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Author: Flora Kirkland Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: “We shall be like Him,” the Son of God most holy Refrain First Line: We shall be like Him, we shall be like Him Used With Tune: [“We shall be like Him,” the Son of God most holy]

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["We shall be like Him," the Son of God most holy]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. C. Stebbins Incipit: 54565 35671 17434 Used With Text: We Shall Be Like Him

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We Shall Be Like Him

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7239 First Line: We shall be like Him, the Son of God most holy Refrain First Line: We shall be like Him, we shall be like Him Lyrics: 1. We shall be like Him, the Son of God most holy, We shall be like Him, sweet promise of His grace! Christian, press forward! some bright, some glad tomorrow We shall be like Him, for we shall see His face. Refrain We shall be like Him, we shall be like Him, For we shall see Him as He is; We shall be like Him, we shall be like Him, For we shall see Him as He is. 2. We shall be like Him, this promise lights the future, Shedding soft radiance upon our pathway dim. He who redeemed us, the Lamb once slain on Calv’ry, Shines now in glory, and we shall be like Him. [Refrain] 3. We shall be like Him, the glorified Redeemer; His lovingkindness this added grace bestows! We shall behold Him no more with clouded vision, Brighter and brighter to faith the prospect grows. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [We shall be like Him, the Son of God most holy]

We Shall Be Like Him

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: Great Revival Hymns #7 (1911) First Line: “We shall be like Him,” the Son of God most holy Refrain First Line: We shall be like Him, we shall be like Him Languages: English Tune Title: [“We shall be like Him,” the Son of God most holy]

We Shall Be Like Him

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: Calvary's Praises #36 (1917) First Line: "We shall be like Him," the Son of God most holy Refrain First Line: "We shall be like Him" Languages: English Tune Title: ["We shall be like Him," the Son of God most holy]

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George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: George Coles Stebbins Composer of "[We shall be like Him, the Son of God most holy]" in The Cyber Hymnal Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Flora Kirkland

1862 - 1911 Author of "We Shall Be Like Him" in The Cyber Hymnal Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911