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Text:O Saving Victim, opening wide
Author:Thomas Aquinas
Translator:E. Caswall
Tune:[O Saving Victim, opening wide]
Arranger:W. H. Walter, Mus. Doc.
Composer:Schubert

227b. O Saving Victim, opening wide

1 O saving Victim, opening wide
The gate of heaven to man below,
Our foes press on from every side,
Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.

2 All praise and thanks to Thee ascend
For evermore, blest One in Three;
O grant us life that shall not end,
In our true native land with Thee.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: O Saving Victim, opening wide
Title: O Saving Victim, opening wide
Translator: E. Caswall (1849)
Author: Thomas Aquinas (1263)
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1894
Notes: Tune name in index: ADORATION
Tune Information
Name: [O Saving Victim, opening wide]
Composer: Schubert
Arranger: W. H. Walter, Mus. Doc.
Meter: L. M.
Key: A♭ Major



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