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375. Fairest Lord Jesus

Text Information
First Line: Fairest Lord Jesus
Title: Fairest Lord Jesus
Translator: Lilian Stevenson, 1871-1960
Meter: 5 6 9 5 5 8
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture:
Topic: Comfort / Consolation; Creation; God in Christ
Source: German, anonymous 1677
Copyright: Translation © Oxford University Press
Tune Information
Name: CRUSADER'S HYMN
Arranger: James Hopkirk, 1908-1972
Meter: 5 6 9 5 5 8
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Silesian folk song
Copyright: Arrangement © The estate of James Hopkirk



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