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Text:Beauty for brokenness (God of the poor)
Author:Graham Kendrick
Tune:[Beauty for brokenness, hope for despair]
Composer:Graham Kendrick

806. Beauty for brokenness (God of the poor)

Text Information
First Line: Beauty for brokenness, hope for despair
Title: Beauty for brokenness (God of the poor)
Author: Graham Kendrick
Refrain First Line: God of the poor, friend of the weak
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Topic: The Godhead: God the Father; The Godhead: Jesus - God the Son; The Church of Jesus Christ: Outreach of the Church - Evangelism and Mission (4 more...)
Copyright: © 1993 Make Way Music
ONE LICENSE: 104866
Tune Information
Name: [Beauty for brokenness, hope for despair]
Composer: Graham Kendrick
Key: A Major
Copyright: © 1993 Make Way Music



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