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MY MASTER (Harrington)

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Karl P. Harrington Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 36532 12321 21612

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My Master was so very poor

Author: Harry Lee Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 20 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My Master was so very poor, A manger was His cradling place; So very rich my Master was, Kings came from far to gain His grace. 2 My Master was so very poor, And with the poor He broke the bread; So very rich my Master was That multitudes by Him were fed. 3 My Master was so very poor, They nailed Him naked to a cross; So very rich my Master was He gave His all and knew no loss. Amen. Topics: Atonement; Christ Beauty of; Christ Love of; Christ Master; Orisons Used With Tune: MY MASTER

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My Master was so very poor

Author: Harry Lee Hymnal: The Hymnal #497 (1950) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 My Master was so very poor, A manger was His cradling place; So very rich my Master was, Kings came from far to gain His grace. 2 My Master was so very poor, And with the poor He broke the bread; So very rich my Master was That multitudes by Him were fed. 3 My Master was so very poor, They nailed Him naked to a cross; So very rich my Master was He gave His all and knew no loss. Amen. Topics: Atonement; Christ Beauty of; Christ Love of; Christ Master; Orisons Tune Title: MY MASTER
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My Master was so very poor

Author: Harry Lee Hymnal: Junior Church School Hymnal #76 (1927) Languages: English Tune Title: [My Master was so very poor]
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My Master was so very poor

Author: Harry Lee Hymnal: The Church School Hymnal for Youth #109 (1928) Languages: English Tune Title: MY MASTER

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Karl P. Harrington

1861 - 1953 Composer of "MY MASTER" in The Hymnal Born: June 13, 1861, Somersworth, New Hampshire. Died: November 14, 1953, Berkeley, California. Buried: Middletown, Connecticut. Son of Calvin S. and Eliza Chase Harrington, Karl earned his AB degree in 1882, and his AM in 1885, from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He studied at the University of Berlin (1887-89) and Yale University (1890-91). He taught high school in Westfield, Massachusetts (1882-85); Latin at Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts (1885-87); was a Latin tutor at Wesleyan University (1889-91); Latin professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1891-99); University of Maine (1899-1905); and Wesleyan University (1905). While at the University of North Carolina, he directed the Glee Club. His works include: The Roman Elegiac Poets, circa 1914 Richard Alsop, "a Hartford Wit" Walks and Climbs in the White Mountains, 1926 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Harry Lee

1874 - 1942 Author of "My Master was so very poor" in The Hymnal
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