Mi corazón, oh examina

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Mi corazón, oh examina hoy

Author: J. Edwin Orr; Translator: C. P. Denyer; Translator: Elizabeth Ritchey de Fuller
Tune: MAORI
Published in 14 hymnals

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1 Mi corazón, oh examina hoy;
mis pensamientos prueba, oh Señor.
Ve si en mí perversidades hay;
por sendas rectas guíame port tu amor.

2 Límpiame, Dios, de toda mi maldad;
aviva hoy mi errante corazón.
Quiero andar contigo en santidad;
llena mi vida de tu bendición.

Source: Celebremos Su Gloria #382

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Author: J. Edwin Orr

Rv James Edwin Orr MA ThD EdD PhD United Kingdom/USA. Born at Belfast, Northern Ireland, son of a jeweler with both British and American citizenship (so his children did as well), he studied at the College of Technology, Belfast, Ireland. After spending some years as a baker, he began evangelizing in Britian and in Europe. In 1937 he married Ivy Carol Carlson, and they had a daughter: Eileen. After their marriage, the Orrs evangelized in Australia (1939), China, Canada, South America, and the U.S. In 1939 he enrolled at Northwest University, and in 1940 was ordained into the Baptist Christian ministry at Newark, NJ. He received a MA from Northwest University in 1941 and a ThD from Northern Baptist Seminary in 1943. During WWII he s… Go to person page >

Translator: C. P. Denyer

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Translator: Elizabeth Ritchey de Fuller

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First Line:	Mi corazón, oh examina hoy
Title:	Mi corazón, oh examina
English Title:	Search me, O God, and know my heart today
Author:	J. Edwin Orr
Translator:	C. P. Denyer
Translator:	Elizabeth Ritchey de Fuller
Meter:	10.10.10.10
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

MAORI

The tune was adapted from "Swiss Cradle Song" by Clement Scott. It was released by the Australian music company W. H. Paling and Co. in 1913. It was then adapted in New Zealand for a farewell song for Maori soldiers beginning in World War I, modified with the words "This is the hour," used as a wal…

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