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[Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. E. Hudson Incipit: 32132 11165 11132 Used With Text: Beautiful Beckoning Hands

Beautiful Beckoning Hands

Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight Refrain First Line: Beautiful hands, beckoning hands Used With Tune: [Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight]

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Hymnal: Quartette #15 (1889) First Line: Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight Refrain First Line: Beautiful hands, beckoning hands Languages: English Tune Title: [Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight]

Beautiful Beckoning Hands

Hymnal: Songs for the Ransomed #15 (1887) First Line: Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight Refrain First Line: Beautiful hands, beckoning hands Languages: English Tune Title: [Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight]

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R. E. Hudson

1843 - 1901 Composer of "[Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight]" in Quartette Ralph Hudson (1843-1901) was born in Napoleon, OH. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. After teaching for five years at Mt. Union College in Alliance he established his own publishing company in that city. He was a strong prohibitionist and published The Temperance Songster in 1886. He compiled several other collections and supplied tunes for gospel songs, among them Clara Tear Williams' "All my life long I had panted" (Satisfied). See 101 More Hymn Stories, K. Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1985). Mary Louise VanDyke