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I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe

Author: Harry W. Farrington, 1880-1911 Appears in 46 hymnals First Line: I know not how that Bethle'm's Babe Used With Tune: ES IST EIN BORN

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,138 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Bacchus Dykes Tune Sources: Hymnal for Use in the English Church, by John Grey, 1866 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 33323 47155 53224 Used With Text: I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe

ST. MAGNUS

Appears in 326 hymnals Incipit: 51275 12323 13452 Used With Text: I know not how that Bethl'hem's Babe could in the Godhead be

ES IST EIN BORN

Appears in 350 hymnals Tune Sources: Early American Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 17222 13332 34653 Used With Text: I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe

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I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe

Author: Harry Webb Farrington Hymnal: Premier Hymns #189 (1926) Languages: English Tune Title: [I know not how that Bethlehem's Babe]

I Know Not How that Bethlehem's Babe

Author: Harry Webb Farrington Hymnal: The Hymnbook #224 (1955) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 I know not how that Bethlehem's Babe Could in the Godhead be; I only know the Manger Child Has brought God's life to me. 2 I know not how that Calvary's cross A world from sin could free; I only know its matchless love Has brought God's love to me. 3 I know not how that Joseph's tomb Could solve death's mystery; I only know a living Christ, Our immortality. Amen. Topics: Christ Love of; Christ Presence; Life Everlasting, The; Rédemption; Jesus Christ His Presence Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:11-12 Tune Title: EXETER

I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe

Author: Harry W. Farrington Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #2852 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1. I know not how that Bethlehem’s Babe Could in the Godhead be; I only know the manger Child Has brought God’s life to me. 2. I know not how that Calvary’s cross A world from sin could free; I only know its matchless love Has brought God’s love to me. 3. I know not how that Joseph’s tomb Could solve death’s mystery; I only know a living Christ, Our immortality. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. AGNES

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William Tans'ur

1699 - 1783 Person Name: William Tans'ur, 1706?-1783 Composer of "BANGOR" in Pilgrim Hymnal William Tansur, b. about 1700, Dunchurch of Barnes; d. 1783, St. Neots Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908 Also known as Tansur; Tanzer; le Tansur

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Composer of "ST. AGNES" in The Cyber Hymnal As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman