Nunc Dimittis

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant de­part in peace, according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Luke 2:29, 30 Nunc dimittis! Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, accord­ing to thy word! A strange, wonderful scene these words call before the imagination of one who knows the Scriptures. Old Simeon, gray haired and bowed down with the burden of many years, about to disappear from the stage of things earthy, sustained and kept from descending into the grave only by...