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He wrote It Came Upon the Midnight Clear while serving as a part-time preacher in Wayland. [2] Writing during a period of personal melancholy, and with news of revolution in Europe and the United States' war with Mexico fresh in his mind, Sears portrayed the world as dark, full of "sin and strife", and not hearing the Christmas message.
Richard Storrs Willis (February 10, 1819 – May 10, 1900) was an American composer, mainly of hymn music. His best known melody is probably the one called, simply, Carol. This is the standard tune, in the United States, though not in Great Britain, of the much-loved hymn "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (1850), with lyrics by Edmund Sears. He ...
He wrote "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" while serving as a part-time preacher in Wayland. [ 2 ] In addition to the above noted hymn , Sears authored the following publications: Fire-side Colloquies (1847); Regeneration (1853); Calm on the Listening Ear of Night; Pictures of the Olden Time (1857); Athanasia (1858); and Sermons and Songs of ...
This category is for hymns that appear in the 1986 hymn book, The New English Hymnal. ... It Came Upon the Midnight Clear; J. Jerusalem the Golden (hymn)
"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" words: Edmund Hamilton Sears: 1849 music (US): "Carol" Richard Storrs Willis. music (UK): "Noel", melody arranged and adapted by Arthur Sullivan "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree" Elizabeth Poston "Jingle Bells" James Lord Pierpont: 1857 Originally titled "One Horse Open Sleigh"; and written for a school ...
The Hymn of Joy; I. I Am a Pilgrim; I Am the Bread of Life; I am Thine, O Lord; I love to steal awhile away; ... It Came Upon the Midnight Clear; It Is Well with My ...
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Highlights include a duet with Amy Grant and Sandi Patti singing a medley of "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "One Small Child" recorded by David Meece, a song he wrote back in 1971 and has since been covered by many Christian artists including Evie, First Call and Rebecca St. James.