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[Beautiful words of Jesus]

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[Beautiful words of Jesus]

Composer: I. H. Meredith (1903)
Published in 22 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Composer: I. H. Meredith

Pseudonyms Charles C. Ack­ley (tak­en from his wife’s name, Cla­ris­sa Ack­ley Cow­an) Broughton Ed­wards Floyd En­gle (from his ad­dress on Floyd Street in En­gle­wood Cliffs, New Jer­sey) Arthur Grant­ley Bruce Ken­ne­dy See also Ackley, Chas. C. 1872-1962 See also Edwards, Broughton  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Beautiful words of Jesus]
Composer: I. H. Meredith (1903)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain
Incipit: 32156 53354 32117
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals19101920193019401950196019701980199020002010050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #492
Text: Beautiful Words of Jesus
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #1543
Text: The First Christmas Song
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Redemption Hymnal #301

Audio

Small Church Music #7465

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #492

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1543

Include 18 pre-1979 instances
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