Glory to God ‎#160

160. A Stable Lamp Is Lighted

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Text Information

• First Line: A stable lamp is lighted
• Title: A Stable Lamp Is Lighted
• Author: Richard Wilbur (1959)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.6.7.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 22:1
  ;
  Matthew 21:1-9
  ;
  Matthew 27:45-46
  ;
  Mark 11:1-10
  ;
  Luke 2:7
  ;
  Luke 2:16
  ;
  Luke 19:28-40
  ;
  Luke 23:44
  ;
  John 12:12-15
• Topic: Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year: Transfiguration; Christian Year: Palm Sunday; Christian Year: Good Friday; Christian Year: Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ: Life; Reconciliation
• Copyright: © 1961, ren. 1989 Richard Wilbur (admin. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co.)

Tune Information

• Name: ANDUJAR
• Composer: David Hurd (1984)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.6.7.6
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: © 1984 GIA Publications, Inc.
• Notes: Guitar chords do not correspond with keyboard harmony.

Text Information:

The doubled lines in each stanza of this reflection on Christ’s birth and death echo his saying (Luke 19:40) that creation will praise him if people are silent. This text by a former Poet Laureate of the United States is set to a lullaby-like tune specially composed for it.