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Text:The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound
Author:Adam M.L. Tice
Tune:ST. PETER
Composer:Alexander Reinagle

284. The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound

Text Information
First Line: The Church of Christ cannot be bound
Title: The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound
Author: Adam M.L. Tice (2009)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture:
Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 18
Copyright: ©2005 GIA Publications, Inc.
ONE LICENSE: 95081
Notes: Text by Mennonite pastor Adam M.L. Tice, from Woven into Harmony: 50 Hymn Texts (2009).
Tune Information
Name: ST. PETER
Composer: Alexander Reinagle (ca. 1830)
Incipit: 51765 543
Key: E♭ Major
Source: arr. Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861
Notes: Tune ST. PETER by English organist Alexander Reinagle, from Psalm Tunes for Voice and Piano Forte (ca. 1830), arr. as in Hymns Ancient & Modern (1861).



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