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The World Wide Church

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Author: Wilhelmina D'Arcy Stephens

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Text Information

First Line: When I sit in my own dear church
Title: The World Wide Church
Author: Wilhelmina D'Arcy Stephens (1944)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1946
Copyright: © 1946, by The Westminster Press
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Tune

ST. PETER (Reinagle)

Composed by Alexander R. Reinagle (b. Brighton, Sussex, England, 1799; d. Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England, 1877), ST. PETER was published as a setting for Psalm 118 in Reinagle's Psalm Tunes for the Voice and Pianoforte (c. 1836). The tune first appeared with Newton's text in Hymns Ancient and Mode…

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Instances

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Children's Hymnal #69

Children's Hymnal #69

Hymns for Primary Worship #110

Hymns for Primary Worship #110

When Boys and Girls Sing #161

When Boys and Girls Sing #161
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