Amazing Grace

Well friends today is Amazing!

Amazing Grace.

I first took cardstock and added colonial writing.

Then I put the cardstock back in my printer,

and added the letters.

This hymn Amazing Grace was published

by an Anglican clergyman named

John Newton in 1779.

He wrote the words based on his

own personal experiences.

The colonists were very religious and spent

most of  Christmas Day listening 

to sermons and singing psalms.

Communities held services in their meeting house.

If you lived outside of the community,

church services were held at home.

Other Christmas songs 

from the colonial days were:

God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (1760)

Rest you merry was a saying that meant

rest assured happily citing the birth of Christ.

Oh Come All Ye Faithful (1751)

This song was originally written in Latin.

The Twelve Days Of Christmas (1780)

Published in a children's book

called Mirth Without Mischief.

Joy To The World (1719)

Interprets Christ as the king of the church

and king of the world.

Are any of these songs a favorite of yours?

If not, what is your favorite?

Amazing Grace was my dad's favorite.

That is why I chose this one once I knew

it was written in colonial times.

Amazing Grace Blessings To All!

Janice