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Text:We Live Not for Ourselves
Author:Huub Oosterhuis, b. 1933
Translator:Tony Barr, b. 1945
Translator:James Hansen, b. 1947
Tune:[We live not for ourselves]
Adapter:Bernard Huijbers, b. 1922
Composer:Floris van der Putt

773. We Live Not for Ourselves

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Text Information
First Line: We live not for ourselves
Title: We Live Not for Ourselves
Author: Huub Oosterhuis, b. 1933
Translator: Tony Barr, b. 1945
Translator: James Hansen, b. 1947
Language: English
Publication Date: 2003
Topic: Christian Life; Eternal Life/Heaven; Meditation (1 more...)
Copyright: © 1967, 1996, Gooi en Sticht, bv. Baarn, The Netherlands. Exclusive agent for English language countries: OCP Publications
Tune Information
Name: [We live not for ourselves]
Composer: Floris van der Putt
Adapter: Bernard Huijbers, b. 1922
Key: A Major
Copyright: © 1967, 1996, Gooi en Sticht, bv. Baarn, The Netherlands. Exclusive agent for English language countries: OCP Publications



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