O Father, You Are Sovereign

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Source: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #233

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Author: E. Margaret Clarkson

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First Line:	O Father, you are sovereign
Title:	O Father, You Are Sovereign
Author:	E. Margaret Clarkson (1982)
Meter:	7.6.7.6 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1982, Christianity Today. Assigned 1983 to Hope Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Tune

ST. THEODULPH (Teschner)

Now often named ST. THEODULPH because of its association with this text, the tune is also known, especially in organ literature, as VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN. It was composed by Melchior Teschner (b. Fraustadt [now Wschowa, Poland], Silesia, 1584; d. Oberpritschen, near Fraustadt, 1635) for "Valet wi…

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AURELIA

Composed by Samuel S. Wesley (PHH 206), AURELIA (meaning "golden") was published as a setting for “Jerusalem the Golden” in Selection of Psalms and Hymns, which was compiled by Charles Kemble and Wesley in 1864. Though opinions vary concerning the tune's merits (Henry J. Gauntlett once condemned…

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