O Little Town Of Bethlehem Traditional Cache
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O Little Town Of Bethlehem
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O Little Town of Bethlehem
Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 – January 23, 1893), an Episcopal priest, Rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, was inspired to pen the poem when he was visiting the little town of Bethlehem in 1865. Lewis Redner, who spent 19 years as organist at the Church of the Holy Trinity, set the poem to music three years later on Christmas Eve, 1868. The carol was first sung the next day.
Redner's tune, simply titled "St. Louis", is the tune used most often for the carol in the United States.
On April 30, 1891 Brooks was elected sixth Bishop of Massachusetts, and on the 14 October was consecrated to that office in Trinity Church. He died unmarried in 1893, after an episcopate of only 15 months. His death was a major event in the history of Boston. One observer reported: "They buried him like a king. Harvard students carried his body on their shoulders. All barriers of denomination were down. Roman Catholics and Unitarians felt that a great man had fallen in Israel." (Mrs. Edward S. Drown, in The Witness, March 21, 1940).
O little town of Bethlehem
How still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight
For Christ is born of Mary
And gathered all above
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wondering love
O morning stars together
Proclaim the holy birth
And praises sing to God the King
And Peace to men on earth
How silently, how silently
The wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heaven.
No ear may his His coming,
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive him still,
The dear Christ enters in.
O holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born to us today
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us
Our Lord Emmanuel
The Cache is a large Official Geocache Container with a log, pencil, deck of cards, Las Vegas Micro Benchmark Geocoin, small keychain LED flashlight and a Geocaching sticker as beginning items. Bring your camera!
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