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Text:When I Behold Jesus Christ
Author:Almaz Belihu
Translator:Hartmut Schoenherr
Translator:Jim Keefer
Translator:Aurelia Keefer
Translator:Joseph Herl, b. 1959
Tune:MIN AYNET FIQIR NEW
Composer:Almaz Belihu
Harmonizer:Henry V. Gerike, b. 1948

238. When I Behold Jesus Christ

Text Information
First Line: When I behold Jesus Christ
Title: When I Behold Jesus Christ
Author: Almaz Belihu (sts. 1–3)
Translator: Hartmut Schoenherr (sts. 1–3)
Translator: Jim Keefer (sts. 1–3)
Translator: Aurelia Keefer (sts. 1–3)
Translator: Joseph Herl, b. 1959 (st. 4)
Refrain First Line: What kind of love is this
Meter: 76 76 and refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 2020
Topic: Redeemer
Copyright: © 1970 Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (sts. 1–3); © 1998 Concordia Publishing House (st. 4)
Tune Information
Name: MIN AYNET FIQIR NEW
Composer: Almaz Belihu
Harmonizer: Henry V. Gerike, b. 1948
Meter: 76 76 and refrain
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: © 1970 Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (tune); © 1998 Concordia Publishing House (setting)



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