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My Purchased Files| Text: | Lift Your Heads, O Martyrs, Weeping |
| Adapter: | Theodore S. Horvath |
| Author: | Károly Jeszensky |
| Translator: | William Tóth |
| Tune: | MAGYAR |
| Adapter: | G. J. Neumann |
| Harmonizer: | G. J. Neumann |
479. Lift Your Heads, O Martyrs, Weeping
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Lift your heads, O martyrs, weeping |
| Title: | Lift Your Heads, O Martyrs, Weeping |
| Author: | Károly Jeszensky (1890) |
| Translator: | William Tóth (1938) |
| Adapter: | Theodore S. Horvath (1994) |
| Meter: | 87.87.77.88 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Scripture: | ; ; |
| Topic: | God: Strength, Protection and Trust; Pilgrimage |
| Source: | Based on a hymn by Pauli Joachim (1636-1708); Adapt. The New Century Hymnal, 1995 |
| Copyright: | © 1985 United Church Press; Word adapts. © 1994 The Pilgrim Press |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | MAGYAR |
| Adapter: | G. J. Neumann (1938) |
| Harmonizer: | G. J. Neumann (1938) |
| Meter: | 87.87.77.88 |
| Key: | f minor |
| Source: | 'Hymn of the Hungarian Galley Slaves,' 1674 |
Text Information:
In 1674, persecutions resulted in the sale of 41 Hungarian Reformed ministers as galley slaves. The author wrote this hymn to commemorate that servitude. It is the heart for UCC people with Hungarian roots
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