The Biblical Truth Of Our Hymns. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear. by Looking for that blessed hope, published on 2018-11-20T18:11:07Z American Unitarian parish minister and author who wrote a number of theological works influencing 19th-century liberal Protestants. Sears originally wrote the song as a melancholy reflection on his times while a minister in Wayland, Massachusetts, US. Sears preached the equality of women and men. Unitarians do not believe Jesus is God, thus a good work of man to save one's soul. Jesus, there is no Jesus in the Carol. My Jesus is God. Write To Us: Jesus Christ The Blessed Hope PO Box 11682 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-1682 Genre Religion & Spirituality