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Text:Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
Translator (English):Percy Dearmer
Translator (English):C. W. Humphreys
Translator (French):Violette Du Pasquier
Translator (German):Wilhelm Horkel
Tune:[Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands]
Harmonizer:J. S. Bach, 1685-1750

57. Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands

Text Information
First Line: Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
Translator (English): Percy Dearmer
Translator (English): C. W. Humphreys
Translator (German): Wilhelm Horkel (1950)
Translator (French): Violette Du Pasquier (1950)
Language: English; French; German
Publication Date: 1960
Topic: Communion; Abendmahl
Source: Liturgy of Malabar
Copyright: From The English Hymnal. Used by permission of Oxford University Press, London
Notes: English tr. Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands]
Harmonizer: J. S. Bach, 1685-1750
Key: Bâ™­ Major
Source: Neu-Leipziger Gesangbuch (1682)



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