Carol History: I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Henry Longfellow had a beautiful wife and five children. Life was good. On July 10, 1861, some drops of wax fell on his wife’s dress, causing it to catch fire. Though Longfellow did all he could to put out the flames, his wife passed away the next morning.
The next Christmas, he wrote in his journal, “How inexpressively sad are all holidays.” Longfellow slipped into deep depression. When his son was injured in the Civil War, it seemed that the darkness would only increase.
On Christmas Day 1864, Longfellow’s hope in God returned. Light came through the darkness. Listen to the remarkable…
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