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CHRIST AND
CHRISTMAS
A POEM
by Mary Baker
Eddy
PLATE
NUMBER ONE
STAR
OF BETHLEHEM
Fast
circling on, from zone to zone, —
Bright, blest, afar, —
O'er the grim night of chaos shone
One lone, brave star.
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"I am the root and the
offspring of David,
and the bright and morning star."
—
Christ
Jesus.
PLATE
NUMBER TWO
CHRIST
HEALING
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.
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"Verily,
verily, I say unto you,
The hour is coming, and now is,
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of
God:
and they that hear shall live." — Christ
Jesus.
"The
people that walked in darkness?
have seen a great light:
they that dwell in the land of the shadow of
death,
upon them hath the light shined." —
Isaiah.
PLATE
NUMBER THREE
SEEKING
AND FINDING
What
the Beloved knew and taught,
Science repeats,
Through understanding, dearly sought,
With fierce heart-beats;
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"But
seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and His righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you." — Christ
Jesus.
PLATE
NUMBER FOUR
CHRISTMAS
EVE
The
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.
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"The
tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their
feasts:
but they regard not the work of the Lord,
neither consider the operation of His hands."
— Isaiah.
"Man
that is born of a woman
is of few days, and full of trouble." —
Job.
PLATE
NUMBER FIVE
CHRISTMAS
MORN
Yet
wherefore signalize the birth
Of him ne'er born?
What can rehearse the glorious worth
Of his high morn?
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"Before
Abraham was, I am." — Christ
Jesus.
PLATE
NUMBER SIX
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE HEALING
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
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"If
Christ be in you,
the body is dead because of sin;
but the Spirit [God likeness]
is life because of righteousness." — St.
Paul.
"But
such as I have give I thee:
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
rise up and walk." — St.
Peter.
PLATE
NUMBER SEVEN
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
Thus
olden faith's pale star now blends
In seven hued White!
Life, without birth and without end,
Emitting light!
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"Without
father, without mother, without descent,
having neither beginning of days, nor end of
life;
but made like unto the Son of God." — St.
Paul.
PLATE
NUMBER EIGHT
TREATING
THE SICK
The
Way, the Truth, the Life, — His Word
—
Are here, and now
Christ's silent healing, heaven heard,
Crowns the pale brow.
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"Heal
the sick." — Christ
Jesus.
PLATE
NUMBER NINE
CHRISTIAN
UNITY
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.
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"For
whosoever shall do the will of my Father
which is in heaven,
the same is my brother,
and sister, and mother." — Christ
Jesus.
"And
there shall be one fold,
and one shepherd." — Christ
Jesus.
PLATE
NUMBER TEN
TRUTH
VERSUS ERROR
To-day,
as oft, away from sin
Christ summons thee!
Truth pleads to-night: Just take me in!
No mass for Me!
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"Behold,
I stand at the door, and knock:
if any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sup with him,
and he with me." — Christ
Jesus.
PLATE
NUMBER ELEVEN
THE
WAY
No
blight, no broken wing, no moan,
Truth's fane can dim;
Eternal swells Christ's music-tone,
In heaven's hymn.
SCRIPTURAL
TEXT
"And
whosoever liveth and believeth in me
shall never die." — Christ
Jesus.
And
he that overcometh,
and keepeth my works unto the end,
to him will I give power over the nations:
And I will give him the MORNING STAR!
—
Christ Jesus.
MARY
BAKER EDDY
AND
JAMES F. GILMAN
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