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Text:Where Armies Scourge the Countryside (Bring Peace to Earth Again)
Author:Herman G. Stuempfle Jr.
Tune:PACE MIO DIO
Composer:Perry Nelson
Media:Audio recording

344. Where Armies Scourge the Countryside (Bring Peace to Earth Again)

Text Information
First Line: Where armies scourge the countryside
Title: Where Armies Scourge the Countryside (Bring Peace to Earth Again)
Author: Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. (1995)
Refrain First Line: O God of mercy, hear our prayer
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Family; The Life of the Nations; World Peace (1 more...)
Copyright: © 1996 World Library Publications
ONE LICENSE: 40373
Tune Information
Name: PACE MIO DIO
Composer: Perry Nelson (1996)
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6
Key: d minor
Copyright: © 1996 World Library Publications


Text Information:

This text was a response to several events: ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, revelations of child abuse, the general state of the world. For all such horrors, the only hope is the peace God offers. The tune name means “Peace, my God.”


Media
Audio recording: Audio (MP3)

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