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Cross of Christ
Traditional/Public Domain shape note; Text: L. P. Breedlove, Southern Harmony 1844;
ARTIST: L. P. Breedlove, Southern Harmony 1844
SHEET MUSIC: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/walker/harmony/files/hymn/Cross_of_Christ.html
LISTEN:http://www.ccel.org/ccel/walker/harmony/files/hymn/Cross_of_Christ.html
DATE: Southern Harmony 1844
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
RECORDING INFO: Cross of Christ, Breedlove, L.P.
Jackson, George P.(ed.) / Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America, Dover, Sof (1964/1937), p 60/# 30 [1913]
Breedlove, L. P. Southern Harmony 1844
OTHER NAMES: "The Cross Of Christ Inspires My Heart,"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: William Walker's Southern Harmony 1844
George Pullen Jackson Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America.
NOTES: "Cross of Christ" is a shaped note hymn with text L. P. Breedlove. George Pullen Jackson includes it in his Spiritual Folk Songs of Early America. Below are the lyrics William Walker's Southern Harmony in 1844. The Cross of Christ is featured on teh CD, Amazing Grace, with Custer LaRue and the Baltimore Consort.
Cross of Christ- L. P. Breedlove, Southern Harmony no. 35
1. The cross of Christ inspires my heart,
To sing redeeming grace;
Awake, my soul, and bear a part
In my Redeemer's praise.
Oh, how can be compared to him
Who died upon the tree?
This is my dear delightful theme,
That Jesus died for me.
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