Show I II CAROLS AS PART OF t ti Z i THE CHRISTMAS i Z SERVICE i rr r HE origin of the Christmas Christinas enrol is uncertain It is probably as aa old as Christianity Indeed Bishop Taylor Tn lor in his Great Grent Exem Exemplar f 1 j remarks that lint he tIle first lust enrol is iR the Hie I hymn of the nn angels el to th till the shepherds In HIP Ow plains of I I Glory to God Goel in the he highest and andon I on earth pence good will toward men In he tIll I Fifteenth I carols Carol were wl widely ely used throughout Europe Europe In Ira fart fact the first pieces 1 printed by lIy the very first printers were carols In Tn one of he the oldest collections The I Ber Hoar's Hoars s Head which used to he sung as that old dish was carried to Mu Mutable t table during tI the revelry ulry I e. e The Boars Boar's Head In hands I bring I With Sith Ith garlands g Jay gay and amI birds singing binding I J pray you all to help me Slug sing QUI eslis lIs III In corn The Tine Boars Boar's Head represents one of the convivial carols enrols or joke jolle chansons chansons chan chan- sons song hn had l their place at nt the feasts 5 PS other oilier gay gny 11 festivities festivities festivities ties of the Christmas season In Shakespeare's time hands bonds of Itinerant singers used to wander about the streets and make e their a n pretext for getting mone money During the he Eighteenth century carol r ry declined neel greatly reu tI 11 and nd man many of th the tho quaint old customs which ha had marked Christmas festivals for fOl centuries became became be be- came came obsolete Carol ry still exists In parts of EngIn Eng Eng- land In Wales Vales It has been preserved toa to toa toa a still sUH greater reater extent while hile Ireland too has her Christmas caroling in time honored style France has hns Its Noels and In Italy Christmas carols carolo have been heen sung un since the time of St. St Francis of or who discovered ered the power of sacred song in the theer ver ver- In churches all nil over the world man many of the delightful old carols ore are now a n apart apart part of the Christmas service sen Ice i |