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[How sweet the name of Jesus sounds]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John T. Grape Incipit: 12334 53232 11353 Used With Text: How Sweet the Name

How Sweet the Name

Appears in 1,665 hymnals First Line: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds Used With Tune: [How sweet the name of Jesus sounds]

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How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

Hymnal: Gospel Echoes #109 (1877) Languages: English Tune Title: HELEN

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

Hymnal: Fount of Blessing #115 (1880) Languages: English Tune Title: HELEN

How Sweet the Name

Hymnal: Loving Voices #11 (1887) First Line: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds Languages: English Tune Title: [How sweet the name of Jesus sounds]

1835 - 1915 Person Name: Jno. T. Grape Composer of "HELEN" in Gospel Echoes John Thomas Grape USA 1835-1915. Born at Baltimore, MD, he became a successful coal merchant. He married Sophia F MacCubbin, and they had one daughter, Agnes. He was a member of Monument St. Methodist Church in Baltimore, where he played the organ, directed the choir, and was active in the Sunday school. Later, he directed the choir at the Hartford Avenue Methodist Church. The hymn noted below was composed by Grape in 1868, with lyrics composed by Envina Mable Hall of the same church in 1865 while sitting in the choir loft during a sermon. Both words and music had been given to the pastor, Rev George W Schreck, at different times, and one day he remembered he had been given both. Grape's tune had a refrain, so Ms Hall, hearing it, then added words to her poem for that, and the hymn was complete. At Schreck's urging they sent the hymn to Professor Theodore Perkins, publisher of “Sabbath Carols” periodical, and it became popular. Grape died in Baltimore. John Perry