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When We Face Impending Warfare

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Author: Martin E. Leckebusch

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Text Information

First Line: When we face impending warfare
Title: When We Face Impending Warfare
Author: Martin E. Leckebusch (alt.)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Language: English
Copyright: © 2002 Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
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Tune

BETHANY (Smart)

BETHANY, named after the village near Jerusalem, is a suitably dramatic tune for the song text. It was composed by Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-k…

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Christian Worship #144A

Christian Worship #144A
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