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| 544 | Glory to God#545 | 546 |
| Text: | Lord, Bid Your Servant Go in Peace (Song of Simeon) |
| Author: | James Quinn, SJ |
| Tune: | LAND OF REST |
| Arranger: | Annabel Morris Buchanan |
| Media: | Audio recording |
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| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Lord, bid your servant go in peace |
| Title: | Lord, Bid Your Servant Go in Peace (Song of Simeon) |
| Author: | James Quinn, SJ (1969) |
| Meter: | CM |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Sending |
| Copyright: | © 1969 James Quinn SJ |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | LAND OF REST |
| Arranger: | Annabel Morris Buchanan (1938) |
| Meter: | CM |
| Key: | F Major |
| Source: | American folk melody |
| Copyright: | Arr. © 1938, ren. H. W. Gray Company (admin. Alfred Music Publishing) |
| Notes: | Alternate harmonization, 691 |
This unrhymed 20th-century paraphrase by a Scottish Jesuit gives fresh immediacy to the Song of Simeon (Luke 2:29–32) and recaptures something of that aged priest’s sense of wonder in beholding the infant Christ. The shape-note tune enhances the text’s down-to-earth quality.
| Media | |
|---|---|
| Audio recording: |  Audio (MP3) |
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