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Text:Lead on, O King Eternal
Author:Ernest Warburton Shurtleff, 1862-1917
Tune:LANCASHIRE
Composer:Henry Smart, 1813-1879

845. Lead on, O King Eternal

Text Information
First Line: Lead on, O King Eternal
Title: Lead on, O King Eternal
Author: Ernest Warburton Shurtleff, 1862-1917
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Christian Life: Fight of Faith
Notes: For Thy name's sake lead me. Ps. 31:3. Lead me … in Thy righteousness. Ps. 5:8. Lead me in Thy truth. Ps. 25:5. So fight I, not as one that beateth the air. I Cor. 9:26.
Tune Information
Name: LANCASHIRE
Composer: Henry Smart, 1813-1879
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
Key: D Major
Notes: M.M. 72



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