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Fount of Redemption

The heart of God abounded, With love for great and small

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck
Tune: [The heart of God abounded]
Published in 4 hymnals


Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersey, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck. Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: The heart of God abounded, With love for great and small
Title: Fount of Redemption
Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O, glorious fount of redemption
Copyright: Public Domain
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New Onward and Upward #150

New Onward and Upward #150
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Onward and Upward No. 2 #150

Onward and Upward No. 2 #150

Showalter's Gospel Songs No.2 #d59

Showalter's Gospel Songs No.2 #d59
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White Wings #10

White Wings #10
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