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ORGAN SONGS: CHRISTMAS MEDITATION by GEORGE MACDONALD

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First Line: HE WHO BY A MOTHER'S LOVE
Last Line: BINDING, BINDING HEART TO HEART!
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; JESUS CHRIST; NATIVITY, THE;

HE who by a mother's love
Made the wandering world his own,
Every year comes from above,
Comes the parted to atone,
Binding Earth to the Father's throne.

Nay, thou comest every day!
No, thou never didst depart!
Never hour hast been away!
Always with us, Lord, thou art,
Binding, binding heart to heart!



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