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Text:My Body is God's Temple
Author:Elizabeth A. Showalter (b. 1907)
Tune:GOD'S TEMPLE
Arranger:Walter E. Yoder, 1889-1964
Arranger (harmony):John J. Overholt
Composer:George Frederick Root, 1820-1895

701. My Body is God's Temple

Text Information
First Line: My body is God's temple
Title: My Body is God's Temple
Author: Elizabeth A. Showalter (b. 1907) (c. 1945)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture: ;
Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; The Christian School
Source: Junior Hymns
Copyright: From Junior Hymns. Copyright 1947 by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683. Used by permission.; Four-part harmonization by permission of Publishers.
Notes: For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them. II Cor. 6:16. The spirit of God dwelleth within you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. I Cor. 3:16, 17.
Tune Information
Name: GOD'S TEMPLE
Composer: George Frederick Root, 1820-1895
Arranger: Walter E. Yoder, 1889-1964
Arranger (harmony): John J. Overholt (1972)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
Incipit: 51111 32112 21711
Key: F Major
Source: Junior Hymns
Copyright: From Junior Hymns. Copyright 1947 by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683. Used by permission.; Four-part harmonization by permission of Publishers.
Notes: M.M. 84



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