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Text:What Joy to Think of That Vast Host
Author:W. A. Wexels, 1796-1866
Translator:R. Birch Hoyle, 1875-1939
Tune:LOBT GOTT IHR CHRISTEN
Composer (melody):Nikolaus Hermann, c. 1485-1561

280. What Joy to Think of That Vast Host

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Text Information
First Line: What joy to think of that vast host
Title: What Joy to Think of That Vast Host
Translator: R. Birch Hoyle, 1875-1939
Author: W. A. Wexels, 1796-1866
Language: English
Publication Date: 1970
Topic: Victory over Death
Copyright: Words from Cantate Domino. Copyright © by the World Student Christian Federation. Used by permission.
Tune Information
Name: LOBT GOTT IHR CHRISTEN
Composer (melody): Nikolaus Hermann, c. 1485-1561
Meter: C.M.
Key: F Major



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