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Text:Christ Is the World's True Light
Author:George W. Briggs, 1875-1959
Tune:O GOTT, DU FROMMER GOTT
Composer:Ahasuerus Fritsch, 1649-1701
Harmonizer:J.S. Bach, 1685-1750

198. Christ Is the World's True Light

Text Information
First Line: Christ is the world's true light
Title: Christ Is the World's True Light
Author: George W. Briggs, 1875-1959
Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1958
Topic: Ascension and Reign
Copyright: Reprinted from "Songs of Praise," Enlarged Edition by permission of the Oxford University Press, London
Tune Information
Name: O GOTT, DU FROMMER GOTT
Composer: Ahasuerus Fritsch, 1649-1701
Harmonizer: J.S. Bach, 1685-1750
Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6.
Key: D Major



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