{"id":63375,"date":"2016-12-26T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=63375"},"modified":"2016-12-25T22:22:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T05:22:30","slug":"i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2016\/12\/26\/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Monday: I heard the Bells on Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/bK8xB1opuQ8\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>Since yesterday Christmas began, it&#8217;s time to crack open the Christmas Music! Today is one of my favourites, &#8220;I heard the Bells on Christmas Day&#8221;, by\u00a0Casting Crowns:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bK8xB1opuQ8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I heard the bells on Christmas day<br \/>\nTheir old familiar carols play<br \/>\nAnd mild and sweet their songs repeat<br \/>\nOf peace on earth good will to men<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>And the bells are ringing (peace on earth)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Like a choir they&#8217;re singing (peace on earth)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> In my heart I hear them (peace on earth)<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Peace on earth, good will to men<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">And in despair I bowed my head<br \/>\nThere is no peace on earth I said<br \/>\nFor hate is strong and mocks the song<br \/>\nOf peace on earth, good will to men<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Then rang the bells more loud and deep<br \/>\nGod is not dead, nor does he sleep (peace on earth, peace on earth)<br \/>\nThe wrong shall fail, the right prevail<br \/>\nWith peace on earth, good will to men<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Then ringing singing on its way<br \/>\nThe world revolved from night to day<br \/>\nA voice, a chime, a chant sublime<br \/>\nOf peace on earth, good will to men<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since yesterday Christmas began, it&#8217;s time to crack open the Christmas Music! Today is one of my favourites, &#8220;I heard the Bells on Christmas Day&#8221;, by\u00a0Casting Crowns: I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play And mild and sweet their songs repeat Of peace on earth good will to men And the bells are ringing (peace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2496],"tags":[315,679,4184,4185],"class_list":["post-63375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-casting-crowns","tag-christmas","tag-i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day","tag-peace-on-earth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63375"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63378,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63375\/revisions\/63378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}