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![]() | Lord God, you now have set your servant freeAuthor: Rae E. WhitneyTune: SONG 1 Published in 5 hymnals |
Rae E. Whitney
Since the late 1970s the poet Rae Whitney has focused on her hymn text writing. Her hymn texts have been included in denominational hymnals such as The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal), The Presbyterian Hymnal (1990), and The Baptist Hymnal. Eight of Rae's texts were published in Selah Publishing Co.'s Songs of Rejoicing (1989), and 26 were published in Selah's New Songs of Rejoicing (1994). Selah has also published a collection of Rae's texts entitled With Joy our Spirits Sing (1995) and a second volume Under the Fig Tree: More Hymns and a Few Poems (2007).
Rae E. Whitney was born at Chippenham, Wilts, England. She received a B.A. (honors) in English from the University of Bristol, and a Certificate of Education. On December 31… Go to person page >| First Line: | Lord God, you now have set your servant free |
| Title: | Lord God, You Now Have Set Your Servant Free |
| Latin Title: | Nunc Dimittis |
| Author: | Rae E. Whitney |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.10.10.10 |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | The Hymnal 1982, © Church Pension Fund. Used by permission. |
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| Instances (5) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #499 | Lord God, you now have set your servant free | Rae E. Whitney, b. 1927 | Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625; Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 | 10.10.10.10.10.10 | SONG 1 | F Major or modal | English | 1985 | |||||||||
| Presbyterian Hymnal #604 | Lord God, You now have set Your servant free | Song of Simeon | Rae E. Whitney | Orlando Gibbons; Ralph Vaughan Williams | 10.10.10.10.10.10 | Luke 2:29-32 | SONG 1 | F Major | Latin; English | 1990 | |||||||
| Scripture Song Database #2146 | [Lord God, You Now Have Set Your Servant Free] | Lord God, You Now Have Set Your Servant Free | Rae E Whitney | Luke 2:32 | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Together in Song: Australian Hymn Book II #733 | Lord God, you now have set your servant free | 1999 | |||||||||||||||
| Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #903 | Lord, God, you now have set your servant free | Song of Simeon (Lord, God, You Now Have Set Your Servant Free) | Rae E Whitney | Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625; Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 | 10.10.10.10.10.10 | Luke 2:29-35 | SONG 1 | F Major or modal | 1996 |
