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Ten Bridesmaids Waited for the Time

Words: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, 2014
Music: tune, FOREST GREEN, English folk melody, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13
Topics: preparation; waiting; the church

This hymn by Presbyterian pastor and hymn writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette is based on Matthew 25:1-13, the gospel reading for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost (Year A).

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