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[This wide, wide world for Jesus]

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: M. B. DeWitt Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51112 34535 65312

Author: Alexander J. Baird Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: This wide, wide world for Jesus Lyrics: 1 This wide, wide world for Jesus, With all its sins and woes, Its anguish and diseases, Its sorrows and its throes; Though cursed and torn and blighted, And sunken down in gloom, God makes it, though benighted, The kingdom of His Son. 2 Christ is our king and ruler, Our hearts shall be His throne; The Gospel’s great Revealer Shall make us all His own; We’ll sing His great salvation, His triumph o’er His foes, Till desert, land, and nation Shall blossom as the rose. Used With Tune: CASTILIAN SPRINGS Text Sources: Children's Hosannas (Nashville: Board of Publication, Cumberland Presybyterian Church, 1880)

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This Wide World for Jesus

Author: Rev. A. J. Baird, D.D. Hymnal: The Harp of Glory #229 (1911) First Line: This wide, wide world for Jesus Languages: English Tune Title: [This wide, wide world for Jesus]

This Wide World For Jesus

Author: Alexander J. Baird Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8266 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D First Line: This wide, wide world for Jesus Lyrics: 1 This wide, wide world for Jesus, With all its sins and woes, Its anguish and diseases, Its sorrows and its throes; Though cursed and torn and blighted, And sunken down in gloom, God makes it, though benighted, The kingdom of His Son. 2 Christ is our king and ruler, Our hearts shall be His throne; The Gospel’s great Revealer Shall make us all His own; We’ll sing His great salvation, His triumph o’er His foes, Till desert, land, and nation Shall blossom as the rose. Languages: English Tune Title: CASTILIAN SPRINGS