My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord

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My soul doth magnify the Lord, My spirit shall in God rejoice

Author: Unknown (1535, cento); Translator: John Theodore Mueller (1940)
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Unknown

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Translator: John Theodore Mueller

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First Line:	My soul doth magnify the Lord, My spirit shall in God rejoice
Title:	My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
German Title:	Mein Seel, o Gott, muss loben dich
Author:	Unknown (1535, cento)
Translator:	John Theodore Mueller (1940)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1996
Copyright:	Tr. © 1941 Concordia Publishing House

Luke 1:47-55
(hymns)

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WO GOTT ZUM HAUS

GOTTLOB, ES GEHT NUNMEHR ZU ENDE

Various forms of GOTTLOB are found in a number of collections of old German melodies. One form of the tune appeared in Johann G. Wagner's Sammlung alter und neuer (1742) with the burial hymn "Gottlob, es geht nunmehr zum Ende" ("Thanks Be to God; My End Is Near Me"). Although only the first line of…

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