313. O Lord, Now Let Your Servant

1 O Lord, now let your servant
depart in heav'nly peace,
for I have seen the glory
of your redeeming grace:
a light to lead the nations
unto your holy hill,
the glory of your people,
your chosen Israel.

2 Then grant that I may follow
your gleam, O glorious Light,
till earthly shadows scatter,
and faith is changed to sight;
till raptured saints shall gather
upon that shining shore,
where Christ, the blessed day-star,
shall light them evermore.

Text Information
First Line: O Lord, now let your servant
Title: O Lord, Now Let Your Servant
Author: Ernest E. Ryden, 1886-1981 (alt.)
Meter: 7 6 7 6 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2006
Topic: Funeral; Time After Epiphany; Commitment, Discipleship (3 more...)
Source: Nunc dimittis (based on)
Copyright: © 1925 Board of Publication, Lutheran Chruch in America
Notes: Now Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: KUORTANE
Meter: 7 6 7 6 D
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Finnish folk tune; Arr. Hymnal version
Copyright: Arr. © 2006 Augsburg Fortress



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