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Text:Fairest Lord Jesus
Author (st. 4):Joseph Augustus Seiss
Tune:CRUSADER'S HYMN (ST. ELIZABETH)
Arranger:Richard Storrs Willis
Arranger (last stanza):Greg Nelson

47. Fairest Lord Jesus

Text Information
First Line: Fairest Lord Jesus
Title: Fairest Lord Jesus
Author (st. 4): Joseph Augustus Seiss
Meter: Irregular meter
Language: English
Publication Date: 2008
Topic: Creator; Praise, Adoration, Worship, Exaltation of Jesus
Source: Anonymous German Hymn; Münster Gesangbuch (st. 1, 3); Tr. source unknown
Tune Information
Name: CRUSADER'S HYMN (ST. ELIZABETH)
Arranger: Richard Storrs Willis
Arranger (last stanza): Greg Nelson
Meter: Irregular meter
Key: D Major
Copyright: Arr. (last stanza) © Copyright 2008 Van Ness Press, Inc. (ASCAP)(admin. by LifeWay Worship). All rights reserved.



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