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Builder of mighty worlds on worlds

Author: E. Johnson
Published in 22 hymnals

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	Wondrous Love: Four Lenten Preludes for…

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1 Builder of mighty worlds on worlds,
How poor the house must be,
That with our human, sinful hands
We may erect for Thee.

2 O Christ, Thou art our Corner-stone;
On thee our hopes are built;
Thou art our Lord, our Light, our Life,
Our Sacrifice for guilt.

3 In Thy blest Name we gather here,
And consecrate the ground.
The walls that on this rock shall rise
Thy praises shall resound.

Source: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #297

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Author: E. Johnson

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First Line:	Builder of mighty worlds on worlds
Author:	E. Johnson
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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MANOAH (Greatorex)

MANOAH was first published in Henry W. Greatorex's Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1851). This anthology (later editions had alternate titles) contained one of the best tune collections of its era and included thirty-seven original compositions and arrangements by compiler Greatorex as well as m…

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ST. AGNES (Dykes)

John B. Dykes (PHH 147) composed ST. AGNES for [Jesus the Very Thought of Thee]. Dykes named the tune after a young Roman Christian woman who was martyred in A.D. 304 during the reign of Diocletian. St. Agnes was sentenced to death for refusing to marry a nobleman to whom she said, "I am already eng…

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TAPPAN (Kingsley)

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (1969), p.493

Instances

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Gospel Melodies #d20

Gospel Voices No.2 #d13

Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #297

Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #322

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d137

Offices of Worship and Hymns #215

Service Hymnal #568

Songs for the New Life #d63

Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #363

The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #868

The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #255.868

The Baptist Hymn Book #868

The Baptist Praise Book #1186

The Baptist Standard Hymnal #568

The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #593

The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #844

The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #215

The National Baptist Hymn Book #d78

The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad78

The National Baptist Hymnal #569

The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1138

The Songs of Zion #446

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