Christmas hymn by Whittier

Let every creature hail the morn 
On which the holy child was born, 
And know, through God’s exceeding grace, 
Release from things of time and place. 
I listen, from no mortal tongue, 
To hear the song the angels sung, 
And wait within myself to know 
The Christmas lilies bud and blow. 

​The outward symbols disappear 
From him whose inward sight is clear, 
And small must be the choice of days 
To him who fills them all with praise. 
Keep while ye need it, brothers mine, 
With honest zeal your Christmas sign, 
But judge not him who every morn 
Feels in his heart the Lord Christ born.

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Christian Science Hymnal #170 Lyrics by John Greenleaf Whittier