Friday, March 25, 2005

Christmas Carol Stories

The Story of Joy to the World The Christmas season would not be complete without singing Joy to the World, the most joyous of the Christmas carols. Ironically, the author of the hymn, Isaac Watts, never intended it to be a Christmas carol. It was actually a part of his Psalms of David Imitated, which was published in 1719, which was comprised of paraphrases of much of the Psalms in New Testament language. Joy to the World is the story of the author, Isaac Wat..