Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#66

66. O How Glorious, Full of Wonder

Text Information

• First Line: O how glorious, full of wonder
• Title: O How Glorious, Full of Wonder
• Author: Curtis Beach (1958)
• Meter: 87.87D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8
• Source: Rev. 1980, alt. by permission
• Copyright: © 1958, ren. 1980, 1991 Estate of Curtis Beach

Tune Information

• Name: IN BABILONE
• Harmonizer: Julius Röntgen (1906)
• Meter: 87.87D
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Traditional Dutch melody; Harm. The English Hymnal, 1906

Text Information:

This text is based on Psalm 8

Tune Information:

The stirring Dutch melody to which this text is set appeared in Oude en Nieuwe Hollantse Boerenlities en Contradanseu in 1710. It first appeared in a hymnal in The English Hymnal, 1906, edited by Ralph Vaughan Williams