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*Copyright: [[public domain]]
 
*Copyright: [[public domain]]
 
==Tune names and composer notes==
 
==Tune names and composer notes==
*'''[[Latter-day Saints Psalmody, 1889]]''' calls it 'Fidelity'; there is no composer information listed at this source (see below for more information)
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*'''[[Latter-day Saints Psalmody, 1889]]''' calls it 'Fidelity'; there is no composer information listed at this source (see the other bullets for more information)
**Note: the article takes this name since it is, so far, the earliest cited name for the tune—not because it is or is not the most popular or authentic.
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**Note: the article takes this name since it is, so far, the earliest cited name for the tune.
 
*'''[[The Cyber Hymnal™]]''' calls it 'My Jesus I Love Thee' but gives it as the tune for '[[O Boundless Salvation]]'. This source names the composer "J. Ellis".
 
*'''[[The Cyber Hymnal™]]''' calls it 'My Jesus I Love Thee' but gives it as the tune for '[[O Boundless Salvation]]'. This source names the composer "J. Ellis".
 
*'''[[The Worshiping Church, 1990]]''' calls it 'Affection' but gives it as one of the tunes for '[[My Jesus, I Love Thee (Featherston)|My Jesus, I Love Thee]]'. This source says the tune is by "[[E.F. Miller|E. F. Miller]], 19th C.".
 
*'''[[The Worshiping Church, 1990]]''' calls it 'Affection' but gives it as one of the tunes for '[[My Jesus, I Love Thee (Featherston)|My Jesus, I Love Thee]]'. This source says the tune is by "[[E.F. Miller|E. F. Miller]], 19th C.".
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=Associated Lyrics=
 
=Associated Lyrics=
 
*[[How Firm a Foundation]], attributed to [[Robert Keen]] (ca. 1787)
 
*[[How Firm a Foundation]], attributed to [[Robert Keen]] (ca. 1787)
*[[Boundless Salvation (Booth)]]
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*[[O Boundless Salvation]], by [[William Booth]] (1829–1912)
*[[O Boundless Salvation]]
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*[[My Jesus, I Love Thee (Featherston)|My Jesus, I Love Thee]], by [[William Ralph Featherston]]
  
 
=Poetic meters=
 
=Poetic meters=

Latest revision as of 03:26, 7 July 2010

General Information

Tune names and composer notes

Associated Lyrics

Poetic meters

  • Metrically the tune is in the form 11 11 11 6 6 11, though it is described as "11 11 11 11 with repeats".