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Highly favored congregation Founded firm on Christ the Rock

Highly favored congregation Founded firm on Christ the Rock

Author: John Swertner
Published in 6 hymnals


Author: John Swertner

Swertner, John, b. Sept. 12, 1746, at Haarlem, in Holland, Moravian minister at various places in England and Ireland; d. at Bristol, March 11, 1813. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >

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First Line: Highly favored congregation Founded firm on Christ the Rock
Author: John Swertner
Copyright: Public Domain
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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #607

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #607
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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #1129

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #1129

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. Rev. ed. #d235

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. Rev. ed. #d235
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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. New and Revised ed. #749

A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. New and Revised ed. #749
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Offices of Worship and Hymns #900

Offices of Worship and Hymns #900
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The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #900

The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #900
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