MusicMastersPS's video: Salem Choral Society 2019 12 08-C I Will Light Candles This Christmas Arnesen

Salem Choral Society (2019.12.08-C) ''I Will Light Candles This Christmas'' (Arnesen) This song is a 2018 composition by the Norwegian choral composer Kim Andre Arnesen, who was born in 1980. The text is by an American Baptist pastor, Howard Thurman (1899-1981), who was a grandson of a slave ... and was mentored by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: I will light Candles this Christmas; Candles of joy despite all sadness, Candles of hope where despair keeps watch, Candles of courage for fears ever present, Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days, Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens, Candles of love to inspire all my living, Candles that will burn all the year long. When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flocks, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among others, To make music in the heart.