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How Sweet Is the Bible

Author: Anon. Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light Used With Tune: [How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light]

[How sweet is the Bible, how pure is the light]

Appears in 2 hymnals Incipit: 12313 21655 65122 Used With Text: The Bible, the Bible

[How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light]

Appears in 53 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Davenant Incipit: 32121 13546 11765 Used With Text: How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light

[How sweet is the Bible]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wharton Howard Incipit: 55345 17671 54353 Used With Text: How Sweet is the Bible!

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How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light

Author: Unknown Hymnal: Laudes Domini #77 (1888) Languages: English Tune Title: [How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light]

Author: Anon. Hymnal: Junior Carols #15 (1906) First Line: How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light Languages: English Tune Title: [How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light]

How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light

Hymnal: Select Songs No. 2 #52 (1893) Languages: English Tune Title: [How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light]

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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "How Sweet Is the Bible" in Junior Carols 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.

William F. Sherwin

1826 - 1888 Person Name: W. F. Sherwin Composer of "[How sweet is the Bible! how pure is the light]" in Laudes Domini Sherwin, William Fisk, an American Baptist, was born at Buckland, Massachusetts, March 14,1826. His educational opportunities, so far as schools were concerned, were few, but he made excellent use of his time and surroundings. At fifteen he went to Boston and studied music under Dr. Mason: In due course he became a teacher of vocal music, and held several important appointments in Massachusetts; in Hudson and Albany, New York County, and then in New York City. Taking special interest in Sunday Schools, he composed carols and hymn-tunes largely for their use, and was associated with the Rev. R. Lowry and others in preparing Bright Jewels, and other popular Sunday School hymn and tune books. A few of his melodies are known in Great Britain through I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, where they are given with his signature. His hymnwriting was limited. The following pieces are in common use:— 1. Grander than ocean's story (1871). The Love of God. 2. Hark, bark, the merry Christmas bells. Christmas Carol. 3. Lo, the day of God is breaking. The Spiritual Warfare. 4. Wake the song of joy and gladness. Sunday School or Temperance Anniversary. 5. Why is thy faith, 0 Child of God, so small. Safety in Jesus. Mr. Sherwin died at Boston, Massachusetts, April 14, 1888. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Sherwin, W. F., p. 1055, i. Another hymn from his Bright Jewels, 1869, p. 68, is "Sound the battle cry" (Christian Courage), in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and several other collections. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)