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[Here is a question up to all on the earth]

[Here is a question up to all on the earth]

Composer: George W. McMillan
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: George W. McMillan

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Tune Information

Title: [Here is a question up to all on the earth]
Composer: George W. McMillan
Meter: 11.8.11.9 with refrain
Incipit: 33212 34556 55234
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Profit and Loss

Here is a question up to all on the earth,
Time will unfold to young and old,
What will your profit or your fortune be worth,
To gain all this world, then lose your soul?

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