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My Purchased Files| Text: | Eternal Father, Strong to Save |
| Author: | William Whiting |
| Tune: | MELITA |
| Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes |
535. Eternal Father, Strong to Save
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Eternal Father, strong to save, whose arm has bound |
| Title: | Eternal Father, Strong to Save |
| Author: | William Whiting (1850, alt.) |
| Meter: | 88.88.88 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Scripture: | ; |
| Topic: | God: Strength, Protection and Trust; Nation; Trinity |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | MELITA |
| Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes (1861) |
| Meter: | 88.88.88 |
| Key: | C Major |
Text Information:
This hymn, known as the Navy Hymn in the USA, is also sung on English ships. It was played at the funerals of both F. D. Roosevelt and J. F. Kennedy
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