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Christ and Christmas by Mary Baker Eddy 
FAST circling on, from zone to zone, — 
  	     Bright, blest, afar, — 
    O'er the grim night of chaos shone
	   One lone, brave star.
O'er the grim night of chaos shone 
 one lone, brave star.

STAR OF BETHLEHEM

IN tender mercy, Spirit sped
     A loyal ray
To rouse the living, wake the dead,
    And point the Way —  

The Christ-idea, God anoints — 
         Of Truth and Life;
The Way in Science He appoints,
      That stills all strife. 
The Way in Science He appoints, 
 That stills all strife.

CHRIST HEALING

WHAT the Beloved knew and taught,
        Science repeats,
Through understanding, dearly sought,
       With fierce heart-beats; 
Through understanding, dearly sought, 
 With fierce heart-beats;

SEEKING AND FINDING

THUS Christ, eternal and divine,
        To celebrate
As Truth demands,---this living Vine
       Ye demonstrate.

 For heaven’s Christus, earthly Eves,
     By Adam bid,
Make merriment on Christmas eves,
     O’er babe and crib.
Make merriment on Christmas eves,  
 O’er babe and crib.

CHRISTMAS EVE

YET wherefore signalize the birth
        Of him ne’er born?
What can rehearse the glorious worth
       Of his high morn?
What can rehearse the glorious worth, 
 Of his high morn?

CHRISTMAS MORN

CHRIST was not crucified --- that doom
        Was Jesus’ part;
For Sharon’s rose must bud and bloom
       In human heart. *

 Forever present, bounteous, free,
     Christ comes in gloom;
And aye, with grace towards you and me,
     For health makes room.

* “God was manifest in the flesh.” ---  St. Paul.
And aye, with grace towards you and me, 
 For health makes room.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALING

THUS olden faith’s pale star now blends
        In seven-hued white!
Life, without birth and without end,
        Emitting light!
Life, without birth and without end,  
 Emitting light!

I THANK THEE O FATHER, LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, BECAUSE THOU HAST HID THESE THINGS FROM THE WISE AND PRUDENT, AND HAST REVEALED THEM UNTO BABES. - CHRIST JESUS

THE Way, the Truth, the Life --- His word ---
               Are here, and now
Christ’s silent healing, heaven heard, 
               Crowns the pale brow. 
Christ’s silent healing, heaven heard, 
 Crowns the pale brow.

TREATING THE SICK

FOR Christian Science brings to view
         The great I Am, ---
Omniscient power, --- gleaming through
       Mind, mother, man.

 As in blest Palestina’s hour,
     So in our age,
‘T is the same hand unfolds His power, 
     And writes the page.
‘T is the same hand unfolds His power, 
 And writes the page.

Christian Unity

TO-DAY, as oft, away from sin
        Christ summons thee!
Truth pleads to-night: Just take Me in
       No mass for me!
Truth pleads  to-night: Just take Me in! 
 No mass for Me!

TRUTH VERSUS ERROR

NO blight, no broken wing, no moan,
        Truth’s fane can dim;
Eternal swells Christ’s music-tone,
       In heaven’s hymn.
Eternal swells Christ’s  music-tone, 
 In heaven’s hymn.

THE WAY