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Heralds of Christ

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A. 3. Lord, give us strength the road to build,
to see the promised day fulfilled,
War shall be no more and strife shall cease
upon the highway of Peace.

B. 4. Refresh thy people on their way.
Lead us to never-ending day;
Fill our lives with love and grace divine,
Glory and praise be ever Thine.

Source: The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II #131

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Author: Laura S. Copenhaver

Born: Au­gust 29, 1868, Mar­i­on, Vir­gin­ia. Died: De­cem­ber 18, 1940, Mar­i­on, Vir­gin­ia. Buried: Round Hill Cemetery, Mar­i­on, Vir­gin­ia. Copenhaver was a pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish Lit­er­a­ture at Mar­i­on Coll­ege, which her fa­ther John Ja­cob found­ed and where her sis­ter May was dean of wo­men. She wrote a num­ber of hymns and mag­a­zine ar­ti­cles, and served as chair­man of the ed­u­ca­tion com­mit­tee of the Wo­man’s Mis­sion­ary So­ci­e­ty of the Unit­ed Lu­ther­an Church. --www.hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >

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First Line: Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's command
Title: Heralds of Christ
Author: Laura S. Copenhaver (1894)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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