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Text:Take the World, but Give Me Jesus
Author:Fanny J. Crosby
Tune:[Take the world, but give me Jesus]
Composer:Lloyd O. Sanderson

671. Take the World, but Give Me Jesus

Text Information
First Line: Take the world, but give me Jesus
Title: Take the World, but Give Me Jesus
Author: Fanny J. Crosby (1879)
Refrain First Line: Oh, the height and depth of mercy!
Meter: 8.7.8.7. with chorus
Language: English
Publication Date: 2012
Copyright: © 1935, renewal 1963 Gospel Advocate Co.
Tune Information
Name: [Take the world, but give me Jesus]
Composer: Lloyd O. Sanderson (1935)
Meter: 8.7.8.7. with chorus
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: © 1935, renewal 1963 Gospel Advocate Co.



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