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The Sun of Righteousness

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Author: Yūki Kō

(Precise birth and death dates: 1896.4.16-1985.1.27) Born in 1896 in Tottori Prefecture, he was educated at Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya. In 1921, he was installed as the pastor of Tokyo Futaba Independent Church, the predecessor of the Kyodan’s Higashi Nakano Church.He also was a lecturer at Aoyama Gakuin University and a member of the Board of the Christian School of Music. He passed away in 1985. -https://uccj-e.org/knl/1154.html (19 April 2021) Go to person page >

Translator: June Nakada Sumida

(no biographical information available about June Nakada Sumida.) Go to person page >

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First Line: Lo, the Sun of righteousness
Title: The Sun of Righteousness
Author: Yūki Kō (1923)
Translator: June Nakada Sumida (1981)
Source: Japanese
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Copyright: Trans. copyright © 1983 by June Nakada Sumida; Used by permission of the Japanese Hymnal Committee
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