“Simeon,” New Era, Dec. 1986, 51
Simeon
Simeon held a child in his arms,
Called by the Spirit to the temple.
He was so very old, this man
Of God; but waited, promised
By the Holy Ghost that he would
See Emmanuel before his death.
Now, as he raised the infant high,
Presenting him to God his Father;
Simeon praised the Lord in mighty
Prayer, for he had heard
The Spirit, with clear trumpet sound,
And the echo of the angels,
Crying, “Here is Christ the King!”
Painting by James Joseph Jacques Tissot