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And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Contaremos a todas naciones

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Translator: William George Arbaugh

William George Arbaugh was born in 1902 in Indiana. He was a missionary in Puerto Rico, Argentina, and Brazil from 1935-1965. He died in Chicago in 1974. Dianne Shapiro, from https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KCMN-ZPD/william-george-arbaugh-1902-1974 Go to person page >

Author: H. Ernest Nichol

H. Ernest Nichol (b. Hull, Yorkshire, England, 1862; d. Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England, 1926) had begun a study program in civil engineering when he decided to study music instead. In 1888 he received a bachelor's degree in music from Oxford University. Nichol wrote some 130 hymn tunes and texts, many under the pseudonym “Colin Sterne” (derived from his middle and last name); many were first sung at church school programs. Psalter Hymnal Handbook… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Contaremos a todas naciones
English Title: We've a story to tell to the nations
Author: H. Ernest Nichol
Translator: William George Arbaugh
Meter: 10.8.8.7 with refrain
Language: Spanish
Refrain First Line: Porque ya las tinieblas disipa
Copyright: Español © 1940 United Lutheran Church in America

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Libro de Liturgia y Cántico #491

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