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598. Once in the Blest Baptismal Waters

Text Information
First Line: Once in the blest baptismal waters
Title: Once in the Blest Baptismal Waters
Author: Emilie Juliane von Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt, 1637-1706
Refrain First Line: O God, for Jesus' sake I pray
Meter: 98 98 88
Language: English
Publication Date: 2006
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Baptismal Life
Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 (Tr.), abr., alt.
Copyright: © 1941 Concordia Publishing House
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: WER WEISS, WIE NAHE
Composer: Christian Möck, 1737-1818
Meter: 98 98 88
Key: G Major
Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 (Setting)



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