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Text:Father, hear the prayer we offer
Author:Love Maria Willis, 1824-1908
Tune:SUSSEX
Adapter:Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Arranger:Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1882-1958

132. Father, hear the prayer we offer

Text Information
First Line: Father, hear the prayer we offer
Title: Father, hear the prayer we offer
Author: Love Maria Willis, 1824-1908
Meter: 87 87
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Topic: Living the Christian Life: Prayer; Living the Christian Life: Guidance
Tune Information
Name: SUSSEX
Adapter: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1882-1958
Meter: 87 87
Key: G Major or modal
Source: English traditional melody
Copyright: Music by permission of Oxford University Press, from the "English Hymnal"
Notes: Now Public Domain



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