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Behold what love the Father hath

Author: Robert Boswell, 1746-1804 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Christ Sacrifice of; Fall of Man; God Love of; God the Father; Heirship with Christ; Redemption of Man; Salvation Used With Tune: SOUTHAMPTON

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SOUTHAMPTON

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Croft, 1678-1727 Incipit: 13231 27115 2345 Used With Text: Behold what love the Father hath

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Behold What Love the Father Hath

Author: Robert Boswell, 1746-1804 Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #174 (1969) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Behold what love the Father hath On guilty men bestowed, That we, who children are of wrath, Should children be of God. 2 O how beyond expression great His love in Christ doth shine! ‘Tis like Himself, the Eternal God, Past knowledge, all divine. 3 Behold, for fallen, guilty man The Lord of glory dies; Lays down His life us to redeem, A precious sacrifice. 4 Peace and goodwill are now to man Most gloriously displayed, And life eternal we obtain From God in Christ our Head. Topics: God the Father The Redemption of Man Languages: English Tune Title: SOUTHAMPTON

Behold what love the Father hath

Author: Robert Boswell Hymnal: The Lord's Songs #CCLVII (1805)

Behold what love the Father hath

Author: Robert Boswell, 1746-1804 Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #41 (1920) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Christ Sacrifice of; Fall of Man; God Love of; God the Father; Heirship with Christ; Redemption of Man; Salvation Languages: English Tune Title: SOUTHAMPTON

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William Croft

1678 - 1727 Person Name: William Croft, 1678-1727 Composer of "SOUTHAMPTON" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church William Croft, Mus. Doc. was born in the year 1677 and received his musical education in the Chapel Royal, under Dr. Blow. In 1700 he was admitted a Gentleman Extraordinary of the Chapel Boyd; and in 1707, upon the decease of Jeremiah Clarke, he was appointed joint organist with his mentor, Dr. Blow. In 1709 he was elected organist of Westminster Abbey. This amiable man and excellent musician died in 1727, in the fiftieth year of his age. A very large number of Dr. Croft's compositions remain still in manuscript. Cathedral chants of the XVI, XVII & XVIII centuries, ed. by Edward F. Rimbault, London: D. Almaine & Co., 1844

Robert Boswell

1746 - 1804 Person Name: Robert Boswell, 1746-1804 Author of "Behold What Love the Father Hath" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Boswell, Robert, born 1746, in Ayrshire. He received a classical education, and was an excellent Hebrew scholar. For some time he was a writer to the Signet in Edinburgh. He joined the followers of John Glas, a dissenting minister from the Church of Scotland, and was chosen to be leading elder of the Glassite congregation at Edinburgh. Whilst highly appreciating the Scottish Version of the Psalms, he thought it to be susceptible of improvement, and published a revised version in 1784 as The Psalms in Metre from the Original. In 1786 a 2nd edition appeared with the new title The British Psalter. He died suddenly whilst preaching in London, Sunday, April 1st, 1804. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)