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594. Hope of the World

Text Information
First Line: Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion
Title: Hope of the World
Author: Georgia E. Harkness (1954)
Meter: 11.10.11.10.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture: ;
Topic: Bread of Life; The Christian Life: Christian Service; Christ: Compassion of (1 more...)
Copyright: Text © 1954, 1982, The Hymn Society, Texas Christian University. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
ONE LICENSE: 03037
Tune Information
Name: VICAR
Composer: V. Earle Copes (1963)
Meter: 11.10.11.10.
Key: D Major
Copyright: Tune © 1963, Abingdon Press. All rights reserved. Reprinted from The Book of Hymns by permission.



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