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Our Sabbath Songs

Author: Samuel Burnham

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First Line: What shall we sing for Sabbath songs?
Title: Our Sabbath Songs
Author: Samuel Burnham
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Our Sabbath songs we bring
Copyright: Public Domain

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SPES CELESTIS


ALL SAINTS NEW (Cutler)

Henry Stephen Cutler (b. Boston, MA, 1824; d. Boston, 1902) composed ALL SAINTS NEW in 1872 for Reginald Heber's (PHH 249) text "The Son of God Goes Forth to War," and the two were published together in Hymnal with Tunes, Old and New (1872). That text refers to "the glorious band" of God's people, h…

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[What shall we sing for Sabbath songs?]


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Carmina for Social Worship #d275

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Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship #71

Sabbath Songs for Children's Worship #d188

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The Bible School Hymnal #15

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The School Hymnal #4

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