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Text:God is our refuge in distress
Tune:GREENFIELD
Media:MIDI file

121. God is our refuge in distress

1.
God is our refuge in distress,
A present help when dangers press;
In him undaunted we'll confide,
Though earth were from her center tossed,
And mountains in the ocean lost,
Torn piecemeal by the roaring tide,
(Repeat previous line).

Text Information
First Line: God is our refuge in distress
Title: God is our refuge in distress
Meter: L.P.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1854
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: GREENFIELD
Meter: L.P.M.
Notes: Public Domain.



Media
MIDI file: Greenfield.midi

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