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Behold, How Pleasant and How Good.

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: Behold, How Pleasant and How Good Topics: Anointing Of Believers; Priesthood Of Believers; Brotherhood; Love For Brethren Used With Tune: SUCH A FRIEND

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SUCH A FRIEND

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 147 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George C. Stebbins Incipit: 55333 43221 76565 Used With Text: Behold, How Pleasant and How Good.
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JUBILEE

Appears in 70 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur S. Sullivan Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 53333 43225 63212 Used With Text: The Unity of Brotherhood

MEGERRAN

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Walter K. Stanton, b. 1891 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 13217 67235 33142 Used With Text: Behold, how pleasant and how good

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Behold, How Pleasant and How Good

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #294 (1934) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Lyrics: 1 Behold, how pleasant and how good That we, one Lord confessing, Together dwell in brotherhood, Our unity expressing; 'Tis like the oil on Aaron's head, The seal of ordination, That o'er his robes the sweetness shed Of perfect consecration. 2 Behold, how pleasant and how good That we, one Lord confessing, Together dwell in brotherhood, Our unity expressing; 'Tis like the dew from Hermon fair On Zion's hill descending; The Lord commands His blessing there In life that is unending. Topics: Brotherly Love; Communion of the Saints; Communion Service; Consecration; Eternal Life; Christ as King; Perseverance Of The Saints; Priesthood Of Believers Scripture: Psalm 133 Languages: English Tune Title: SUCH A FRIEND
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Behold, How Pleasant and How Good

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #513 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Lyrics: 1. Behold, how pleasant and how good That we, one Lord confessing, Together dwell in brotherhood, Our unity expressing. ’Tis like the oil on Aaron’s head, The seal of ordination, That o’er his robes the sweetness shed Of perfect consecration. 2. Behold, how pleasant and how good That we, one Lord confessing, Together dwell in brotherhood, Our unity expressing. ’Tis like the dew from Hermon fair On Zion’s hill descending; The Lord commands His blessing here In life that is unending. Scripture: Psalm 133 Languages: English Tune Title: FRIEND

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Author of "Behold, How Pleasant and How Good" 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.

George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Composer of "SUCH A FRIEND" in Psalter Hymnal (Blue) Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Person Name: Arthur S. Sullivan Composer of "JUBILEE" in The Psalter Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army band­master and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he com­posed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas. Bert Polman
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