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Text:Here God's life-giving word
Author:John Bowers (born 1923)
Tune:SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer:R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

383. Here God's life-giving word

Text Information
First Line: Here God's life-giving word
Author: John Bowers (born 1923)
Refrain First Line: Christians, lift up your hearts
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 1987
Topic: God's Church: Christian Initiation
Copyright: © John Bowers
Tune Information
Name: SALVE FESTA DIES
Composer: R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Meter: Irregular
Key: F Major
Copyright: © Oxford University Press



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