For Thy mercy aye pursuing

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For Thy mercy aye pursuing

Author: Robert Freeman
Tune: BETHANY (Smart)
Published in 3 hymnals

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Author: Robert Freeman

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Text Information

First Line:	For Thy mercy aye pursuing
Author:	Robert Freeman
Language:	English

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BETHANY (Smart)

BETHANY, named after the village near Jerusalem, is a suitably dramatic tune for the song text. It was composed by Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-k…

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