Welcome
Eternal Life Baptist Church invites you to join us for Sunday morning worship at 11 am.
Grow together in Bible studies, Sundays at 10 am and Wednesdays at 10 am and 7pm.
Eternal Life Baptist Church is located on East County Line Road in Mooresville, IN.
Lottie Moon Christmas Concert
Join us on 12/21/25 at 6:00pm, for a FREE Christmas concert for everyone to enjoy.
Due to weather, the concert has been postponed and will be held on 12/21. We hope to see everyone there.
Sundays @ 11 am
Please join us on Sundays at 10 am for Bible Study and at 11 am for Worship Service with Pastor Nate Tripp.
Wednesdays at 10 am temporarily not in session for Bible Study (book of 1 Samuel) with Pastor Nate,
and/or the 7pm Bible Study with Tim Underwood.
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor over Syria. And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the City of David, which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and lineage of David; to be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, and being great with child. And so it was that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them,” Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David, a Savior, which is Christ, the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, “Let us go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.” And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joesph, and the Babe lying in a manger.
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head: the stars in the sky looked down where He lay, the little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.
The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes, but little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes; I love Thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky, and stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.
Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay close by me forever, and love me, I pray; bless all the dear children in Thy tender care, and take us to heaven to live with Thee there.
“Away in a Manger” was most likely written in the early to mid-1800s by an anonymous American, and published by Charles H. Gabriel, which was then titled, “A Cradle Song”. It is said, that Martin Luther heard the carol and sang it to his children each night as a prayer. In 1887, James Murray, an American hymn writer, renamed “Luther’s” Cradle Hymn to “Away in a Manger”. A little child was once asked, “what the song meant”? The child responded, “Mary and Joseph were poor and had no money, so Mary had Jesus in a manger”. The interviewer thought about the child’s answer; mangers are not very clean, and probably did not smell great, but yet, God placed His Son in a stable. The third verse was added in 1904, by Dr. John McFarland.
John Thomas McFarland “Tom” was born to John and Elizabeth McFarland, on January 2, 1851, in Mt. Vernon, IN. He studied at Iowa Wesleyan University and Boston University School of Theology. He was a pastor in IN, IA, RI, and KS. He served on the Board of Sunday School in NYC, Secretary of the Sunday School Union, and editor of Sunday School materials. John wrote several articles in the local papers encouraging people to attend Sunday School and get involved in church, wrote several poems, and other works. He is most known for his addition to “Away in a Manger”, which was added to the “Dainty Little Songs for Lads and Lasses”. He married Mary Eliza and had a daughter, Merle. John passed away in NJ, at the age of 62, on December 22, 1913.
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