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All the world in sin was lying

Summary of Sabine Baring-Gould's redemption hymn "All the world in sin was lying."

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"All the world in sin was lying" is a hymn on redemption written by Sabine Baring-Gould. Composed in eight four-line stanzas, the text was first printed in the Church Times on July 30, 1864.

It was subsequently included in The People's Hymnal (1867, No. 455).

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