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OBEDIENCE (Stainer)

OBEDIENCE (Stainer)

Composer: John Stainer
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: John Stainer

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Tune Information

Title: OBEDIENCE (Stainer)
Composer: John Stainer
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 33653 14354 23176
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

How shall a contrite spirit pray

How shall a contrite spirit pray,
A broken heart its griefs make known,
A weary wanderer find the way
To peace and rest?--Through Christ alone.

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O Thou, Who Hast at Thy Command

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The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book #130

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The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book #331

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