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O do not bar your mind

O do not bar your mind

Author: Charles Parsons
Tune: OLMUTZ
Published in 11 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Oh do not bar your mind
Against the light of good;
But open wide, let in the Word,
And truth will be your food.

2 It will from error free
Your long enslavèd mind
And bring the light of liberty
Where it shall be enshrined.

3 Hid treasures it reveals
To all who know its power;
And all who will may light receive,
In this most gracious hour.

4 Then open wide your heart
To truth and light and love;
You then shall know your life is hid
With Christ in God above.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13353

Author: Charles Parsons

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Text Information

First Line: O do not bar your mind
Author: Charles Parsons
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #13353
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

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The Cyber Hymnal #13353

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