Christmas Eve

"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol written in 1816 by Father Joseph Mohr of a small rural church in a small part of Austria, composed by Franz Gruber, an obscure local music teacher.

It is said that the organ in the chapel was broken, so Father Mohr asked Mr. Gruber to have a guitar accompaniment for the song he had written for him. The song score was later brought out by the organ repair person, and the outside world was able to know the song. This song quickly spread and became popular. Today she has almost become the official "festival song" of Christmas. She was translated into many languages. The page above has 105 different versions of lyrics in 67 different languages. (Chinese translator Liu Tingfang is also a member of the "May 4th New Culture Christian" and "Life Society". It is said that he is a small "general" who is good at communicating and has a strong ability to social activities.)

This popular song is beautiful in tune, beautiful in lyrics, and full of a kind of heavenly peace. You can imagine the obscure Father Mohr looking at the moonlit scenery in the Austrian countryside on the hillside the night before Christmas, thinking about the biblical account of the birth of the Savior, and lamenting the salvation achieved by God through the incarnate Son. It is any heart that is blessed and inspired to write this immortal verse of "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht". Father Mohr lived a cold life, and all his wealth was dedicated to the local school and nursing home. When he died of illness, he was penniless, which truly reflects the spirit of the Christmas tradition "fraternity". " The composer of "Silent Night" is also very unknown, so that later people did not know his name for a long time, so there were times in history when the composer was attributed to "big names" such as Beethoven and Handel. The God of Lone Wonders once again "subverted" "famous" and "unknown". He used an unknown village church priest and an unknown amateur composer to create and leave this famous Christmas song for the world. The origin of "Silent Night" can be said to be a miracle in itself.