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Blessed Are the Pure in Heart

O blessed are the pure in heart, Whose souls are free from sin

Author: D. R. Lucas
Tune: [O blessed are the pure in heart!]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: D. R. Lucas

Daniel Robertson Lucas, b. Belvidere, Boone County, Ill., January 14, 1840; m. Mary Longley in 1862; joined 99th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and appointed chaplain of the regiment; later studied for the ministry; in 1876, settled in Des Moines, Iowa, where he pastored the Central Christian Church and helped found Drake University; Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic and secretary of the Morton Monument Commission; d. March 11, 1907 From Daniel R. Lucas papers, WWW site, Mar. 18, 2004… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O blessed are the pure in heart, Whose souls are free from sin
Title: Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
Author: D. R. Lucas
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O blessed are the pure in heart!
Copyright: Public Domain

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Christian Science Hymnal #189

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Grateful Praise #66

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