506. A light to lighten the Gentiles

[Cantor] A light to lighten the Gentiles;
[All] and the glory of thy people Israel.

Text Information
First Line: A light to lighten the Gentiles
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: The Candlemas Ceremony; The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Copyright: Extracts from "The Book of Common Prayer of 1662," Crown Copyright in the United Kingdom, reproduced by permission of Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Limited, Her Majesty's Printer, London
Notes: It may be followed by the canticle Nunc Dimittis, the antiphon being repeated by all after each verse, or if preferred, repeated once only at the end of the canticle
Tune Information
Name: [A light to lighten the Gentiles]
Key: a minor
Source: Mode viii
Copyright: Arr. by permission of Oxford University Press (from "English Hymnal," 1933)



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