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Text:O Christ, the Great Foundation
Author:Timothy T'ingfang Lew
Translator:Frank W. Price
Tune:AURELIA
Composer:Samuel Sebastian Wesley

443. O Christ, the Great Foundation

Text Information
First Line: O Christ, the great foundation
Title: O Christ, the Great Foundation
Author: Timothy T'ingfang Lew (1933; alt.)
Translator: Frank W. Price (1953)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Topic: Church: Universal
Copyright: Copyright © 1977 from Hymns of Universal Praise, revised edition. By the Chinese Christian Literature Council Ltd. Hong Kong.
ONE LICENSE: 25396
Tune Information
Name: AURELIA
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1864)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Key: E♭ Major



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