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How Can it Be?

Author: Avis B. Christiansen Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: O Savior, as my eyes behold Refrain First Line: How can it be? How can it be

[O Savior, as my eyes behold]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John W. Peterson, 1921- Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 13234 56543 21332 Used With Text: How Can It Be?

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Author: Avis B. Christiansen Hymnal: Favorites Number 7 #19 (1971) First Line: O Savior, as my eyes behold Refrain First Line: How can it be? How can it be Languages: English Tune Title: [O Savior, as my eyes behold]

How Can It Be?

Author: Avis B. Christiansen Hymnal: Bible Truth Hymns #4 (2008) First Line: O Savior, as my eyes behold Refrain First Line: How can it be? How can it be? Topics: Salvation; Worship Languages: English Tune Title: [O Savior, as my eyes behold]

How Can It Be?

Author: Avis B. Christiansen, 1895- Hymnal: Great Hymns of the Faith #67 (1968) First Line: O Savior, as my eyes behold Topics: Hymns of Worship Christ; Jesus Our Savior Suffering and Death; Love God's Love; Salvation; Worship Languages: English Tune Title: [O Savior, as my eyes behold]

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Avis B. Christiansen

1895 - 1985 Author of "How Can it Be?" in Favorites Number 7 Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary