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Text:Canticle of Love
Adapter:S T Kimbrough, Jr.
Tune:[This is my commandment]
Composer:Gary Alan Smith

646. Canticle of Love

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Text Information
First Line: This is my commandment
Title: Canticle of Love
Adapter: S T Kimbrough, Jr.
Refrain First Line: This is my commandment
Language: English
Publication Date: 1989
Topic: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church: Marriage; Canticles; Love Feast (4 more...)
Copyright: Adapt. © 1988 S. T. Kimbrough, Jr.
Notes: Responsive refrains to reading. Two refrains: General and Marriage
Tune Information
Name: [This is my commandment]
Composer: Gary Alan Smith
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Response © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House



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