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Text:The Children Come
Author:Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Tune:FINLANDIA
Composer:Jean Sibelius

217. The Children Come

Text Information
First Line: The children come, not sure where they are going
Title: The Children Come
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (2014)
Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10
Language: English
Scripture: ;
Topic: Children and Youth; Hospitality; Justice
Copyright: © 2014 Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Notes: This hymn may be duplicated and used in worship from http://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/the-children-come
Tune Information
Name: FINLANDIA
Composer: Jean Sibelius (1899)
Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Arr.: The Hymnal, 1933



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