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My Purchased Files| Text: | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear |
| Author: | Edmund H. Sears |
| Tune: | CAROL |
| Composer: | Richard S. Willis |
149. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | It came upon the midnight clear |
| Title: | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear |
| Author: | Edmund H. Sears (1849, alt.) |
| Meter: | CMD |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Jesus Christ: Birth |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | CAROL |
| Composer: | Richard S. Willis (1850) |
| Meter: | CMD |
| Key: | A♭ Major |
Text Information:
Massachusetts Unitarian Sears' poem is one of the first American hymns to stress the social implications of the angels' message of peace. Stanza 3, often omitted, is here restored to the text
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