Do you have a favorite Christmas carol? One of mine is “O Holy Night.”
The most- agreed- upon parts of its story are these:
Sometime in the 1840’s, in the small French town of Roquemaure, Placide Cappeau wrote a Christmas poem, at the request of the local priest.
Adolphe Adam, a popular composer, set the words to music.
A disputed, but delightful to consider, event is whether Reginald Fessenden played it on the violin during the first Trans Atlantic radio broadcast.
O holy night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
Till He appeared 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 was born;
O night divine, O night, O night divine.
Since the writing of these words, sadly, the world is still “in sin and error pining.” But I love the reassurance that His appearance makes us feel how much we are worth to Him!
And this gives our weary souls reason to rejoice and fall on our knees to worship this wonderful Savior. If you have not done this, then make this your first real Christmas by confessing your sins and receiving Christ.
