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Text:Lord, Be Thy Word My Rule
Author:Christopher Wordsworth
Tune:EDEN (Feilden)
Composer:Oswald Moseley Feilden
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3594. Lord, Be Thy Word My Rule

1. Lord, be Thy Word my rule,
In it may I rejoice;
Thy glory be my aim;
Thy holy will my choice.

2. Thy promises my hope;
Thy providence my guard;
Thine arm my strong support;
Thyself my great reward.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, be Thy Word my rule
Title: Lord, Be Thy Word My Rule
Author: Christopher Wordsworth (1872)
Meter: 66.66
Language: English
Source: The Holy Year, sixth edition, 1872, number 128
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: EDEN (Feilden)
Composer: Oswald Moseley Feilden (1863)
Meter: 66.66
Incipit: 53517 65313 45561
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Psalms and Hymns, enlarged edition, by William W. How & T. B. Morrell, 1863
Copyright: Public Domain



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