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What service shall we render Thee

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Author: Ernest Dodgshun

Born: March 8, 1876, Leeds, Eng­land. Died: Au­gust 24, 1944, St. Bri­a­vels, Lyd­ney, Glou­ces­ter­shire, Eng­land. Dodgshun’s works in­clude: The Road of Life, with George Pev­er­ett (Lon­don: Na­tion­al Adult School Un­ion, cir­ca 1915) Personality in the Mak­ing (Unit­ed King­dom Na­tion­al Adult School Un­ion, 1936) --www.hymntime.com/tch/  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: What service shall we render Thee
Author: Ernest Dodgshun
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

FOREST GREENHighcharts.com
Frequency of use
FOREST GREEN

FOREST GREEN is an English folk tune associated with the ballad "The Ploughboy's Dream." Ralph Vaughan Williams (PHH 316) turned FOREST GREEN into a hymn tune for The English Hymnal (1906), using it as a setting for "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Shaped in rounded bar form (AABA), FOREST GREEN has th…

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Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals193419361938194019421944194619481950195219541956050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

The Hymnal #500

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #897

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