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RACHEL (Bowater)

Arranger: Noel Tredinnick

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Composer: Chris Bowater

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Tune Information

Title: RACHEL (Bowater)
Composer: Chris Bowater (20th century)
Arranger: Noel Tredinnick (1982)
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
Incipit: 33344 51544 31123
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: © 1976 Sovereign Lifestyle Music

Texts

How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear!
It soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds,
and drives away our fear.

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Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)
Text

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #211b

Text

Moravian Book of Worship #487

Text

Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship #299

The Covenant Hymnal #300

Text

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #207a

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #208

The Sing! Hymnal #191

TextAudio

The Worshiping Church #102

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