Grace Chapel
Andrew Casteel on Sunday, December 12
Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV
Luke 2:10-14 NIV
Matthew 2:13-18 NIV
Matthew 2:19-23 NIV
Revelation 12:1-5 NIV
1 Corinthians 7:15 NIV
Colossians 3:15 NIV
Romans 14:19 NIV
Hebrews 12:14 NIV
Isaiah 53:3-5 NIV
Hebrews 12:2-3 NIV
John 16:33 NIV
Revelation 20:10 NIV
Revelation 21:1-5 NIV
Christmas Bells
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
and wild and sweet The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime, A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong, And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men.”