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I Heard the Bells

You might be surprisedthat I invited the Reverend to join us

You might be surprised
that I invited the Reverend to join us

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You might be surprised that I invited
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the Reverend to join us.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:03
Uploaded
Apr 26, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, family
Production
Sight & Sound Theatres

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Movie Summary

The inspiring story behind the writing of the beloved Christmas carol and its author, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Your mother was right about the Reverend. - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Your mother was right about the Reverend.
He is a good man who brings goodwill to men. - I Heard the Bells 00:06
He is a good man who brings goodwill to men.
[MUSIC PLAYING] - I Heard the Bells 00:14
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Your brother and sisters miss you, Charley. - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Your brother and sisters miss you, Charley.
[MUSIC PLAYING] - I Heard the Bells 00:06
[MUSIC PLAYING]
How they long for a knock at the door and for it to be you. - I Heard the Bells 00:06
How they long for a knock at the door and for it to be you.
How I dread a knock at the door with news of you. - I Heard the Bells 00:07
How I dread a knock at the door with news of you.
Like all fathers of fighting sons, - I Heard the Bells 00:10
Like all fathers of fighting sons,
But I will heed the advice of a once-famous poet who - I Heard the Bells 00:15
But I will heed the advice of a once-famous poet who
Learn to labor and to wait." - I Heard the Bells 00:09
Learn to labor and to wait."
Mr. Longfellow, lift your eyes, please. - I Heard the Bells 00:07
Mr. Longfellow, lift your eyes, please.
[WHISPERING] December 25, 1841. - I Heard the Bells 00:06
[WHISPERING] December 25, 1841.
Christmas morning. - I Heard the Bells 00:05
Christmas morning.
Today for the first time I have knelt before-- - I Heard the Bells 00:08
Today for the first time I have knelt before--
I have many times before shrunk back - I Heard the Bells 00:08
I have many times before shrunk back
But today, this holiest Sabbath of the year, this birthday - I Heard the Bells 00:22
But today, this holiest Sabbath of the year, this birthday
[MUSIC PLAYING] - I Heard the Bells 00:16
[MUSIC PLAYING]
The wine completed this belief in my innermost soul, warming, - I Heard the Bells 00:12
The wine completed this belief in my innermost soul, warming...
And happiness too deep for speech or thought - I Heard the Bells 00:22
And happiness too deep for speech or thought
I chronicle this event because it is one of the few - I Heard the Bells 00:10
I chronicle this event because it is one of the few