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BAYNARD

Composer: Josiah Booth

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Tune Information

Title: BAYNARD
Composer: Josiah Booth
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Incipit: 55655 12333 21654
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Fervent in Spirit

Contempt and pangs and haunting

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less

My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

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