{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Fourth Way","title":"(298)S11E10/2: Christmas Drums","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/6ce824a9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1361,"description":"A rewriting of Longfellow's \"Christmas Bells\" in light of modern Christendom, Empire, and Conflicts. \nA huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!\nThanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/\nFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thewayfourth/?modal=admin_todo_tour\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd3KlRte86eG9U40ncZ4XA?view_as=subscriber\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theway4th/ \nKingdom Outpost: https://kingdomoutpost.org/\nMy Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_Elliot\nPropaganda Season Outline: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xa4MhYMAg2Ohc5Nvya4g9MHxXWlxo6haT2Nj8Hlws8M/edit?usp=sharing\nPalestine Petition: https://www.change.org/p/an-open-letter-from-palestinian-christians-to-western-church-leaders-and-theologians\n Christmas Bells: https://poets.org/poem/christmas-bells\nThe War Prayer: https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/19-american-empire/mark-twain-the-war-prayer-ca-1904-5/\nChristmas Drums: \nI heard the drums on Christmas day\nCacoph'nous, tympanic display \nTheir noise entreats\nWith ideal replete\nOf peace to us and death to them!\n\nI thought of how this day once came\nThe Son of God in manger lain\nTo show the world\nGod's love unfurled \nOf peace on earth good will to men\n\nTil bumping, thumping drums of old\nCalled Christendom, to caracole \nPromise of ease\nWith no bended knees\nFor peace to us and death to them!\n\nFrom the darkness of those ages\nSluffed examples, broken paiges \nPow'r was gained\nAnd so was our fame\nNow peace to us and death to them!\n\n'Twas as if God ne'er had spoken\nHad not lived out in the open\nHis will repined\nHis peace redefined\nAs peace to us and death to them!\n\nIn triumph, then, we raised our heads\n\"There is now peace on earth!\" we said\nFor we have strength\nGo to any length\nFor peace to us and death to them!\n\nThen thumped the drums more loud and deep\nGod is not dead, he is asleep\nIn a manger \nWhere lies danger\nOur peace on earth, in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JGkV-vDM_2fB5-17TQ9iEONJxTXbDMwB1A42S8-5Pm0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0ODIvMTU2NjEy/NDE3OS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}