Robert Neilly Dec 21, 20212 minAdventVideo - Birthday of a King 21/12/2021This was another Christmas hymn I had never heard previously. Again, thanks to Anne Smith for the music and Beth Easton for the reading....
Robert Neilly Dec 20, 20211 minAdventVideo - Jesus, the Son of God 20/12/2021Today's video is a medley of two Christmas hymns - although their message is not limited to Christmas. They are both Anne Smith's...
Robert Neilly Dec 19, 20212 minAdventVideo - O little town of Bethlehem 19/12/2021It was a visit to the Holy Land which inspired the American Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893) to write this carol. He had attended a...
Robert Neilly Dec 18, 20211 minAdventVideo - Away in a Manger 18/12/2021This is widely regarded as a children's Christmas carol but it has an appeal to all ages. We are not too sure who wrote the first two...
Robert Neilly Dec 17, 20212 minAdventVideo - Christians awake 17/12/2021I had never heard this hymn before Anne Smith shared a recording of herself playing it. It is an old hymn written in the 18th century and...
Robert Neilly Dec 16, 20211 minAdventVideo - Once in Royal David's City 16/12/2021The video introduces the carol which was written by a woman named Cecil Alexander. The reference to Royal David's City is to Bethlehem....
Robert Neilly Dec 15, 20211 minAdventVideo - Joy to the World 15/12/2021This carol was written by Isaac Watts a long time ago in 1719 in a book of hymns and spiritual songs. Watt's book had a very long title...
Robert Neilly Dec 14, 20212 minAdventVideo - Silent Night 14/12/2021This is perhaps the best known carol and it also has a very interesting story. It all began in Austria in 1816 when a young priest was...
Robert Neilly Dec 13, 20211 minAdventVideo - The Greatest Story 13/12/2021This video contains a hymn which I had never heard before. I agree entirely with its message, however. The real message of Christmas is...
Robert Neilly Dec 12, 20212 minAdventVideo - The Servant King 12/12/2021In the Christian Church Advent is celebrated in the month of December so the 1st of December is the start of Advent. The word 'advent'...