{"id":10413,"date":"2020-12-24T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=10413"},"modified":"2020-12-14T11:51:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T17:51:27","slug":"christmas-song-3-index-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2020\/christmas-song-3-index-and-resources.html","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Song #3 &#8211; Index and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-10413\" data-postid=\"10413\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-10413 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n\n\n<p><strong>I hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed our exploration of <em>It Came Upon The Midnight Clear<\/em>!<\/strong> This is an index of all the posts. Below that, I&#8217;ve included some resources for further study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/shepherds-loutherbourg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/shepherds-loutherbourg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/shepherds-loutherbourg.jpg 288w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/shepherds-loutherbourg-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>&#8220;The Angel Appears to the Shepherds&#8221; by Philip James de Loutherbourg (courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Loutherbourg-L%27Ange_apparaissant_aux_bergers.jpg\">Ji-Elle<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2020\/christmas-song-3-and-its-a-strange-one.html\">Christmas Song #3 \u2013 And it\u2019s a strange one.<\/a><\/em>  &#8211; The introduction to the new series, with links to the two previous ones.<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2020\/christmas-song-3-it-came-upon-the-midnight-clear.html\">Christmas Song #3 \u2013 It Came Upon The Midnight Clear<\/a><\/em>  &#8211; The first two verses give us the background for the message of the carol. Also, notes on the religion of its author.<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2020\/christmas-song-3-two-thousand-years-of-wrong.html\">Christmas Song #3 \u2013 \u201cTwo thousand years of wrong\u201d<\/a><\/em>  &#8211; The third stanza, the end of war, and Psalm 46.<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2020\/christmas-song-3-what-only-christians-can-do-at-christmas.html\">Christmas Song #3 \u2013 What Only Christians Can Do At Christmas<\/a><\/em>  &#8211; The fourth stanza, and the oppressed listen to the angel&#8217;s song.<\/li><li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2020\/christmas-song-3-the-age-of-gold.html\">Christmas Song #3 \u2013 \u201cThe Age of Gold\u201d<\/a><\/em>  &#8211; The angels&#8217; song and the path to the &#8220;age of gold&#8221;. Also, the surprising omission in this carol.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\">Further Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A few other links to check out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hymntime.com\/tch\/htm\/i\/t\/c\/a\/itcameup.htm\">The Cyber Hymnal<\/a> &#8211; lyrics, pictures of the authors, alternate tunes and languages can be found here.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com\/Hymns_and_Carols\/it_came_upon_the_midnight_clear.htm\">The Hymns and Carols of Christmas<\/a> &#8211; there&#8217;s a lot about the history of the text here. Some authors have attempted to make some verses more personal, or more Christ-centred.<\/li><li>WordWise Hymns &#8211; My Dad wrote some articles on this carol and its author, including <a href=\"https:\/\/wordwisehymns.com\/2013\/05\/31\/it-came-upon-the-midnight-clear\/\">It Came Upon the Midnight Clear<\/a> (thoughts on the lyrics), and <a href=\"https:\/\/wordwisehymns.com\/2010\/04\/06\/today-in-1810-edmund-sears-born\/\">Today in 1810 \u2013 Edmund Sears Born<\/a> (more on Sears&#8217; religion, and another carol that he wrote).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/historybecauseitshere.weebly.com\/the-angels-song---it-came-upon-the-midnight-clear.html\">The Angel&#8217;s Song &#8211; It Came Upon the Midnight Clear<\/a> &#8211; detailed information on Sears&#8217; life, and more on the controversy about just how &#8220;Christian&#8221; this carol is.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/search.php?query=(Sears+Midnight)+AND+date:[1848-01-01+TO+1948-12-31]&amp;sort=-date\">Internet Archive<\/a> &#8211; some old recordings and printings of this carol.<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed our exploration of It Came Upon The Midnight Clear! 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