Accession: L13374
Editorial Title: Hymn of Science
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Scribe: Daniel H. Spofford 
Date: December 31, 1876
Manuscript Description: Handwritten on lined paper.
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Hymn of ScienceEditorial Note: This poem first appeared in print in the Lynn Transcript of December 2, 1876, with the title Hymn of Science. It was published in theChristian Science Journal in March 1885 (Vol. 2, No. 16, p. 1), and after Eddy revised it and gave it the title Communion. -- Hymn of Christian Science, it was published in the February 1889 Christian Science Journal (Vol. 6, p. 562). The final version of the poem is found in the Christian Science Hymnal under the title Communion Hymn.

By Mary Baker Glover

Saw ye my Savior, heard ye the glad sound; Felt ye the power of His Word? 'Twas that Truth which made us free, When it came to you and me -- And the Life and the Love that are God.

1 Mourner it calls thee, come to thy Savior, Love will thy tears wipe away -- It will lift the shades of gloom, And for thee make blessed room, When thy darkness is turned into day.

2 Come to the fountain, all ye who thirsteth, Drink, it will cleanse the "within"; For the Spirit will make pure, Will exalt thee, and will cure Every sorrow, and sickness, and sin.

3 Seek ye the Spirit, 'tis God's baptismal, Even the bread and the wine, O, then let it be our creeds, And its healing make our deeds And our Life like the Master's divine As Written: devine.

4 Written Nov. 15 -- 1876 For D H. S Hymn of Science

Delivered Jan 1, 1877
Written Dec 31, 1876
Dr. D. H. Spofford
Market St
Lynn
Mass
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Hymn of ScienceEditorial Note: This poem first appeared in print in the Lynn Transcript of December 2, 1876, with the title Hymn of Science. It was published in theChristian Science Journal in March 1885 (Vol. 2, No. 16, p. 1), and after Eddy revised it and gave it the title Communion. -- Hymn of Christian Science, it was published in the February 1889 Christian Science Journal (Vol. 6, p. 562). The final version of the poem is found in the Christian Science Hymnal under the title Communion Hymn.

By Mary Baker Glover

Saw ye my Savior, heard ye the glad sound; Felt ye the power of His Word? 'Twas that Truth which made us free, When it came to you and me -- And the Life and the Love that are God.

1 Mourner it calls thee, come to thy Savior, Love will thy tears wipe away -- It will lift the shades of gloom, And for thee make blessed room, When thy darkness is turned into day.

2 Come to the fountain, all ye who thirsteth, Drink, it will cleanse the "within"; It will For the Spirit will make pure, Will exalt thee, and will cure Every sorrow, and sickness, and sin.

3 Seek ye the Spirit, 'tis God's baptismal, Even the bread and the wine, O, then let it be our creeds, And its healing make our deeds And our Life like the Master's devine. Corrected: divine

4 Written Nov. 15 -- 1876 For D H. S Hymn of Science

Delivered Jan 1, 1877
Written Dec 31, 1876
Dr. D. H. Spofford
Market St
Lynn
Mass
 
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This poem first appeared in print in the Lynn Transcript of December 2, 1876, with the title Hymn of Science. It was published in theChristian Science Journal in March 1885 (Vol. 2, No. 16, p. 1), and after Eddy revised it and gave it the title Communion. -- Hymn of Christian Science, it was published in the February 1889 Christian Science Journal (Vol. 6, p. 562). The final version of the poem is found in the Christian Science Hymnal under the title Communion Hymn.