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Text:Patient in hope, I sought the LORD
Author:David G. Preston
Tune:MERTHYR TYDFIL
Composer:Joseph Parry 1841-1903

40. Patient in hope, I sought the LORD

Text Information
First Line: Patient in hope, I sought the LORD
Author: David G. Preston
Meter: LMD
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture:
Topic: The Christian Life: Freedom In Christ
Copyright: © David G. Preston / The Jubilate Group
Tune Information
Name: MERTHYR TYDFIL
Composer: Joseph Parry 1841-1903
Meter: LMD
Key: a minor or modal
Notes: This tune in Gm at 452



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