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Text:O Dearest Lord
Author:Maurice F. Bell
Tune:MIT FREUDEN ZART (abridged)

554. O Dearest Lord

O dearest Lord,
Accept today the gifts we bring,
Our songs of praise, the prayers we raise;
And grant us, Lord, Thy blessing.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: O dearest Lord
Title: O Dearest Lord
Author: Maurice F. Bell (1906; adapted)
Meter: 4. 8. 8. 7.
Publication Date: 1955
Topic: Service Music: Offertory Responses
Tune Information
Name: MIT FREUDEN ZART (abridged)
Meter: 4. 8. 8. 7.
Key: Eā™­ Major
Source: Pre-Reformaiton melody from the Bohemian Brother's Gesangbuch, 1566



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