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My prayer for home

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Author: Mildred S. Edwards

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Text Information

First Line: I'll whisper softly now to God
Title: My prayer for home
Author: Mildred S. Edwards
Language: English
Copyright: © 1947, Nazarene Publishing House

Tune

ST. AGNES (Dykes)

John B. Dykes (PHH 147) composed ST. AGNES for [Jesus the Very Thought of Thee]. Dykes named the tune after a young Roman Christian woman who was martyred in A.D. 304 during the reign of Diocletian. St. Agnes was sentenced to death for refusing to marry a nobleman to whom she said, "I am already eng…

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Instances

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Children's Hymnal #53

When Boys and Girls Sing #d63

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