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Text:I Thank Thee, Lord, For Strength Of Arm
Author:Robert Davis
Tune:MINISTRY
Composer:John Henry Gower
Media:MIDI file

8499. I Thank Thee, Lord, For Strength Of Arm

1 I thank Thee, Lord, for strength of arm
To win my bread,
And that, beyond my need, is meat
For friend unfed:
I thank Thee much for bread to live;
I thank Thee more for bread to give.

2 I thank Thee, Lord, for snug-thatched roof
In cold and storm,
And that, beyond my need, is room
For friend forlorn:
I thank Thee much for place to rest,
But more for shelter for my guest.

3 I thank Thee, Lord, for lavish love
On me bestowed,
Enough to share with loveless folk
To ease their load:
Thy love to me I ill could spare,
Yet dearer is Thy love I share.

Text Information
First Line: I thank Thee, Lord, for strength of arm
Title: I Thank Thee, Lord, For Strength Of Arm
Author: Robert Davis (1908)
Meter: 84.84.88
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternative tune: O JESU from "Evangelisches Gesangbuch"
Tune Information
Name: MINISTRY
Composer: John Henry Gower (1909)
Meter: 84.84.88
Key: Eā™­ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: MIDI
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