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O Come Unto the Lord

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Author: Young tāik Chun

(no biographical information available about Young tāik Chun.) Go to person page >

Translator: Steve S. Shim

Shim, a Presbyterian minister, was the first executive of Hanmi Presbytery, the nongeographical Korean Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993 Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: No matter how heavy
Title: O Come Unto the Lord
Korean Title: 어서 돌아오오
Author: Young tāik Chun (1943)
Translator: Steve S. Shim (1976; alt. 1989)
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O come unto the Lord
Copyright: Translation © 1976 Korean-English Hymnbook Publication Commission. All rights reserved. The use of this hymn has been donated by the Commission.; English Trans. © 1976 The Hymnal Society of Korea

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Glory to God #416

The Presbyterian Hymnal #381

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