Baker, July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) is the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, a religious movement that emerged in New England in the late 19th century. Eddy is the author of the movement’s textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (first published in 1875), and founder of The First Church of Christ, Scientist (1892). She also founded The Christian Science Publishing Society (1898). Mary Morse Baker was born in Bow, New Hampshire, the youngest of six children of Abigail and Mark Baker. Raised a Congregationalist, she came to reject teachings such as predestination and original sin, but she loved the biblical accounts of early Christian healing. Mark Baker, Eddy’s fat… Go to person page >

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First Line: Blest Christmas morn, though murky clouds
Author: Mary Baker Eddy
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #584
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Christian Science Hymnal #449

Christian Science Hymnal #450

Christian Science Hymnal #451

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The Cyber Hymnal #584

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