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Text:O What A World This World Would Be
Author:William Clark Martin
Tune:[If ev­ery knee would hum­bly bow]
Composer:Rufus Henry Cornelius
Media:MIDI file

16348. O What A World This World Would Be

1 If ev­ery knee would hum­bly bow,
And ev­ery tongue con­fess the Lord,
If ev­ery heart would hum­bly vow
To live ac­cord­ing to His word,

Refrain:
O what a world this world would be;
What won­ders ev­ery eye should see;
If all would hum­bly bow the knee,
O what a world this world would be.

2 If all the world would now be­gin
To live the life of cha­ri­ty;
And put away the reign of sin,
O what a world this world would bring! [Refrain]

3 If ev­ery heart would glad­ly own
Our Sav­ior as its Lord and king;
If He should reign, and He alone,
What joys His kind­ly reign would bring! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: If ev­ery knee would hum­bly bow
Title: O What A World This World Would Be
Author: William Clark Martin (1913)
Refrain First Line: O what a world this world would be
Language: English
Source: Harvest of Light by Rufus Cornelius and R. L. Ferguson (Midlothian, TX: R. H. Cornelius, 1913)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [If ev­ery knee would hum­bly bow]
Composer: Rufus Henry Cornelius
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: MIDI
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