"SING * PLAY * LOVE"...My thoughts and memories as I play one hymn each day from the hymnbook of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" during 2012.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
#214 "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
This hymn originally was a seven-stanza poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The omitted verses were about the Civil War. I am glad that in the 1985 edition of the LDS Hymnbook, they made sure that the last verse ended with a feeling of faith and optimism. The fourth verse, "Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: 'God is not dead, nor doth he sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, With peace on earth, goodwill to men.'" is my favorite because of its happy message.
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