Tune: KOREA (Park)

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KOREA (Park)

Composer: Chai Hoon Park (1949)
Published in 4 hymnals

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Composer: Chai Hoon Park

Park was born in Korea and educated at Union Christian College, Pyengyang, Korea (1921); Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee (1933); Westminster Choir College, Princton, New Jersey (B.Mus.) 1935; M.Mus. 1936), and the College of Wooster, Ohio (D.Mus. 1952). He was professor of music at Union Christian College (1936-1938) and professor, then dean, of Yonsei University (1948-1965). Park was president of both the music Association of Korea and the Federation of Church Music. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993 Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	KOREA (Park)
Composer:	Chai Hoon Park (1949)
Meter:	Irregular
Incipit:	56545 13
Key:	F Major
Copyright:	© 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House

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Texts

Come Back Quickly to the Lord

Come back quickly to the Lord, just come back to the Lord.
Though how grace your sins may be, or how burdensome they seem,
there is no sin he cannot bear, nor sinner not accept,
for the bosom of our loving Lord is much greater than all the skies.

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O Come Unto the Lord

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