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‘On earth peace, good will toward men’

Here’s a short and sweet offering that speaks to the qualities at the very heart of Christmas. The accompanying audio also includes Mary Baker Eddy’s poem “Christmas Morn” being sung.

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The basis of Christmas is the rock, Christ Jesus; its fruits are inspiration and spiritual understanding of joy and rejoicing, – not because of tradition, usage, or corporeal pleasures, but because of fundamental and demonstrable truth, because of the heaven within us. The basis of Christmas is love loving its enemies, returning good for evil, love that “suffereth long, and is kind.”
– Mary Baker Eddy, “The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany,” p. 260

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
– Luke 2:14

Bonus content! To listen to Mrs. Eddy’s poem “Christmas Morn” being sung, click the play button on the audio player above.
“Christmas Morn”
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by William V. Wallace
Performed by Rebecca Minor, voice, and Bryan Ashley, organ
From Embraced © 2018 The Christian Science Publishing Society

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