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EXULTATION (Kettle)

Composer: Charles E. Kettle

Charles Edward Kettle, 1833-1895 Born: 1833, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Died: Circa February 1895, Steyning district, Sussex, England. As of 1881, Kettle lived in Hove, Sussex, where he was an organist. --www.hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: EXULTATION (Kettle)
Composer: Charles E. Kettle
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Incipit: 51354 32211 232
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

O Father, bless the children

O Father, bless the children
Brought hither to Thy gate;
Lift up their fallen nature,
Restore their lost estate;
Renew Thy image in them,
And own them, by this sign,
Thy very sons and daughters,
New born of birth divine.

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I Love the Name of Jesus

Come, Praise Your Lord and Savior

Timeline

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Gloria #42

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Hymnal with Music for Children #11

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Hymnal with Music for Children #11

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Hymns of the Centuries #42

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The Church Hymnal #208b

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The Church Missionary Hymn Book #30

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The Spirit of Praise #79

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