The Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" was written in 1868 by ... Brooks wrote the text to the song and asked the organist at the time, Lewis Redner, to write the music for it.

“O Little Town of Bethlehem” was written in 1867 ... He had been in Israel two years earlier and had celebrated Christmas in Bethlehem. This song describes the city not so much as it was ...

‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ is one of the most popular Christmas carols ... Benson’s Studies Of Familiar Hymns, he quotes Redner saying: “I was roused from sleep late in the night hearing an ...

we’ll be tackling one secular song and one holy song each day. “O Little Town of Bethlehem” is a beloved Christmas standard on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean—yet if an American asked a ...

O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule Israel" (Micah 5:2). The town of Bethlehem was known to the people.

The inspiration for ''O Little Town of Bethlehem" probably came to Brooks ... church was singing hour after hour with the splendid hymns of praise to God, how again and again it seemed as if ...

The little town of Bethlehem is jammed with a big-city problem. Traffic snarls streets everywhere, including around the church marking the spot where Jesus was born. And now, with Christmas upon ...

LINDSAY TERRY To contact Lindsay Terry, email [email protected]. Bethlehem... Bethlehem of Judea, millenniums ago God's Word, through the prophet Micah, shined its light upon you, declaring ...

“O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie,” begins a beloved Christmas carol sung since 1868, paying homage to Jesus’ birthplace. But have you heard of Bethlehem, Connecticu ...

Christians throughout the world will think of Bethlehem this season whenever we sing the familiar carol “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” But this year, none of us should sing the following words ...