So brightly burns Love's holy glow

Author: Robert Ellis Key
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Robert Ellis Key

Key, Robert Ellis. (Yorkshire, England, ?--June 4, 1961). Educated at Richmond School and St. Peter's School in Yorkshire, he served as a British army office, 1914-1920, retiring with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire. He was a Christian Science practitioner, 1923-1961, also serving as a teacher, lecturer, and editor of Christian Science materials. --Joan E. Wilson, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line:	So brightly burns Love's holy glow
Author:	Robert Ellis Key
Language:	English

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COMPASSION (Rich)

O JESU

O JESU first appeared in an organ collection, Sammlung alter und neuer Melodien evangelischen Lieder (1747), compiled by Johann B. Reimann for use with texts found in the Hirschberger evangelischen Gesangbuch (1741). Often attributed to Reimann, the tune was set to "O Jesu, warum legst du mir so vie…

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