584. Blest Christmas Morn

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.

Text Information
First Line: Blest Christmas morn, though murky clouds
Title: Blest Christmas Morn
Author: Mary Baker Eddy (1903)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: CHRISTMAS MORN (CONANT), Albert F. Conant, 1903; KINGTON, F. Llewellyn Edwards
Tune Information
Name: SERENITY
Adapter: Uzziah Christopher Burnap (1856)
Composer: William V. Wallace (1836)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 33343 33225 23435
Key: E♭ Major
Source: "Waft, Ye Winds"
Copyright: Public Domain



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