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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1960
Page
4
Pastor G C Senff reflects at Trinity Lutheran Stonewall on Christmas hymns in Scripture and hymns. He urges putting God's glory first and embracing peace through faith in Christ for all mankind.
The piece traces Christmas from 601 A. D. when Pope Gregory urged mission work to blend pagan celebrations with Christian festivity. It notes Puritan bans in 1644 England and a revival in the mid 19th century sparked by Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
Charles Wesley, a Methodist minister in England, wrote Hark the Herald Angels Sing on Christmas morning. He was inspired by the pealing of church bells and was the brother of John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
Bethlehem remains poor with refugees crowding the streets and the olive wood craft trade crippled by conflict. Pilgrims from both sides travel the no man s land to reach the Church of the Nativity for a High Mass and sacred processions ending at the Altars of the Nativity Wise Men and Manger. Elizabeth H. as reported notes the city s revival at Christmas with Christians singing Glory to God in the highest.
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