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Contend, O LORD, with Those

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Author: Julie Tennent

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Author: Timothy Tennent

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Text Information

First Line: Contend, O LORD, with those Who do contend with me
Title: Contend, O LORD, with Those
Author: Julie Tennent
Author: Timothy Tennent
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Copyright: © 2017 Julie and Timothy Tennent

Tune

TERRA BEATA

TERRA BEATA was originally a traditional English folk tune, a variant of which, entitled RUSPER, appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906. Franklin L. Sheppard (b. Philadelphia, PA, 1852; d. Germantown, PA, 1930) arranged the tune for Babcock's text and published it in the Presbyterian church school h…

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Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #35A

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