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Wednesday, December 22, 1971
Pyt. Pum^ardR^T
Finishes Training
THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
Page 5
FORT KNOX, Ky. — Army
Private Joe O. Bum^^ardner, 20,
\vhose wife, De»iK)rah, lives on
courtesy, miJitary justice?, first
-aid, and army history and tradi
tions.
■Pvt. Buni^aidner is a 1909
graduate of Kings Mountain high
school. Before entering the armyi
Stories Of Best-Loved Carols;
Silent Night" Most Popular
wrote this Christmas Carol alt
er ho had visited the ••little town
of Bethlehem’ where Jesus was
born. In that yeai he was the,
young rector of liie Church of the
Silent .Night, Holy Night: This i'ut it is generally believed that iloly Trinity rKpiscopal' in Phil-
^ Route 1, York RoatiTKings Moun- employed by P'iber Inctus- is perh.'ips our most beloved and it came to us from Trance about adelphia. Later be’became one of
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tain, N. C., recently completed
eight weeks of basic training at
the U. S. army training center,
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'He received instruction in drill
and ceremonies, weapons, map million pounds more than
reading, combat tactics, military same month last year.
most fiecjuenlly s-ung Christmas one iiundred years ago.,
jcarol; it came to *is from Ger- ^ '
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was lJ*il miil'ion pounds. That’s 5 in his church stury wishing he
the had something spe -ial for mid-
, .night mass. The stillness of the
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nigh! o.nd the beauty of the
snow-ciad mounlain.s inspred him
to write this ibeautiful carol. On
Christmas morning he hurried to
the homo of a friend \.’ho,was or-
' ganNt at hi.s little church, and
asked him to compose for the
verse he had written. His friends
i loved the words and was happy
i to have an opportunity to com-
poso tlie melody. After he had
completed it the two men s-ang it
over and over again and that
night, Christmas night, they iiung
it for the villagers who came to
x'.oiait'ip togetlicr in tile little
moanan church. Twenty • four
years later it was publishe.1
and written in other Jangjage.s
So that it could be sung the worUi
over.
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O'Come, All Ye Faithful; The
orgin -r' this hymn is uncertain,
the best-loved American preach-
ers.PhiIJips Brooks had spent a
year traveling abi oad, visiting the
Holy Land in JNicemher. On
Chi’istmas Ev(? ho went to Beth-
lielem, the scene of Jesus’ birth.
He saw the shepherds “keeping
watch over ihoir flocks,” just as
they had on that night when the
angels came to toll them of
Jesus’ birth. He attended a mici
night Christmas in the •Nativity,
built at the .spot where it is be
lieved Jesus was born. Three
yeais later after Phillip-s Brooks
bad retujned to his church in
Philadelphia, he wanto da Christ
mas song foj* the children of his
Sunday school.
The beautiful scenes of thei
Holy Land were still in hi-s mem-'
ory, .So he wrote verses describ-,
TIark The II<*rald Angeds Sing:
This beautiful hymn came to us
frem England. Cbarlc‘s Wesley
wrote the words. The joyous ring
ing of the church l>ells as he
walked to church one Christmas
morning inspired him to write
th(‘m. HLs five f n mu.sij ;iivi his
ability to write grow out of his
early home training. He \.’as one
of .nineteen children. His family
lived too far from Hie good
schools for the children to attend
his 'mother taught all of the
children. Each of them was
taught the Loid's Prayer os stion
as they could speak and ea'ch wa.s
taught to read at a very early
age. I-Tom Childhood Cliarles
grow to love music and poetry,
and he ix*eame one of the great-j .ing the little town of iBethlehem !
est ol al! hymn wilteis. ; ji^ ^ad seen It slcepin r under!
* * * ; the stars.
Away In A Manger: Tlii.s beau- j ^ I
tiful hymn, which children sing* When he had finished the song'
the world over, came to us from be took it to Lewis H. Rednor. his
GeiTnany. Martin Lutlier wrote organist and Sunday school sup-
tW S4e rt^ v
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both the music and words for his
small son, Hans, {Jolini, for a
Christmas Eve festival. Luther,
the son of a miner, was born in
a small German village. He lov
ed music from earliest cliildbood
and had unusual talent. He sang
well and played the flute and the
Lute, The story is told that at
Christmas time he us(?d to sing
up the windows of Hie wealthy
people. They would loss coins to
him and he (Lutheri in turn gave
them to the poor to help
Christmas for them.
erintendent, and asked him to
compose a tiune for the carol so
the children could sing it on
Christmas day. Redner worked
hard all the week trying to com-1
pose the right tune. He went sad
ly to bed on Chiistmas Eve for
the must disappoint his pastor
and the children of his Sunday
school. Suddenly he wa.-- awaken
ed in the night by a strange ring
ing in his ears. He got up and
wrote it down. The next morning
make' the lovely carol was sung by the
Sunday school children in Phil
adelphia, Christmas 1S98.
Joy To The World: This happy
. Christmas hymn came to -.s fi’om
I England. It was written f|iy Isaac
: M'atts in 1719. Walts is best
' known because of his hymns
for children. At his death a mon-
i ument to his memory was put in
j Westminister Abbey, the highest
I honor an Englishman can re-
! ceive. The monument pictures I present, the most piL.ed
: Watts writing while angels whis- property of mistletoe is the li-
I per in ears. . ' i cense for plenty of Yuletide kiss-
^9 1* j ing. Fortunately, theie’s plenty of
MISTLETOE HAS POWERS
Mysterious powers by the doz
ens have been credited to mis
tletoe, among them the power to
heal, to ward off evil, to summon
ghosts and force them to answer ,
questions. '
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i;HRISTlllS GREETinGS
e
I O Little Town of Bethlehem:
; Thn lovely carol is one of our
' very own. (Most of our songs,
I customs and traditions have come
to us from other lands H As we
sing this we may think back with
gratitude to Phillip Brooks who
mistletoe.
Thanks to the birds, the plant
spreads widely. The birds eat
mistletoe berries and carry the
seeds to trees near and far, say
the editors of the Ensyclopedia
International.
Radiantly, a star shines across the years . . . recalling
the joy of the first Christmas, and gleaming still
in hope and happiness for all. Let us rejoice, as we
cherish the manifold blessings of this holy season.
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