Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” quickly became a popular Christmas carol in both the North and South during the Civil War. Hark the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King Hail the heav’nly Prince of Peace Hail the Sun of Righteousness Light and life to all He brings, Ris’n with healing in His wings. Whitefield’s orphanage is today a private school for boys known as Bethesda Academy with a majority African-American student body. One of the first ministers in America to preach to slaves, Whitefield approved of slave labor as being necessary to develop the South’s newly settled lands. He also began an orphanage that he named “Bethesda” in Savannah, Georgia.
In the early 1740’s, Whitefield rode a horse from New York City to Charleston, South Carolina, the longest trek via horseback in America by anyone to that date. In addition to revival-style evangelism Whitefield is remembered for his friendships with Benjamin Franklin and fellow ministers John and Charles Wesley. Whitefield’s (pronounced “WIT-field”) commanding voice enabled him to preach an estimated 18,000 sermons throughout his life to crowds as large as 30,000. Cummings adapted music that was originally composed by Felix Mendelssohn. Some of Wesley’s poetic words were altered by fellow evangelist George Whitefield (to Wesley’s dismay) then set to music in 1855 when William H.
The original words to this favorite Christmas carol were published in 1739 as “Hymn for Christmas-Day” by Methodist evangelist Charles Wesley.
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