The House of Prayer

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How honored, how dear is that sacred abode

Author: Josiah Conder
Published in 13 hymnals

Piano/Organ
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Choral
	Oh, Worship the King - (Choral Score)

Handbells
	Alleluia! The Strife Is O'er - Handbell…

Author: Josiah Conder

Josiah Conder was born in London, in 1789. He became a publisher, and in 1814 became proprietor of "The Eclectic Review." Subsequently to 1824, he composed a series of descriptive works, called the "Modern Traveller," which appeared in thirty volumes. He also published several volumes of poems and hymns. He was the author of the first "Congregational Hymn Book" (1836). He died in 1855. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	How honored, how dear is that sacred abode
Title:	The House of Prayer
Author:	Josiah Conder
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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HANOVER (Croft)

William Croft (b. Nether Ettington, Warwickshire, England, 1678; d. Bath, Somerset, England, 1727) was a boy chorister in the Chapel Royal in London and then an organist at St. Anne's, Soho. Later he became organist, composer, and master of the children of the Chapel Royal, and eventually organist a…

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[How honored, how dear is that sacred abode] (Randolph)

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