Brothers,<\/p>\n
I hope the advent season find you and your families well. In the spirit of the season, the following is offered as a thought for your holiday.<\/p>\n
In 1864 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned the following poem which became the Christmas carol “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”<\/p>\n
“Christmas Bells”<\/strong><\/p>\n “I heard the bells on Christmas Day<\/p>\n Their old familiar carols play,<\/p>\n And wild and sweet<\/p>\n The words repeat<\/p>\n Of peace on earth, good-will to men!<\/p>\n And thought how, as the day had come,<\/p>\n The belfries of all Christendom<\/p>\n Had rolled along<\/p>\n The unbroken song<\/p>\n Of peace on earth, good-will to men!<\/p>\n Till, ringing, singing on its way,<\/p>\n The world revolved from night to day,<\/p>\n A voice, a chime<\/p>\n A chant sublime<\/p>\n Of peace on earth, good-will to men!<\/p>\n Then from each black accursed mouth<\/p>\n The cannon thundered in the South,<\/p>\n And with the sound<\/p>\n The carols drowned<\/p>\n Of peace on earth, good-will to men!<\/p>\n It was as if an earthquake rent<\/p>\n The hearth-stones of a continent,<\/p>\n And made forlorn<\/p>\n The households born<\/p>\n Of peace on earth, good-will to men!<\/p>\n And in despair I bowed my head;<\/p>\n “There is no peace on earth,” I said;<\/p>\n “For hate is strong,<\/p>\n And mocks the song<\/p>\n Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”<\/p>\n Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:<\/p>\n “God is not dead; nor doth he sleep!<\/p>\n The Wrong shall fail,<\/p>\n The Right prevail,<\/p>\n With peace on earth, good-will to men!”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Merry Christmas Brothers!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In F, C and L,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n George Andrew Huttick Brothers, I hope the advent season find you and your families well. In the spirit of the season, the following is offered as a thought for your holiday. In 1864 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned the following poem which became the Christmas carol “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” “Christmas Bells” “I heard the bells […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patriotic-instruction","tag-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tnsuvcw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tnsuvcw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tnsuvcw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tnsuvcw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tnsuvcw.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.tnsuvcw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805,"href":"http:\/\/www.tnsuvcw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tnsuvcw.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tnsuvcw.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tnsuvcw.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPatriotic Instructor
\nFort Donelson, Camp #62
\nDepartment of Tennessee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"