Brotherly Love

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Lo! what an entertaining sight

Author: Isaac Watts
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1 Lo! what an entertaining sight
Those friendly brethren prove
Whose cheerful hearts in bands unite
Of harmony and love!

2 Where streams of bliss from Christ, the spring,
Descend on every soul;
And heavenly peace with balmy wing
Shades and revives the whole.

3 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews
That fall on Zion's hill,
Where God his mildest glory shown,
And makes his grace distill.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1015

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Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Lo! what an entertaining sight
Title:	Brotherly Love
Author:	Isaac Watts
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 133
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HOPEWELL (13543)

EVAN (Havergal)

This tune [EVAN], "the popularity of which in Scotland, America, and the Colonies is quite unprecedented" (Tonic Sol Fa Reporter, May 15, 1870), consists of the 1st, 2nd, 7th, and 8th strains of "O Thou dread Power" a sacred song by the Rev. W.H. Havergal, the melody being unaltered. EVAN II is the…

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PRAYER (Butcher)

William U. Butcher (U.S.A., nineteenth century) composed PRAYER in 1860. Except for the fact that he had some association with the Oliver Ditson Music Company, no information is available about Butcher. This simple but serviceable tune has an elementary harmonization that invites singing in harmony.…

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