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Text:Foremothers of Christ
Author/Translator:Leland Bryant Ross
Tune:STELLA (HEMY)
Composer/Adapter:Henri Friedrich Hemy

516. Foremothers of Christ

Foremothers of Christ, courageous five,
We sing you songs of grateful praise.
And you without names, your memory's alive:
To you likewise our thanks we raise —
Tamar and Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba,
Mary, and all of you nameless ones!

Text Information
First Line: Foremothers of Christ
Title: Foremothers of Christ
Esperanto Title: Ni vin memoras kun omaĝ'
Author/Translator: Leland Bryant Ross (1995)
Language: English
Scripture:
Topic: Jesus' Ancestrices
Tune Information
Name: STELLA (HEMY)
Composer/Adapter: Henri Friedrich Hemy (1851)
Source: Adapted from an English folk tune


Text Information:

Written simultaneously in English and Esperanto (see Ni vin memoras kun omaĝ').


Media
MIDI file: Stella (Hemy)
More media are available on the tune authority page.

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