Centuries later, William Chatterton Dix authored a poem titled “The Manger Throne,” from which the lyrics of “What Child Is This?” are drawn, and published it in 1865. But it wasn’t ...

Alleluia! Not as orphans are we left in sorrow now; alleluia! He is near us; faith believes, nor questions how. Though the ...

is one of my favorite Christmas carols. The lyrics were written in 1865 by a Brit named William Chatterton Dix. The words are set to the tune of “Greensleeves,” a song many of us remember from ...