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Dec 24, 2015 · Learn the story behind one of Christmas' most iconic songs O HOLY NIGHT. Take a quick journey on the history of how the song came to be, and how it sparked a technological revolution...
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- The Lyrics For ‘O Holy Night’
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O holy night! The stars are brightly shining, It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till He appear'd and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn. Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices! O night divine, O night when Christ w...
‘O Holy Night’ had its origins in the mid-1800s in France. But the song stirred a lot of controversy in the church, to the point where it was banned. When asked to pen a poem for his parish’s Mass that Christmas, composer Placide Cappeauthought about the birth of Jesus, as cataloged in the Gospel of Luke, as he wrote the lyrics. He enlisted the hel...
The song reflects on the night of Jesus’ birth, as cataloged in Luke 2. Luke 2:4-12: “So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehemthe town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to himand was expecting a child.While they we...
Listen to this beautiful version by Josh Groban and you'll know why this performance has over 10 million plays! A wonderful cover by a truly talented singer, Carrie Underwood. Photo credit: ©Flickr Hope Bolinger is an acquisitions editor at End Game Press, book editor for hire, and the author of almost 30 books. More than 1500 of her works have bee...
Dec 18, 2018 · Learn the history behind the Christmas song, “O Holy Night.” WATCH more stories: http://share.cbn.com/5ds46 ...more.
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Nov 19, 2020 · Undocumented legends have persistently surrounded “O Holy Night,” including that trench-fighting during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 (or alternately, World War I) temporarily ceased while...
Dec 25, 2023 · The “O Holy Night” story begins in France in 1847, when a wine merchant—a fellow known more for his poetry than his church-going—was asked by a parish priest to write a poem for Christmas mass. Intuiting that the poem should be religious, wine guy turned to the gospel of Luke.
The Story Behind O Holy Night. O Holy Night was originally written by poet and author Placide Cappeau in 1843 in southern France. The music for the song was composed by the prolific French composer and music critic Adolphe Adam, and in 1855, the song was translated from French to English by John Sullivan Dwight.
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Dec 16, 2019 · Then a reader suggested I look up the story behind the song “O Holy Night.” And what a story that is. It seems that back in 1847 in a small French town, a man named Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure was known more for his talent at writing poetry than for his faithfulness in church attendance.
