{"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. A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thewayfourth/?modal=admin_todo_tourYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd3KlRte86eG9U40ncZ4XA?view_as=subscriberInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theway4th/ Kingdom Outpost: https://kingdomoutpost.org/My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_ElliotPropaganda Season Outline: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xa4MhYMAg2Ohc5Nvya4g9MHxXWlxo6haT2Nj8Hlws8M/edit?usp=sharingPalestine Petition: https://www.change.org/p/an-open-letter-from-palestinian-christians-to-western-church-leaders-and-theologians Christmas Bells: https://poets.org/poem/christmas-bellsThe War Prayer: https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/19-american-empire/mark-twain-the-war-prayer-ca-1904-5/Christmas Drums: I heard the drums on Christmas dayCacoph'nous, tympanic display Their noise entreatsWith ideal repleteOf peace to us and death to them!I thought of how this day once cameThe Son of God in manger lainTo show the worldGod's love unfurled Of peace on earth good will to menTil bumping, thumping drums of oldCalled Christendom, to caracole Promise of easeWith no bended kneesFor peace to us and death to them!From the darkness of those agesSluffed examples, broken paiges Pow'r was gainedAnd so was our fameNow peace to us and death to them!'Twas as if God ne'er had spokenHad not lived out in the openHis will repinedHis peace redefinedAs peace to us and death to them!In triumph, then, we raised our heads\"There is now peace on earth!\" we saidFor we have strengthGo to any lengthFor peace to us and death to them!Then thumped the drums more loud and deepGod is not dead, he is asleepIn a manger Where lies dangerOur peace on earth, in Bethlehem","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}