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(Music by Seth Martin, circa 2006; words adapted from two poems by Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary to India known as the "Protestant Mother Teresa", famous for rescuing girls and young women from religious control and sexual slavery, 1867-1951)

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Hush, o hush, the moon's alight
Pale the stars and few and faint
Lilies red and lilies white
Stand each like a haloed saint

See the shadowy dreamy trees
Bathe in pools of silver air
Hear the whisper of the breeze
Murmur softly like a prayer

Hush, o hush, 'tis holy ground
Moon-washed clean as driven snow
Meet for him the moonbeams crowned
In a garden long ago

See beyond that leafy bow
Someone walks the garden now
Thorns, not roses, on their brow
Bitter sharp thorns, not roses

Bitter thorns, then it must be
Our dear Love, for who but Thee
Wears that crown of infamy
Giving us joy of roses?

Oh my Lover who has borne
Pain for me and grief and scorn
From that crown I'd pluck the thorn
Comfort thy heart with roses!

Hush! O Hush! The moon's alight
Pale the stars and few and faint
Lilies red and lilies white
Stand each like a haloed saint

Hush o hush, 'tis holy ground
Moon-washed clean as driven snow
Meet for whom the moonbeams crowned
In a garden long ago

Moonbeams crown Thee once again!
Lilies ring your sanctus bells!
God of love and God of pain
Thou art here, Immanuel!

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from Hush: Songs for Christmas, released December 6, 2023

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Seth Mountain 이산 South Korea

Seth Martin (aka Seth Mountain or 이산), is a roots musician originally from the Pacific Northwest (US).

Continuing in the radical tradition of artists like Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Utah Phillips, Martin has been living in Seoul since 2015. He regularly performs with Korean and foreign folk, indie and rock acts.

"Quite possibly the closest thing we have to Woody Guthrie."
--Bill Mallonee ... more

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