Object: Some printers ink and some lead type

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you know that we have one of our favorite Christmas Carols today because of two accidents? The name of the carol is one that all of you know and love to sing. We call it "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." Let me tell you about the accidents. The writer of the carol was a very young minister by the name of Charles Wesley who was greatly disliked by the important people of the church. This was a long time ago in England when there were two kinds of churches. One kind was okay with the king and the other was not. Charles was a member with the kind that the king did not like.

One day a printer was making up a prayer book for the king’s church and he had an extra page with nothing to put on it. He had plenty o…