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Joseph, be our guide and pattern

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Author: Muriel Newton-White

Newton-White, Muriel Elizabeth. (Charlton, Ontario, January 21, 1928-- ). Anglican. Cursillista (associate) of the Sisters of St. John the Divine, and active in various forms of church work in Algoma diocese. As a free-lance artist and writer, she specialized in children's books, which were published by the Highway Book Shop, Cobalt, Ont. While several of her hymns have circulated in her Order, only one, for St. Joseph's Day, has yet received wide public exposure through the Catholic Book of Worship (1972, 1980). --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line: Joseph, be our guide and pattern
Author: Muriel Newton-White
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Tune

ORIEL (Ett)


REGENT SQUARE (Smart)

Henry T. Smart (PHH 233) composed REGENT SQUARE for the Horatius Bonar (PHH 260) doxology "Glory be to God the Father." The tune was first published in the English Presbyterian Church's Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), of which Smart was music editor. Because the text editor of that hymna…

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Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

Catholic Book of Worship III #456

Catholic Book of Worship III #456

Worship (3rd ed.) #693

Worship (3rd ed.) #693
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