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Text:O Lord of life, wherever they be
Author:Frederick L. Hosmer
Tune:VICTORY
Adapter:William H. Monk
Composer:Giovanni Pieluigi da Palestrina

635. O Lord of life, wherever they be

Text Information
First Line: O Lord of life, where'er they be
Title: O Lord of life, wherever they be
Author: Frederick L. Hosmer (1888)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1992
Source: Chicago Unity, n.d., The Thoughts of God in Hymns and Poems, second series, 1894
Tune Information
Name: VICTORY
Composer: Giovanni Pieluigi da Palestrina
Adapter: William H. Monk
Meter: 888 with alleluia
Key: E Major
Source: Magnificat in the Third Mode, 1591; Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861



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