Who is Edmund Hamilton Sears

Edmund Hamilton Sears (April 6, 1810 – January 14, 1876) was an American Unitarian parish minister and author who wrote a number of theological works influencing 19th-century liberal Protestants. Today, Sears is primarily known as the man who penned the words to "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" in 1849. It has been sung to two tunes, one by Richard Storrs Willis and another adapted by Arthur Sullivan from a traditional English air.

Sears originally wrote the song as a melancholy reflection on his times while a minister in Wayland, Massachusetts, US. However, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" has since become a popular Christmas carol.

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Born on April 6, 1810, the youngest of three sons of Joseph and Lucy (Smith) Sears, Edmund grew up on a farm w...
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Edmund Hamilton Sears Poems

  • It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
    It came upon the midnight clear,
    That glorious song of old,
    From angels bending near the earth,
    To touch their harps of gold;...
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I Love You 1 Beneath 1 Bring 1 Wrong 1 Hear 1 Clear 1 Long 1 King 1 Good 1 Earth 1


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Boldcorgi: “when wrong has become so organized as to make the state it’s permanent body, then the states functions and the men holding offices do the bidding of wrong and of evil…humanity dies out of it [the state] and demonism becomes its life and soul.” edmund hamilton sears 1810-1876
Boldcorgi: “when human and divine law were in conflict it was the duty of all to obey the latter.” edmund hamilton sears 1810-1876
Literaryrob: though ten dim stars have turned to blood / on yonder field of blue: "song for july 4, 1861" by edmund hamilton sears struggled with how to celebrate independence day amid secession --
Literaryrob: whether you live in sorrow's shade, or on the grass recline: on the birth of edmund hamilton sears, april 6, 1810, and his poem on "serenity" --
Literaryrob: and let celestial breathings move / upon our souls to-day! edmund hamilton sears wrote the hymn for his ordination, february 20, 1839 --
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Hark to the echo of Time-s footsteps; gone
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