Tune: THE LOVELY STORY

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THE LOVELY STORY

Arranger: E. J. King (1844); Composer (alto): Minnie Floyd (1902)
Published in 1 hymnal

Arranger: E. J. King

Elisha J. King was the co-compiler (with B. F. White) of the fasola shape note tunebook The Sacred Harp, but died shortly after the volume was published. Go to person page >

Composer (alto): Minnie Floyd

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Tune Information

Title:	THE LOVELY STORY
Arranger:	E. J. King (1844)
Composer (alto):	Minnie Floyd (1902)
Meter:	8s.
Key:	A Major

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Texts

A story most lovely I'll tell

A story most lovely I'll tell,
Of Jesus (O wondrous surprise!)
He suffered the torments of hell,
That sinners, vile sinners might rise:
He left his exalted abode,
When man by transgression was lost;
Appeasing the wrath of a God,
He shed forth his blood as the cost.

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