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My Purchased Files| Text: | Watchman, Tell Us of the Night |
| Author: | John Bowring |
| Tune: | ABERYSTWYTH |
| Composer: | Joseph Parry |
117. Watchman, Tell Us of the Night
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Watchman, tell us of the night |
| Title: | Watchman, Tell Us of the Night |
| Author: | John Bowring (1825, alt.) |
| Meter: | 77.77D |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | ABERYSTWYTH |
| Composer: | Joseph Parry (1879) |
| Meter: | 77.77D |
| Key: | d minor or modal |
Text Information:
Sir John Bowring was a member of parliament, British Consul at Canton and, later, Governor of Hong Kong. Although directly about Christ's birth, this text also points to the dawn of a new consciousness of social responsibility and missionary efforts
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