The Earth and the Riches

The earth and the riches with which it is stored, The world and its dwellers belong to the Lord

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First Line:	The earth and the riches with which it is stored, The world and its dwellers belong to the Lord
Title:	The Earth and the Riches
Meter:	11.11.11.11
Source:	The Complete Book of Psalms for Singing, 1991; alt.
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1991 Rowland S. Ward

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FOUNDATION (American)

The anonymous tune FOUNDATION first appeared in Joseph Funk's A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1832) as a setting for this text (there it was called PROTECTION). The tune was also published with the text in Southern Harmony and Sacred Harp. The ancestors of Joseph Funk (b. Lancaster County, PA…

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MY JESUS I LOVE THEE (English)

LANSING (Gabriel)

LANSING is one of several tunes by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) included in the 1912 Psalter, where it was set to the second part of Psalm 24, "Ye Gates Lift Your Heads." The tune title refers to the Illinois city just south of Chicago near which Gabriel…

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