In 1870 Featherstone's text came to the attention of Adoniram J. Gordon (b. New Hampton, NH, 1836; d. Boston, MA, 1895), an evangelical preacher who was compiling a new Baptist hymnal. Because he was unhappy with the existing melody for this text, Gordon composed this tune; as he wrote, "in a moment…
The common attribution to John J. Husband is based on a brief resemblance to his tune ST. STEPHEN'S, first published in Psalmodia Evangelica, vol. 2 (1789), but the resemblance only extends to the first two measures. These tunes should not be regarded as the same. This gospel/revival tune was writte…
Display Title: O selige Stunden, die Jesus uns schenktFirst Line: O selige Stunden, die Jesus uns schenktTune Title: [O selige Stunden, die Jesus uns schenkt]Date: 1886
Display Title: O selige Stunden, die Jesus uns schenktFirst Line: O selige Stunden, die Jesus uns schenktTune Title: [O selige Stunden, die Jesus uns schenkt]Date: 1886
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