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Commonwealth Is God's Commandment

Author: Mary Louise Bringle

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First Line: Commonwelath is God's commandment
Title: Commonwealth Is God's Commandment
Author: Mary Louise Bringle
Meter: 8 7 8 7 and refrain
Language: English
Copyright: © 2018 GIA Publications, Inc.
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RESTORATION (Southern Harmony)

ARISE is an anonymous American folk melody. Set to "Mercy, O Thou Son of David," the tune was published in William Walker's (PHH 44) Southern Harmony (1835) with the title RESTORATION. Its name was changed to ARISE (after the refrain in the ballad about the prodigal son) when it was set to Hart's te…

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