‘It is well with my soul’
Pat Haley - Contributing columnist
The theme had been rattling around inside the brain of musician and composer, Philip Bliss, for months. The melody wouldn’t leave him alone, yet he had no words to put with it.
Like many composers, Bliss created the composition and placed it in a drawer, expecting a good marriage with the words he knew would be forthcoming someday.
Tim Colliver of the Hillsboro Times-Gazette has been writing a delightful 12-part series of articles entitled “The 12 Carols of Christmas” that will appear daily until Christmas Eve, relating the stories and history behind many of the best-loved sacred songs of the season.