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God of Creation

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Author: Naomi Russell

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Text Information

First Line: God of creation, help us each to understand
Title: God of Creation
Author: Naomi Russell
Place of Origin: United States
Language: English
Refrain First Line: God of creation, we would be creators too
Copyright: © 1980 Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Tune

JUDAS MACCABEUS

JUDAS MACCABEUS is an arrangement of a tune from the chorus "See, the Conquering Hero Comes" in Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabeus (first performed without this chorus in 1746). Handel initially used the tune in his oratorio Joshua (1747) but transferred it to Judas Maccabeus in 1751; such changes we…

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