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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1939
Page
5
A lively survey traces Joy to the World and We Three Kings to their Handel inspired tunes and historic pairings. It notes While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks and Silent Night among enduring favorites and recalls a pump organ mishap that helped birth a global Christmas song tradition.
Carols describe Christ born in Bethlehem to save mankind from Satan's power. Shepherds hear tidings from angels, visit the manger, and spread praise. The chorus recalls comfort and joy as Christmas songs unite people in love and brotherhood.
A nostalgic medley of Christmas carol stanzas recalls The First Noel and O Holy Night. The text weaves verses about shepherds, stars, Bethlehem, and the birth of Jesus with notes on Paris and Adolphe Adar and the enduring appeal of sacred hymns.
The account recalls a decree by Caesar Augustus forcing a tax in Judea, Joseph and Mary traveling from Galilee to Bethlehem, Mary giving birth in a manger, shepherds visiting, angels announcing a savior, and the shepherds returning praising God for what they saw and heard.
Philadelphia rector Dr Phillips Brooks wrote the 1868 text for the Christmas hymn O Little Town of Bethlehem. Organist Louis Reener recalls inspiration coming in a dream that yielded the melody and lines about the silent stars and everlasting light. The hymn invites the Holy Child to descend and be born in human hearts as Emmanuel.
The piece traces Charles Wesley as lyricist with melodies emerging a century later in Mendelssohn's 1840 Gentata era. It quotes the hymn’s opening and full stanzas, noting themes of peace mercy reconciliation and a birth narrative in Bethlehem.
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