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Love, 'twas Love for Me

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Author: Sylvia Rose Cobb

Sylvia Rose Cobb (b. c.1954) attended Southwestern Christian College (Terrell, Tex.) and completed her undergraduate studies at Harding University (Searcy, Ark.). She taught music at Southwestern Christian College for three years and has lived most of her life in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area, teaching, writing, singing, and publishing music. Her Songs of Faith hymnal is a collection of fifty spiritual songs she authored and composed. Go to person page >

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First Line: Why (why) did Jesus have to die for me?
Title: Love, 'twas Love for Me
Author: Sylvia Rose Cobb (1979)
Language: English
Copyright: © Sylvia Rose in Songs of Faith
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Songs of Faith #21

Songs of Faith #21
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