COMMUNION MEDITATION (Bieri)

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COMMUNION MEDITATION (Bieri)

Composer: John C. Bieri (1927)
Published in 2 hymnals

Composer: John C. Bieri

John Casper Bieri attended Dickinson College and Drew Theological Seminary in Mlillerstown, Penn. He was minister at several United Methodist churches in Philadelphia from 1902 to 1940. He wrote over 60 hymns and is also known for magic presentations. Dianne Shapiro, from Archives of the Susquehana Conference of the United Methodist Church (www.lycoming.edu/umarch/me_pastors/b.htm) (accessed Sept. 3, 2022) Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	COMMUNION MEDITATION (Bieri)
Composer:	John C. Bieri (1927)
Incipit:	35316 53212 55321
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

For Me

O why, O why, in dark Gethsemane,
Did Jesus, glorious Prince of Peace,
Pray long in agony?
For me, for me, in dark Gethsemane,
He knelt, He prayed, He bled, He cried
In agony for me.

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