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Good Saint Nicholas of Myra

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Author: James Rosenthal

Founder of the St. Nicholas Society, author of St. Nicholas: A Closer Look At Christmas (2005) and Icon of Gentleness: Saint Nicholas (2020). Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Good Saint Nicholas of Myra
Author: James Rosenthal
Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Blessed Nicholas, blessed Nicholas
Copyright: ©1999 J. M. Rosenthal

Notes

Written in 1999 for a celebration at St. Matthews Anglican Church, Westminster, London. Published online via the St. Nicholas Center.

https://www.stnicholascenter.org/

Tune

REGENT SQUARE (Smart)

Henry T. Smart (PHH 233) composed REGENT SQUARE for the Horatius Bonar (PHH 260) doxology "Glory be to God the Father." The tune was first published in the English Presbyterian Church's Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), of which Smart was music editor. Because the text editor of that hymna…

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