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Though mountains may depart from thee

Author: Una R. Lias

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Text Information

First Line: Though mountains may depart from thee
Author: Una R. Lias
Language: English

Tune

BANGOR (Tansur)

Traditionally used for Montgomery's text and for Peter Abelard's "Alone Thou Goest Forth, O Lord," BANGOR comes from William Tans'ur's A Compleat Melody: or the Harmony of Syon (the preface of which is dated 1734). In that collection the tune was a three-part setting for Psalm 12 (and for Psalm 11 i…

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BRISTOL (Hodges)


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Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) #347

Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) #348

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