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Text:How Oft in Holy Converse
Author:Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby
Tune:[How oft in holy converse]
Composer:William James Kirkpatrick
Media:MIDI file

2396. How Oft in Holy Converse

1. How oft in holy converse
With Christ, my Lord, alone,
I seem to hear the millions
That sing around His throne:

Refrain
Hallelujah! Amen!
Hallelujah! Amen!
Hallelujah! Amen!
Amen! Amen!

2. They passed through toils and trials,
And though the strife was long,
They share the victor’s conquest
And sing the victor’s song: [Refrain]

3. My soul takes up the chorus
And, pressing on my way,
Communing still with Jesus,
I sing from day to day: [Refrain]

4. Through grace I soon shall conquer
And reach my home on high;
And through eternal ages
I’ll shout beyond the sky: [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: How oft in holy converse
Title: How Oft in Holy Converse
Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1885)
Refrain First Line: Hallelujah! Amen!
Language: English
Source: Songs of Joy and Gladness (Boston, Massachusetts: McDonald & Gill, 1885)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Some hymnals show the author as Henrietta Blair, one of Fanny's pseudonyms.
Tune Information
Name: [How oft in holy converse]
Composer: William James Kirkpatrick
Incipit: 55653 53156 53255
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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