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Text:By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered
Author:Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000)
Author:Keith W. Clements (b. 1943)
Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)
Tune:FINLANDIA
Composer:Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

605. By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered

Text Information
First Line: By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered
Author: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000)
Author: Keith W. Clements (b. 1943)
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)
Meter: 11 10 11 10 11 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Sorrow and Lament; Assurance; Dedication: of people (7 more...)
Copyright: English versification © Stainer & Bell Ltd Adapted by permission of SCM Press from Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison, 1971. Used by permission of Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England Used by permission.
Notes: The last two lines of each verse are repeated. Based on the German of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)
Tune Information
Name: FINLANDIA
Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Meter: 11 10 11 10 11 10
Key: F Major
Source: Original arrangement from the symphonic poem Finlandia
Copyright: © Breitkopf & Härtel, Walkmühlstrasse 52, D-65195 Wiesbaden, Germany. Used by permission.



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