Silent
night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright
Round yon
virgin, mother and child,
Holy
Infant, so tender and mild
Sleep in
heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.
…do you ever wonder
what the story behind a hymn is? How did it get written? Who wrote
the song? Well, today I wanted to share with you girls the precious
story of this classic Christmas hymn, “Silent Night.”
In 1818, assistant pastor
Joseph Mohr was finalizing the plans for the Christmas Eve service,
just hours away from its beginning. To his horror he realized that
mice had destroyed part of the organ’s mechanisms and that there
was no time to fix the organ before the service. He asked God to
come through for him, because he knew a Christmas Eve service without
music simply wouldn’t do. The LORD reminded him of a poem he had
written years before, and he searched diligently through his
belongings until he found it – the poem was the words we sing today
as “Silent Night.” He rushed over to one of his church member’s
homes, asking a young man to write music for the words. The young
man agreed, and that night for the Christmas Eve service, “Silent
Night” was sung for the very first time, with a guitar as the only
musical accompaniment.
In 2013, we might read
such a story and think, “Seriously, that could not have happened
just like that. It’s too perfect of a story.” But, we have to
remember that the God of the Bible was the God of 1818; and the God
of 1818 IS the God of 2013, too. God does great things for His
children when they seek His face.
Did you like that hymn
story, girls? I did a whole year of hymn study in college, and I’d
love to share more stories with you in the future – if you liked
this hymn story, let me know what other hymn(s) you would like to
learn more about!
Scripture Reading for the Day:
Proverbs 25
I Thessalonians 1
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