I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Christmas carol; musical setting of the poem Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, composed by John Baptiste Calkin
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day is a Christmas Carol based on a 1863 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Lyrics edit
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, good-will to men."
Quotes about I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day edit
- Longfellow is like us, we've heard the truth of "peace on Earth good will to men" but we also live the truth that "hate is strong and mocks the song." The Christian message is that God the divine word leaped like a warrior to this earth to transform it so that you and I in the midst of a world that is broken, in the midst of the world where bells still ring even though cannons still boom, that we can still have hope.
