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Text:God is love; his mercy brightens
Author:Sir John Bowring
Tune:SLINGSBY
Composer:Rev. E. S. Carter

538b. God is love; his mercy brightens

Text Information
First Line: God is love; his mercy brightens
Author: Sir John Bowring (1825)
Meter: 8 7. 8 7.
Publication Date: 1939
Topic: Trust and Resignation; Burial of the Dead
Notes: Alternative tunes, STUTTGART, No. 94, and ALL FOR JESUS, No. 571.
Tune Information
Name: SLINGSBY
Composer: Rev. E. S. Carter (1874)
Meter: 8 7. 8 7.
Key: A Major
Copyright: By permission of Katharine Carter
Notes: Now Public Domain



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