"Longfellow is like us, we've heard the truth of "peace on Earth good will to men" but we also live the truth that "hate is strong and mocks the song." The Christian message is that God the divine word leaped like a warrior to this earth to transform it so that you and I in the midst of a world that is broken, in the midst of the world where bells still ring even though cannons still boom, that we can still have hope."