Ancient and Modern ‎#610

610. Christ is the world's true light

Text Information

• First Line: Christ is the world's true light
• Author: George Wallace Briggs (1875-1959)
• Meter: 67 67 66 66
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Micah 4:1-5
  ;
  John 8:12
  ;
  Ephesians 2:11-22
• Topic: Transfiguration; Justice and Peace; Church: Universal; Church Year: Advent; Church Year: Christ the King; Freedom and Liberation; Light; Nation and Society; Peace; The First Sunday of Lent: Year A; The Fourth Sunday of Lent: Year A; The Second Sunday before Lent: Year B; Unity
• Copyright: From Songs of Praise, enlarged edition, 1931, Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Tune Information

• Name: NUN DANKET
• Harmonizer (basis): Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
• Meter: 67 67 66 66
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Melody in Johann Crüger Praxis Pietatis Melica, 1647 harmony chiefly from Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Lobgesang, 1840