by Jaclyn Schneider | Apr 27, 2026
“Joy to the World”[1] is a song with the lyrics written by Isaac Watts in 1719. Isaac was from England and attended the King Edward VI School in Southampton. The song is inspired by the Bible verse “Luke 2:10” and eventually became a Christmas song. He wrote it for...
by Nicolas Zuniga | Apr 23, 2026
The Propagation Society—More Free Than Welcome (1855) By Nicolas Zuniga In 1855, as the United States grappled with massive demographic shifts, an anonymous painting titled “The Propagation Society—More Free Than Welcome” began to circulate in the American...