This is the story behind this song. Read it and then enjoy the song! The story behind this Christmas hymn makes the words of it all the sweeter. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day was a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, on Christmas Day, 1864. His journal entry from two years earlier, on Christmas day read, A merry Christmas say the children, but that is no more for me. Longfellows wife had rushed to his study, her dress having caught on fire. He did his best to extinguish the flames but she passed away from her injuries. Longfellow wore a beard from that time forward because his own face had been badly scarred by the flames. Then Longfellows son left to join the Union Army. He was stricken with typhoid, returned to his regiment, and was then wounded in a battle that caused him permanent injuries. Longfellow wrote the words, and in despair I bowed my head there is no peace on earth, I said, for hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, good will to men with great understanding of the word despair. It was the church bells that rang out that Christmas Day that brought him to a place of hope. All of us know people who need to find that same hope this Christmas. They look fine in public, but in private, they bow their head in despair. Will you help them hear the message of the church? God is not dead and he does not sleep. All that is wrong is temporary. All that is right, all that is good, all that is of God will prevail. There will be peace. There will be joy. There will be heaven for those who know and accept the high and holy message of Christmas. Longfellow heard that hopeful message of Christmas in the church bells. Who is hurting, sad and lonely and needs you to share the message of good will? Dont forget them at Christmas time.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 19:35:59 +0000
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