The hymn was written by Edmund Sears in 1849 at a time when world he lived in was anything but peaceful. The Mexican-American War had just ended the previous year which left the nation (as well as the church) shaken and divided. Tensions over slavery were increasing and within a little more than a decade the country would be engulfed in The American Civil War.
This hymn is actually a very old Latin hymn, written originally in the ninth century. Its author is unknown, and over the years it has been translated and adapted many times. Even today, there are several versions with differing numbers of verses—some drawn from the original Latin and some added by more modern writers.
This hymn is a rather romanticized image of Christ’s birth—‘Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright….sleep in heavenly peace…’ It sounds like such a peaceful, holy, glorious, clean setting. And in some ways, maybe it was. Yet in other ways it was very much not so. It was the night where the humiliation of Christ, as it is often called, began.
Isaac Watts was born on July 17, 1674, in England. Isaac was the oldest of 9 children and was known for his strong intellect. Isaac had a love of poetry and languages. He learned Latin when he was 4, Greek when he was 9, French when he was 10, and Hebrew when he was 13.
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” ~ Galatians 5:13-14
Isaac Watts was born on July 17, 1674, in England. Isaac was the oldest of 9 children and was known for his strong intellect. Isaac had a love of poetry and languages. He learned Latin when he was 4, Greek when he was 9, French when he was 10, and Hebrew when he was 13.
Helen Roseveare was born on September 21, 1925. As a child, she had a Sunday school teacher who once told their class about India, and Helen resolved to herself that she would one day be a missionary; however, despite her Christian family and faithful church attendance, Helen sensed a void in her life and distance from God.
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Elizabeth Prentiss was a Pastor’s wife in New York in the 1800’s. She was described by others as “a bright-eyed, little woman, with a keen sense of humor, who cared more to shine in her own happy household than in a wide circle of society." But for much of her life she lived the life of a near invalid, her body often wracked with pain.
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