It Is God Who Holds the Nations

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It is God who holds the nations in the hollow of his hand

Author: Fred Pratt Green (1976, alt.)
Tune: VISION (Davies)
ONE LICENSE: 21244
Published in 8 hymnals

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Source: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #705

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Author: Fred Pratt Green

The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies. Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more." --Seven New Hymns o… Go to person page >

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First Line:	It is God who holds the nations in the hollow of his hand
Title:	It Is God Who Holds the Nations
Author:	Fred Pratt Green (1976, alt.)
Language:	English
Notes:	Poem; suggested tune: BATTLE HYMN
Copyright:	© 1976 Hope Publishing Company