O Little Town of Bethlehem | How The Tiny Town Speaks of a Great Savior!

Do you like Christmas carols and hymns? I have loved them since I was a child. I have a vivid childhood memory of being at the Christmas dinner at David Memorial Baptist Church and singing Christmas hymns together. The song that struck me with God’s holiness and reverence was Silent Night. Do you have a favorite Christmas hymn that means a lot to you during this time of year? Perhaps your favorite song this season is "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Written in December of 1835 by Phillips Brooks. It is indeed a fascinating song for sure. “Brooks, Phillips, D.D., was born in Boston, Dec. 13, 1835, graduated at Harvard College 1855, and was ordained in 1859. Successively Rector of the Church of the Advent, Philadelphia, and Trinity Church, Boston, he became Bishop of Mass. in 1891 and died in Boston in Jan. 1893. His Carol, "O little town of Bethlehem," was written for his Sunday School in 1868, the author having spent Christmas, 1866, at Bethlehem.” What is it about this little city that caught Brooks’ heart and mind? Let’s take a few moments today to consider it.