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Text:O God, Creation's Secret Force
Author:Ambrose of Milan, 340-397
Translator (st. 1-2):John Mason Neale, 1818-1866
Translator (st. 3):James Waring McCrady, b. 1938
Tune:O HEILAND, REISS

4. O God, Creation's Secret Force

Text Information
First Line: O God, creation's secret force
Title: O God, Creation's Secret Force
Author: Ambrose of Milan, 340-397
Translator (st. 1-2): John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 ( alt.)
Translator (st. 3): James Waring McCrady, b. 1938
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Morning; Creation
Copyright: St. 3 © 1982 James Waring McCrady
Tune Information
Name: O HEILAND, REISS
Meter: LM
Key: d minor
Source: Rheinfelsisches Deutsches Catholisches Gesangbuch, Augsburg, 1666 (melody); Orgelbuch Zum Gesangbuch der Evangelisch-Reformierten Kirchen der Deutschsprachigen Schweiz, 1926 (Harm)



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