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O God, whose loving hand has led

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Author: John Boyd Moore

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Text Information

First Line: O God, whose loving hand has led
Author: John Boyd Moore
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press

Tune

MELCOMBE (Webbe)

Also known as: ST. PHILIPS BENEDICTION GRANTON NAZARETH MELCOMBE was first used as an anonymous chant tune (with figured bass) in the Roman Catholic Mass and was published in 1782 in An Essay on the Church Plain Chant. It was first ascribed to Samuel Webbe (the elder; b. London, England, 1740; d.…

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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #579

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The New English Hymnal #319

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