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Oh, Name of Names
Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Oh, name of names the sweetest Refrain First Line: The Lord of life and glory Lyrics: 1 Oh, name of names the sweetest
To mortals ever given!
Oh, gift of gifts the dearest
That ever came from heaven!
Refrain:
The Lord of life and glory,
The King of kings above,
Descends to earth as Jesus,
And shows for man his love;
Descends to earth as Jesus,
And shows for man his love.
2 Oh, name of names the sweetest!
Well may each heart and voice
With rapture tune his praises,
With ecstasy rejoice. [Refrain]
3 Oh, name of names the sweetest!
Behold, he dies for me;
Oh, gift of gifts the dearest!
He makes salvation free. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Oh, name of names the sweetest]
Oh, Name of Names
[Oh, name of names the sweetest]
Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 56545 15323 54356 Used With Text: Oh, Name of Names
[Oh, name of names the sweetest]
Oh, Name of Names
Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Hymnal: Melodious Sonnets #46 (1885) First Line: Oh, name of names the sweetest Refrain First Line: The Lord of life and glory Lyrics: 1 Oh, name of names the sweetest
To mortals ever given!
Oh, gift of gifts the dearest
That ever came from heaven!
Refrain:
The Lord of life and glory,
The King of kings above,
Descends to earth as Jesus,
And shows for man his love;
Descends to earth as Jesus,
And shows for man his love.
2 Oh, name of names the sweetest!
Well may each heart and voice
With rapture tune his praises,
With ecstasy rejoice. [Refrain]
3 Oh, name of names the sweetest!
Behold, he dies for me;
Oh, gift of gifts the dearest!
He makes salvation free. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, name of names the sweetest]
Oh, Name of Names
Oh, Name of Names
Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Hymnal: The Royal Fountain No. 4 #82 (1884) First Line: Oh, name of names the sweetest Refrain First Line: The Lord of life and glory Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh, name of names the sweetest]
Oh, Name of Names
Oh, Name of Names
Author: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Hymnal: Temple Trio #228 (1886) First Line: Oh, name of names the sweetest Refrain First Line: The Lord of life and glory Tune Title: [Oh, name of names the sweetest]
Oh, Name of Names
Adam Geibel
1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Oh, name of names the sweetest]" in Melodious Sonnets Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany.
Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include:
Evening Bells, 1874
Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898)
Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902)
Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901)
World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904)
Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905)
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
Adam Geibel
M. Lowrie Hofford
1825 - 1888 Person Name: Rev. M. Lowrie Hofford Author of "Oh, Name of Names" in Melodious Sonnets Born: January 27, 1825, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Died: January 9, 1888, Trenton, New Jersey.
Hofford attended Lafayette and Princeton, where he graduated in 1849. He studied theology at the Princeton seminary for a year, and became principal of the Camden collegiate institute. While there, he organized a church at Beverly, New Jersey, being licensed by the Presbytery in Philadelphia in 1852. In 1855, he was ordained an evangelist in Burlington, New Jersey. In 1860, he began teaching at the Trenton Institute, and in 1863 took charge of a military institute at Allentown, Pennsylvania that was later incorporated as Muhlenberg College; he served there as a professor and later president. He taught and pastored at Camden and Beverly, New Jersey, and Doylestown, Pennsylvania (1868-78), then became pastor at Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
--www.hymntime.com/tch
M. Lowrie Hofford
