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How Can it Be?

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Author: Avis B. Christiansen

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O Savior, as my eyes behold
Title: How Can it Be?
Author: Avis B. Christiansen
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: How can it be? How can it be
Copyright: © 1961 by Singspiration Music (ASCAP) (admin. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.)

Tune

[O Savior, as my eyes behold]Highcharts.com
Frequency of use
[O Savior, as my eyes behold]


Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals1970197519801985199019952000200520102015050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Bible Truth Hymns #4

Living Hymns #75

Praise y Adoración #284a

Rejoice Hymns #114

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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