=Advent Sunday.=
"=Arise=, be enlightened, ... for thy light is come, and the
glory of the Lord is =risen= upon thee.... The Lord shall
=arise= upon thee ... the Gentiles shall walk in thy light,
and kings in the brightness of thy =rising=" (ortus).
(Is. LX. 1-3).
_1st Prelude._ A picture of the first streaks of dawn.
_2nd Prelude._ Grace to arise because the Light has come.