Joy to the World: The Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas CarolsThis collection of stories behind the writing of 25 favorite carols will inspire and warm your heart. Each story includes a devotional meditation, a related passage from Scripture, and a musical score complete with lyrics. |
Contents
Introduction | 5 |
Angels from the Realms of Glory | 7 |
Angels We Have Heard on High | 11 |
Away in a Manger | 15 |
Go Tell It on the Mountain | 19 |
Good Christian Men Rejoice | 23 |
Hark the Herald Angels Sing | 27 |
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day | 31 |
O Holy Night | 59 |
O Little Town of Bethlehem | 65 |
Once in Royal Davids City | 69 |
Ring the Bells | 73 |
Silent Night Holy Night | 79 |
The First Noel | 83 |
Theres a Song in the Air | 87 |
Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne | 91 |
It Came upon the Midnight Clear | 35 |
Joy to the World | 39 |
Lo How a Rose Eer Blooming | 43 |
O Come All Ye Faithful | 47 |
O Come Little Children | 51 |
O Come O Come Emmanuel | 55 |
We Three Kings of Orient Are | 95 |
What Child Is This? | 99 |
While by Our Sheep | 103 |
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks | 107 |
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Joy to the World!: The Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Carols Kenneth W. Osbeck Limited preview - 1999 |
Joy to the World!: The Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Carols Kenneth W. Osbeck No preview available - 2000 |
Common terms and phrases
ADOLPHE ADAM adore Amazing Grace beloved carol Bethlehem blessed bove carol hymn CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER celebration century Christ's birth Christian Christmas Carols Christmas Day Christmas hymn Christmas season Christmas songs composer Didst Leave Thy Edmund Sears English Father Mohr favorite Felix Mendelssohn Franz Grüber FREDERICK OAKELEY gift glad God's Hallelujah HARRY BOLLBACK heart for Thee Holy Night humble Hymn Stories inspiring Isaac Watts Jesus John JOHN STAINER JOSEPH MOHR KENNETH King known light lives ly night manger Mary melody Mendelssohn Messiah MICHAEL PRAETORIUS Nahum Tate o'er Once in Royal organist OSBECK peace on earth praise Psalms published Realms of Glory Redeemer Rejoice Ring the Bells Royal David's City Savior is born Shepherds Watched Silent Night spiritual star sus-There is room Theodore Baker There's a Song Thou Didst Leave truth tune verses Watched Their Flocks wise words worship writing written