R J SprafkaHymns & Spirituals Music Library

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INDEX

Hymn: "Alles is an Gottes Segen"

Hymn: "Break Thou the Bread of Life"

Hymn: "Clamanda" (Sacred Harp)

Hymn: "How Great Thou Art"

Hymn: "Lord, Open Thou my heart to hear"

Hymn: "Parting Friends (1st)" (Sacred Harp)

Hymn: "Mennonite Doxology"

Hymn: "The Spiritual Sailor" (Sacred Harp)


Hymn: "Alles ist an Gottes Segen":
_______"All depends on our posessing God's abundant grace"
_______Johann König, arr. F Peeters
_______Text anon c. 1673: Tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1858
_______Hambden Ohio 2002
_______Forest City Singers standard closing 2

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Hymn: "Break Thou the Bread of Life":
_______Needs FormalScript font
_______Words: Mary A. Lathbury 1877 -- Music: William F.Sherwin 1877
_______St. Luke Episcopal : Chardon, Ohio,
_______Summer 2003 (hymn used as) Anthem

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Hymn: "Clamanda" (Sacred Harp)
_______Sacred Harp 1991 #42
_______Extra words from "Social Band" (harmony #112)

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Hymn: "How Great Thou Art":
_______Needs Crescendo and FormalScript fonts
_______Carl Gustav Boberg, 1885. English by SK Hine.
_______Tune: Stuart K. Hine from Swedish folk melody
_______St. Luke Episcopal : Chardon, Ohio,
_______Summer 2003 (hymn used as) Anthem

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Hymn: "Lord, Open Thou my heart to hear":
_______Needs Crescendo and FormalScript fonts
_______tune: "Erhalt uns, Herr", harmonized by Hans Leo Hassler.
_______St. Luke Episcopal : Chardon, Ohio,
_______Summer 2003 (hymn used as) Anthem
_______from an old Lutheran Hymnal

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Hymn: "Parting Friends (1st)" (Sacred Harp)
_______Sacred Harp 1991 #267
_______Arr. - John G. McCurry, 1842

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Hymn: "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow":
_______Mennonite Doxology 118
_______Dedication Anthem (606)
_______Hambden, Ohio 2002
_______Forest City Singers standard closing 3

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Hymn: "The Spiritual Sailor" (Sacred Harp)
_______Southern Harmony #41
_______Sacred Harp (Revised Cooper Edition 2000) #150

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R. J. Sprafka, June 2006