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Virginia Knight <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:27:13 +0000
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Trawling some Church of England hymnbooks (I've been in church a lot the
last week or so) I came across the following:

In Hymns Ancient and Modern:
 a) Yesterday with exultation
   (see http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/y/e/yestexul.htm)
In The English Hymnal:
 b) Saint of God, Elect and Precious
   (see http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/a/saintgod.htm)
 c) The Lord and King of All Things
   (see http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/o/lordking.htm)
In The New English Hymnal:
 d) Stephen, first of Christian Martyrs

See also:
 e) First of Martyrs, Thou whose name
   (http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/f/o/fomtwnam.htm)

All of these tend only to be sung on one day every seven years, when Dec.
26th falls on a Sunday, as most churches don't bother having a special
service for St.  Stephen unless the church is dedicated to him.  There was
such a service of choral evensong broadcast on BBC Radio 3 last Wednesday,
at which d) was sung.

Virginia Knight
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