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805. Song of Simeon (Nunc Dimittis)

Text Information
First Line: Holy One, now let your servant go in peace
Title: Song of Simeon (Nunc Dimittis)
Publication Date: 1995
Topic: Canticles: Nunc Dimittis (Song of Simeon); Jesus Christ: Presentation of; Service Music (3 more...)
Copyright: Reprinted from Book of Worship, © 1986. Used by permission of the United Church of Christ Office for Church Life and Leadership
Tune Information
Name: [Holy One, now let your servant go in peace]
Composer: Ronald A. Nelson (1986)
Key: D Major
Copyright: Reprinted from Book of Worship, © 1986. Used by permission of the United Church of Christ Office for Church Life and Leadership



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