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Behold, the Light Has Dawned

Words: R. Frederick Crider, 2015
Music: tune, DIADEMATA, George J. Elvey, 1868
Scriptures: Isaiah 9:2; John 1:3-4
Topics: creation; universe; light; shadows; renewal

United Methodist pastor and hymn writer R. Frederick Crider explores themes related to creation in this new hymn. The author writes that this hymn "started out to be an Epiphany hymn, but ended up being more of a creation with a bit more theology than I had planned."

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