148. Mary and Joseph Came to the Temple
Text Information |
First Line: |
Mary and Joseph |
Title: |
Mary and Joseph Came to the Temple |
Author: |
Andrew Pratt (1994) |
Meter: |
5.5.5.4.D |
Language: |
English |
Publication Date: |
2013 |
Scripture: |
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Topic: |
Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Birth; Light (1 more...) |
Copyright: |
© 1997 Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. Hope Publishing Company) |
ONE LICENSE: |
97140 |
Tune Information |
Name: |
EVENING HYMN |
Composer: |
David Haas (1985) |
Meter: |
5.5.5.4.D |
Key: |
G Major |
Copyright: |
© 1985 GIA Publications, Inc. |
Text Information:This text retells the story in Luke 2:22–39, usually called the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, which took place forty days after his birth. Mary, Joseph, and the Christ-child encounter there two devout people, Anna and Simeon, who identify this baby as the promised Messiah.