The Child's Mission

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Our Jesus, before He went home

Tune: CONTRAST (German)
Published in 6 hymnals

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	EARLY AMERICAN FOLK HYMNS FOR ORGAN (A C…

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First Line:	Our Jesus, before He went home
Title:	The Child's Mission
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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CONTRAST (German)

The tune most commonly known as CONTRAST is a German folk tune. In American shape-note tradition the tune is known as GREEN FIELDS or GREENFIELDS. J. S. Bach quoted it in his "Peasant Cantata," but he did not compose it. It has also been misattributed to Maria DeFleury and to Lewis Edson. Edson wrot…

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