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Church musician Paul Manz died on October 28. An organ virtuoso and respected choral composer, Manz\u2019s best known work is \u201cE\u2019en so Lord Jesus Quickly Come.\u201d It was composed while his 3 year-old son lay dying, it was supposed, though he recovered from his illness, something Manz attributed to prayer. Here is a haunting performance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,32],"tags":[54,434,490,1315,1683,1834],"class_list":["post-3718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-music","tag-een-so","tag-choral-music","tag-church-music","tag-lord","tag-paul-manz","tag-quickly-come"],"yoast_head":"\n
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