Arrangement copyright (c) 2009 by Roger K. Myers All Rights Reserved
This is a powerful arrangement when you tell the story
behind the songs. It was at the height of the American
Civil War that Longfellow penned the words to ?I Heard
the Bells of Christmas Day.? The third verse captured
the contrast between the message of ?peace on earth?
and the violence of the war. To some it appeared that
God was dead, or at least uninterested in the affairs
of men. But the fourth verse puts it in perspective.
God is not dead. He is not uninterested. God has a
plan and ...(+)
This is a powerful arrangement when you tell the story
behind the songs. It was at the height of the American
Civil War that Longfellow penned the words to ?I Heard
the Bells of Christmas Day.? The third verse captured
the contrast between the message of ?peace on earth?
and the violence of the war. To some it appeared that
God was dead, or at least uninterested in the affairs
of men. But the fourth verse puts it in perspective.
God is not dead. He is not uninterested. God has a
plan and a purpose and ?the wrong shall fail, the right
prevail, with peace on earth, good will toward men.?
However, for peace on earth to become a reality mankind
must first be in a right relationship with God. That is
the whole reason for the First Noel or the first
Christmas. It marked the arrival of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God, who came to proclaim the Truth and to make
atonement for mankind?s sin against God.
