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Text:O God and Father, Thee We Bless
Author:Leonard Clock
Translator:John J. Overholt
Tune:DIE NACHFOLGE CHRISTI
Arranger:John J. Overholt
Composer:Claude Goudimel, 1505-1572

1b. O God and Father, Thee We Bless

Text Information
First Line: O God and Father, Thee we bless
Title: O God and Father, Thee We Bless
German Title: O Gott, Vater, wir loben dich
Translator: John J. Overholt (1969)
Author: Leonard Clock (c. 1590)
Meter: 8.9.8.9.8.10.9.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Beginning of Worship: Opening Hymn of Praise and Prayer; Hymns, Songs, Chorales
Source: the 16th Century Anabaptist Ausbund, Hymn No. 131, from
Copyright: Translation Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
Notes: Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Ps. 103:1.
Tune Information
Name: DIE NACHFOLGE CHRISTI
Composer: Claude Goudimel, 1505-1572
Arranger: John J. Overholt (1971)
Meter: 8.9.8.9.8.10.9.
Incipit: 13451 76556 53343
Key: D Major
Copyright: Arrangement Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
Notes: M.M. 69



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