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Text:O God and Father, Thee We Bless
Author:Leonard Clock
Translator:John J. Overholt
Tune:MIT FREUDEN ZART
Harmonizer:John J. Overholt

666. 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: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; The Christian Home: Family Worship
Source: the 16th Century Anabaptist Ausbund, Hymn No. 131, from
Copyright: Translation Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
Notes: I will bless the Lord at all times. Ps. 34:1.
Tune Information
Name: MIT FREUDEN ZART
Harmonizer: John J. Overholt (1971)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Geneva 138, Pseaulmes…Lyon, 1547, Adapted from; Bohemian Brethren's Kirchengeseng, 1568
Copyright: Harmonization Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
Notes: M.M. 52



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