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Dearest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all rulers

Translator: Maria Straub
Tune: CRUSADERS' HYMN (111271)
Published in 2 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Sixteen Introductions or Interludes for…

Instrumental
	SONGS OF CHRISTMAS JOY

Handbells
	Fairest Lord Jesus

Translator: Maria Straub

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Text Information

First Line:	Dearest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all rulers
Title:	All Excelling
Original Language:	German
Translator:	Maria Straub
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Brave Christian soldiers, gallently marching
Copyright:	Public Domain

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CRUSADERS' HYMN (111271)

ST. ELIZABETH appears to be an eighteenth-century tune from the Glaz area of Silesia. It has always been associated with this text. No factual data exists for the legend that this text and tune date back to the twelfth-century crusades, although those apocryphal stories explain one of the names by w…

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