Give Me the Faith

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Give me the faith that Jesus had

Author: William J. Pearson
Tune: STELLA (English)
Published in 7 hymnals

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	The Sudden Substitute

Author: William J. Pearson

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Give me the faith that Jesus had
Title:	Give Me the Faith
Author:	William J. Pearson
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O, the blood of Jesus

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Tune

STELLA (English)

First published in Henri Frederick Hemy's Easy Hymn Tunes for Catholic Schools (1851), STELLA was a folk tune from northern England that Hemy heard sung by children in Stella, a village near Newcastle-upon-Tyme. In modified bar form (AA'B), the tune has an interesting rhythmic structure. Antiphonal…

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MADRID (Matthews)

William Matthews (b. Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, 1759; d. Nottingham, England, 1830) composed MADRID (not to be confused with another tune of that name associated with "Come, Christians, Join to Sing") early in the nineteenth century, but it is not clear how the tune acquired its name. Matthews w…

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