Send Out Thy Light and Thy Truth

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Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me

Tune: LUX FIAT
Published in 14 hymnals

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First Line:	Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me
Title:	Send Out Thy Light and Thy Truth
Meter:	11.10.11.10.10.10
Refrain First Line:	Send out your light and your truth
Copyright:	Copyright by The American Baptist Publication Society. Used by permission.

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Notes

Scripture References: st. 1 = Ps. 43:3 st. 2 = Ps. 139:24b The text for this prayer for divine guidance is a composite of Psalm 43:3 and Psalm 139:24b. The versification (altered) is from the 1912 Psalter. For further commentary on these psalms see PHH 42, 43, and 139. Liturgical Use: As a sung prayer for illumination before the reading and exposition of Scripture, especially for Epiphany; many other occasions in Christian worship. --Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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LUX FIAT

LUX FIAT is an excerpt from a choral work by Charles F. Gounod (b. Paris, France, 1818; d. St. Cloud, France, 1893), first published in his 1878 collection Chants Sacres. The tune has the characteristics of a twentieth-century Scripture chorus: short, simple, and effective if not overused. LUX FIAT…

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