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Text:For God so loved us
Author:August Rische
Translator:Esther Bergen
Tune:GOTT IST DIE LIEBE

167. For God so loved us

Text Information
First Line: For God so loved us, he sent the Savior (Gott ist die Liebe, lässt mich erlösen)
Title: For God so loved us
Author: August Rische
Translator: Esther Bergen
Refrain First Line: Love, so unending (Drum sag ich noch einmal)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1992
Source: Gott ist die Liebe; The Youth Hymnary (Sts. 1-3), 1956; The Hymn Book (St. 4 and refrain), 1960
Copyright: Copyright ©1960 The Hymn Book (St. 4 and refrain)
Tune Information
Name: GOTT IST DIE LIEBE
Meter: 10 9 with refrain
Key: F Major
Source: Thüringer melody, ca. 1840



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