O Little Town of Bethlehem became a success when its original lyrics were married with a folk song from Surrey [SolStock] First heard in a sleepy English hamlet, a simple folk tune grew into the ...
(RNS) — A century and a half after Phillips Brooks wrote this haunting carol, there is much once again to lament, fear and grieve. (RNS) — One Sunday morning, a pastor steps up to his pulpit and — ...
One of America’s great Christmas songs grew out of procrastination. Two friends — a rector and his organist at the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square — found the inspiration in the ...
Edward Lear, “Bethlehem” (1861). Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Public domain. “O Little Town of Bethlehem” has shaped how millions of English speakers imagine the Palestinian town where Jesus was ...
First heard in a sleepy English hamlet, a simple folk tune grew into the melody for one of the world's most cherished Christmas carols. O Little Town of Bethlehem began life as an American poem, ...