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Praise God, the Source of life and birth

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Author: Ruth C. Duck

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Text Information

First Line: Praise God, the Source of life and birth
Author: Ruth C. Duck
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Publication Date: 2005
Copyright: © GIA Publications, Inc.
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Tune

OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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FAIRHILL


DEUS TUORUM MILITUM (Grenoble)

DEUS TUORUM MILITUM (sometimes called GRENOBLE) was published in France in the 1753 Grenoble Antiphoner as a setting for the text "Deus tuorum militum" (“The God of Your Soldiers”). One of the finest French diocesan tunes from the eighteenth century, it represents a departure in Roman Catholic h…

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Timeline

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Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #809

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #809

Common Praise (1998) #669

Common Praise (1998) #669

Hymnal #95

Hymnal #95

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #809

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #809

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #969

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #969

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #185

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #185

Voices Together #71

Voices Together #71
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