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Text:The guardianship of angels
Tune:HOMEVILLE

401a. The guardianship of angels

Text Information
First Line: Ye simple souls that stray
Title: The guardianship of angels
Meter: 24th P. M. 66. 66. 86. 86
Language: English
Publication Date: 1889
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Duties and Trials: Steadfastness and Growth in Grace
Notes: Now Public Domain. Author from index: J. Wesley; Hymn #851 in "A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America" (1872)
Tune Information
Name: HOMEVILLE
Meter: 24th P. M. 66. 66. 86. 86
Key: D Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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