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O Savior of the world forlorn, At night to save Thy people born

O Savior of the world forlorn, At night to save Thy people born

Author: William J. Copeland
Tune: WINCHESTER NEW
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: William J. Copeland

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First Line: O Savior of the world forlorn, At night to save Thy people born
Author: William J. Copeland
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

WINCHESTER NEW

The original version of WINCHESTER NEW appeared in Musikalisches Handbuch der geistlichen Melodien, published in Hamburg, Germany, in 1690 by Georg Wittwe. It was set to the text “Wer nur den lieben Gott” (see 446). An expanded version of the tune was a setting for "Dir, dir Jehova" (see 203) in…

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