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Serving God with Single Heart

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Author: Ernest Y. L. Yang

Ernest Y. L. Yang (b. Wuxi,Jiangsu, China, 1899; d. China, 1984), served on the committee that prepared the interdenominational Chinese hymnbook Hymns of Universal Praise (1936). He wrote over two hundred hymns, including melodies, arrangements, translations, and original texts. Regarded as an outstanding musicologist in China, he is known especially for his important two-volume history of ancient music in China, Zhongkuo Gudai Yinyue Shigao (1944). A graduate of St. John's University in Shanghai and Guanghua University, Yang taught at Yanjing University, the National Conservatory of Music, and Jinling Women's University. Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988 Go to person page >

Translator: Ivy Balchin

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First Line: Serving God with single heart
Title: Serving God with Single Heart
Author: Ernest Y. L. Yang (1933)
Translator: Ivy Balchin (1976)
Source: Chinese
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Our respect to age we pray
Publication Date: 1983
Copyright: From Hymns of Universal Praise, revised edition. Copyright © 1977 by the Chinese Christian Literature Council Ltd., Hong Kong.
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