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  2. Abide with Me - Wikipedia

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    "Abide with Me" is a Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican cleric Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847). A prayer for God to stay with the speaker throughout life and in death, it was written by Lyte in 1847 as he was dying from tuberculosis.

  3. Tell Me the Old, Old Story - Wikipedia

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    Marble bust of William Howard Doane "Tell Me the Old, Old Story" is a hymn.The words were written as a poem in 1866 by Katherine Hankey, an English evangelist, while she was recovering from a serious illness in London. [1]

  4. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Wikipedia

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    "A Mighty Fortress" is one of the best known hymns of the Lutheran tradition, and among Protestants more generally. It has been called the "Battle Hymn of the Reformation" for the effect it had in increasing the support for the Reformers' cause.

  5. Our God, Our Help in Ages Past - Wikipedia

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    "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past" (or "O God, Our Help in Ages Past") is a hymn by Isaac Watts in 1708 that paraphrases the 90th Psalm of the Book of Psalms.

  6. List of folk songs by Roud number - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of songs by their Roud Folk Song Index number; the full catalogue can also be found on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. Some publishers have added Roud numbers to books and liner notes, as has also been done with Child Ballad numbers and Laws numbers.

  7. O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Wikipedia

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    "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" is a Christian hymn written by Charles Wesley. [1] [2] The hymn was placed first in John Wesley's A Collection of Hymns for the People Called Methodists published in 1780.

  8. Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus - Wikipedia

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    "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus" is an American Christian hymn. It was written by George Duffield Jr. in 1858 and is based on the dying words of Dudley Atkins Tyng. The traditional tune "Webb" was composed by George James Webb, based on the melody of Franz Schubert's "Die Forelle" ("The Trout").

  9. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - Wikipedia

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    The hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" was written by Isaac Watts, and published in Hymns and Spiritual Songs in 1707. It is significant for being an innovative departure from the early English hymn style of only using paraphrased biblical texts, although the first couplet of the second verse paraphrases Galatians 6:14a and the second couplet of the fourth verse paraphrases Gal. 6:14b.