O comrade of the human heart

Author: Henry Van Dyke

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First Line: O comrade of the human heart
Author: Henry Van Dyke
Language: English

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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The Chapel Hymnal #156

The Chapel Hymnal #156

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