Sun Journal Special Sections Western Maine Holiday Songbook

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12 Lewiston, Maine, Thursday,December 12, 2002Western Maine Holiday

The third of fouradvertising supplementsto the Sun Journalcelebratingthe holidays inWestern Maine.

Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002

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with the angelic host proclaim,

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late in time behold him come,

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Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;

hail, the incarnate deity,

pleased as Man with to dwell,

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Hail, the heaven-born Prince of peace!

Hail the Sun of righteousness!

Light and life to all he brings,

risen with healing in his wings.

Mild he lays his glory by,

born that man no more may die,

born to raise the suns of earth,

born to give them second birth.



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O Come All Ye Faithful(Adeste Fideles)

This carol is sometimes attributed to John Wade, a British exile living in France.

Otherwise, it is considered to be an anonymous Latin Hymn. Around 1751, Wade

put the text with music, probably by John Reading (English). In 1853, the familiar

translation first appeared, attributed to the Rev. Frederick Oakley.

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Deck the HallsThe music is an old Welsch melody Mozart used it in a piano and violin duet in

the 1700s. The words are believed to be American from the 19th centuery

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Silent Night

S ilent night! holy night!All is calm, all is brightround yon virgin mother and child,

Holy infant so tender and mild, sleep in heavenly peace!

Silent night! holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight;glories stream from heaven afar,heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,Christ, the Saviour, is born!

Silent night! holy night!Son of God, love’s pure lightradiant beams from thy holy face,with the dawn of redeeming grace,Jesus, Lord at they birth.

Silent NightSilent Night was written on Christmas Eve in 1818 in Oberndorf, Austria. One common story of this carol was that the organ at St. Nicholas

Church was broken, and the repairman could not get there in time to fix it, but recent research has found no evidence in the church

records or elsewhere to back this up. Joseh Mohr, the assistant pastor of the church, had written a poem, “Stille Nacht” in 1816. On Dec. 24, 1818, he gave the poem to his friend,

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Away in a Manger

The first two verses of “Away

in a Manger” were originally

published in a Lutheran Sunday

school book in 1885. Two years

later, James R. Murray published

it as “Luther’s Cradle Hymn,” thus

creating the misconception that

Luther had written it. Although

some attribute the words to

Luther, they are usually considered

American anonymous. Some

credit the music to Murray; others

think he merely harmonized an old

German folk song. The words are

frequently sung to the tune of

the Scottish song,

“Flow Gently Sweet Afton.”

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4 Lewiston, Maine, Thursday,December12, 2002Western Maine Holiday Lewiston, Maine, Thursday, December 12, 2002 Western Maine Holiday 9

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We Three Kings

Frequently thought to be much older than it

is, the words and music for this American carol

were written in 1857 by John Henry Hopkins

as part of a Christmas pageant for the General

Theological Seminary in New York City.

4. All ye, beneath life’s crushing load,

Whose forms are bending low,

Who toil along the climbing way

With painful steps and slow,

Look, now! for glad and golden hours

Come swiftly on the wing:

O rest beside the weary road,

And hear the angels sing!

5. For lo! the days are hast’ning on,

By prophet bards foretold,

When with the ever-circling years

Comes round the age of gold;

When peace shall over all the earth

Its ancient splendors fling,

And the whole world give back the song

Which now the angels sing!

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

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O Little Town of BethlehemO little town of Bethlehem,How still we see thee lie!

Above thy deep and dreamless sleepThe silent stars go by;

Yet in the dark streets shinethThe everlasting Light;

The hopes and fears of all the yearsAre met in thee tonight.

2. For Christ is born of Mary,And gathered all above,

While mortals sleep, the angels keepTheir watch of wond’ring love.

O morning stars, togetherProclaim the holy birth,

And praises sing to God the King,And peace to men on earth!

3. How silently, how silentlyThe wondrous gift is giv’n!

So God imparts to human heartsThe blessings of His heav’n.No ear may hear His coming,

But in this world of sin,Where meek souls will receive Him, still,

The dear Christ enters in. 4. O holy Child of Bethlehem!

Descend to us, we pray;Cast out our sin, and enter in,

Be born in us today!We hear the Christmas angels

The great glad tidings tell;O come to us, abide with us,

Our Lord Immanuel!

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

This 18th Century carol out of London, England, has an

oft-confused title. “God rest you merry, gentlemen”

is correct, not “God rest you, merry gentlemen.”

The verb “rest” is used here in the way now

most familiar from the phrase “rest assured.”

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Joy to the worldIssac Watts (1674-1748) was evidently short and not very handsome. A

young lady (Elizabeth Singer) who had fallen in love with him from his writ-ings, asked him to marry her, but when she saw him in person she took back the offer. She wrote later that Issac Watts was “only five feet tall, with a shal-low face, hooked nose, prominant cheek bones, small eyes, and deathlike color.....I admired the jewel but not the casket” that contained the jewel.

Maybe, he wasn’t a looker, but Issac Watts could certainly write. Wanting to write songs based on the Psalms from a New Testament background, Issac Watts wrote Joy To The World from Psalm 98. (Ps 98:4 Make a joyful noice unto the Lord all the earth; make a loud noise and rejoice and sing praise....). Watts was not immediately appreciated. “How dare he take the pslams and try to improve them,” was the outcry.

Many years after Watts’ death, Dr. Lowell Mason (1792-1872) took the hymn and placed it to music based on The Messiah by Frederick Handel (1685-1759), a contemperary of Issac Watts. Lowell started composing music in my home state of Georgia where he lived and worked as a banker (Savannah, GA) from 1812 - 1827. When he tried to publish his first set of musical works, it was rejected.

Finally, the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, Massachusetts accepted it. Born in Massachusettes, in 1827 Lowell returned there from Georgia where he eventually became president over the society that finally pub-lished his works. He went on to a great music career, composing over 1600 sacred works, including “Antioch” in 1848 which now takes the title of Isaac Watt’s work, Joy To The World.

Joy To The World is now universally sung as one of the most joyous songs of Christmas. Watts’ poem,Joy To The World, has also been sung to John Wy-eth’s tune, “Nettleton”, to which is more commonly sung “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” However, Lowell’s tune remains the most popular.

— Bill Drennon

— www.cvc.org/christmas/joy2w.htm

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