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How Dear to Me, O Lord of Hosts

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How dear to me, O Lord of Hosts, The place where Thou dost dwell; The tabernacles of Thy grace In pleasantness excel. 2 My spirit longs, yea, even faints, Thy sacred courts to see; My thirsting heart and flesh cry out, O living God, for Thee. 3 Beneath Thy care the sparrow finds A place of peaceful rest; Where she may safely lay her young The swallow finds a nest; 4 Then, Lord of Hosts, my King, my God, Thy love will shelter me; Beneath Thy altar's peaceful shade My dwelling place shall be. 5 Blest they who dwell within Thy house, Their perfect strength Thou art; Their joyful praise shall never cease, Thy ways are in their heart. 6 Their tears of grief, like early rain, Sweet springs of joy shall fill; With strength renewed they journey safe To Zion's holy hill. Amen. Topics: Church, The; Dedication Services Of a Church; God Protection; God Strength and Refuge Scripture: Psalm 84 Used With Tune: IRISH Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912
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Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 149 hymnals Tune Sources: Melody from A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems, Dublin, 1749 Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 11512 34323 53451 Used With Text: How Dear to Me, O Lord of Hosts
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ERSKINE

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles H. Gabriel Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 51176 65513 22535 Used With Text: Delight in the House of God
ERSKINE

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How Dear to Me, O Lord of Hosts

Hymnal: The Hymnbook #440 (1955) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 How dear to me, O Lord of Hosts, The place where Thou dost dwell; The tabernacles of Thy grace In pleasantness excel. 2 My spirit longs, yea, even faints, Thy sacred courts to see; My thirsting heart and flesh cry out, O living God, for Thee. 3 Beneath Thy care the sparrow finds A place of peaceful rest; Where she may safely lay her young The swallow finds a nest; 4 Then, Lord of Hosts, my King, my God, Thy love will shelter me; Beneath Thy altar's peaceful shade My dwelling place shall be. 5 Blest they who dwell within Thy house, Their perfect strength Thou art; Their joyful praise shall never cease, Thy ways are in their heart. 6 Their tears of grief, like early rain, Sweet springs of joy shall fill; With strength renewed they journey safe To Zion's holy hill. Amen. Topics: Church, The; Dedication Services Of a Church; God Protection; God Strength and Refuge Scripture: Psalm 84 Tune Title: IRISH
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How Dear to Me, O Lord of Hosts

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #2220 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1. How dear to me, O Lord of Hosts, The place where Thou dost dwell; The tabernacles of Thy grace In pleasantness excel. 2. My spirit longs, yea, even faints, Thy sacred courts to see; My thirsting heart and flesh cry out, O living God, for Thee. 3. Beneath Thy care the sparrow finds A place of peaceful rest; Where she may safely lay her young The swallow finds a nest. 4. Then, Lord of Hosts, my king, my God, Thy love will shelter me; Beneath Thy altar’s peaceful shade My dwelling place shall be. 5. Blest they who dwell within Thy house, Their perfect strength Thou art; Their joyful praise shall never cease, Thy ways are in their heart. 6. Their tears of grief, like early rain, Sweet springs of joy shall fill; With strength renewed they journey safe To Zion’s holy hill. Languages: English Tune Title: IRISH
How Dear to Me, O Lord of Hosts

How dear to me, o Lord of hosts

Hymnal: The Book of Psalms Rendered in Metre and Set to Music #ad80 (1950)
How dear to me, o Lord of hosts

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Author of "How Dear to Me, O Lord of Hosts" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Person Name: Charles H. Gabriel Composer of "ERSKINE" in The Psalter Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday­-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman
Chas. H. Gabriel