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How blest the man that doth not stray

Appears in 7 hymnals Used With Tune: PETERSBURG

[How blest the man that doth not stray]

Appears in 370 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. Bortniansky Incipit: 53451 21715 61653 Used With Text: How Blest the Man

[How blest the man that doth not stray]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: S. G. Smith Incipit: 55111 75522 21553 Used With Text: The Two Paths

[How blest the man that doth not stray]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: B. C. Unseld Incipit: 51131 76517 72713 Used With Text: How Blest the Man

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Hymnal: Crowning Day No. 5 #35 (1902) First Line: How blest the man that doth not stray Lyrics: 1 How blest the man that doth not stray Where wicked counsel tempts his feet; Who stands not in the sinner’s way, And sits not in the scorner’s seat, But in God’s law he takes delight, And meditates both day and night. 2 He shall be like the tree that springs Where streams of water gently glide; Which plenteous fruit in season brings, And ever green its leaves abide; Thus shall prosperity attend The good man’s work till life shall end. 3 Not so ungodly men, for they Like chaff before the wind are driv’n; Hence they’ll not stand in judgment day, Nor mingle with the saints in heav’n; The Lord approves the good man’s path, But sinner’s ways shall end in wrath. Languages: English Tune Title: [How blest the man that doth not stray]

How Blest the Man

Hymnal: Christian Endeavor Hymns #197 (1894) First Line: How blest the man that doth not stray Lyrics: 1 How blest the man that doth not stray Where wicked counsel tempts his feet; Who stands not in the sinner’s way, And sits not in the scorner’s seat, But in God’s law he takes delight, And meditates both day and night. 2 He shall be like the tree that springs Where streams of water gently glide; Which plenteous fruit in season brings, And ever green its leaves abide; Thus shall prosperity attend The good man’s work till life shall end. 3 Not so ungodly men, for they Like chaff before the wind are driven; Hence they’ll not stand in judgment day, Nor mingle with the saints in heav’n; The Lord approves the good man’s path, But sinner’s ways shall end in wrath. Topics: Worship Scripture: Psalm 1 Languages: English Tune Title: [How blest the man that doth not stray]

The Two Paths

Hymnal: Bible Songs #2 (1901) First Line: How blest the man that doth not stray Topics: Blessedness Of Those Who Obey Christ; Character Value of Good; Christ Communion with; Christians Happiness of; Companions Evil; Judgment; Nature An Emblem of Grace; Providence of God Over Saints; The Righteous Blessed; The Righteous Contrasted with Wicked; The Righteous Reward of; The Wicked Fate of; The Wicked Warned Scripture: Psalm 1 Languages: English Tune Title: [How blest the man that doth not stray]

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Dmitriĭ Stepanovich Bortnianskiĭ

1751 - 1825 Person Name: D. Bortniansky Composer of "[How blest the man that doth not stray]" in Christian Endeavor Hymns Dimitri Stepanovitch Bortniansky (1751-1825) Ukraine 1751-1825 Born in Glukhov, Ukraine, he joined the imperial choir at age 8 and studied with Galuppi, who later took the lad with him to Italy, where he studied for 10 years, becoming a composer, harpsichordist, and conductor. While in Italy he composed several operas and other instrumental music, composing more operas and music later in Russia. In 1779 he returned to Russia, where he was appointed Director to the Imperial Chapel Choir, the first as a native citizen. In 1796 he was appointed music director. With such a great instrument at his disposal, he produced many compositions, 100+ religious works, sacred concertos, cantatas, and hymns. He influenced Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovshy, the latter editing Bortniansky's sacred work, amassing 10 volumnes. He died in St. Petersburg. He was so popular in Russia that a bronze statue was erected in his honor in the Novgorod Kremlin. He composed in different musical styles, including choral works in French, Italian, Latin, German, and Church Slavonic. John Perry

B. C. Unseld

1843 - 1923 Composer of "[How blest the man that doth not stray]" in Crowning Day No. 5 Benjamin Carl Unseld, 1843-1923 Born: October 18, 1843, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Died: November 19, 1923. Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. After leaving school at age 14, Unseld worked as a clerk in a country store. He received his first musical instruction around age 15, from a companion who had attended a singing school. He was shown the representation of the scale in the old Carmina Sacra, and had it sung for him. At the friend’s suggestion, he got permission from his pastor to practice on the church organ. Since both boys worked, their only chance to practice was after the store closed at 9:00 p.m., and occasionally at noontime. They went to the church together and took turns, one at the keyboard and the other at the bellows. Shortly after the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, some of which Unseld witnessed, he left home and became a bookkeeper in the general offices of a railroad in Columbia, Pennsylvania. He sang in a choir, and gained further practice reading music. He rented a melodeon and spent much time in his room improvising on it. He bought a copy of Woodbury’s Harmony and Musical Composition, and studied it as well as he could without a teacher. He accepted an invitation to play the organ in the local Methodist church, on the condition that he received the tunes early in the week so he could learn them. This was his first position as an organist. In the spring of 1866, he entered the Musical Institute in Providence, Rhode Island, conducted by Eben Tourjée (founder of the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts, and father of Lizzie Tourjée). There he studied voice, piano, organ, and harmony. After learning of Unseld’s business experience, Dr. Tourjée made him secretary of the school; in 1867, Unseld became the first secretary of the New England Conservatory. Starting in 1870, Unseld attended schools led by Theodore F. Seward. There he met George Webb, Lowell Mason, James McGranahan, Charles Case, and other notables in the music community. In 1874, Unseld taught at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, and helped train Fisk’s Jubilee Singers for their European trip. In 1877 and 1878, he was organist and choir master at St. James’ Episcopal Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1879, Unseld moved to New York City, and for 15 years taught, led choirs, composed and published. In New York, his musical headquarters was the publishing house of Biglow & Main Company, where he was in almost daily contact with the popular composers and teachers of the day: Ira Sankey, Horatio Palmer, Hubert Main, Robert Lowry, et al. In 1894, Unseld moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and worked as an editor for the Fillmore Music House. In 1898, he moved to Dayton, Ohio, and worked in a similar capacity for the Lorenz Publishing Company. He moved back to New York City in 1901, then to Hagerstown, Maryland in 1905. He and his wife Sallie were apparently living in Tennessee as of 1920. Unseld’s works include: The Choral Standard (New York: Fillmore Brothers, 1895) Progress in Song, with E. T. Hildebrand (Cincinnati, Ohio: The Fillmore Brothers Company) Unseld was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 2004. Sources-- Hall, pp. 239-44 Music-- Ancyra Euphemia He Is Risen Hordville Make Haste! Meschach Twilight Is Falling Unseld Wonderful Message --www.hymntime.com/tch