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Blest Are the Uncorrupt in Heart

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Author: Fred R. Anderson

FRED R. ANDERSON is pastor emeritus of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, a liturgical theologian, and a recognized hymn writer whose hymn and psalm texts appear in Protestant and Catholic hymnals around the world. —Singing God's Psalms (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016) His collections of psalm paraphrases include Singing Psalms of Joy and Praise (1986) and Singing God's Psalms (2016). Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Blest are the uncorrupt in heart
Title: Blest Are the Uncorrupt in Heart
Author: Fred R. Anderson (1986)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: © 1986 Fred R. Anderson; from Singing Psalms of Joy and Praise. Used by permission.
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Tune

RICHMOND (Haweis)

RICHMOND (also known as CHESTERFIELD) is a florid tune originally written by Thomas Haweis (PHH 270) and published in his collection Carmina Christo (1792). Samuel Webbe, Jr., adapted and shortened the tune and published it in his Collection of Psalm Tunes (1808). It was reprinted in 1853 in Webbe's…

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #233

The Presbyterian Hymnal #233
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