Behold the beauteous western light

Behold the beauteous western light

Author: William B. O. Peabody
Published in 11 hymnals

Author: William B. O. Peabody

Peabody, William Bourne Oliver, D.D., twin brother of Oliver William Bourne, was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, July 9, 1799, and educated in his native town and at Harvard College. Leaving Harvard in 1817, he taught for a year at an academy in Exeter, and then proceeded to study theology at the Cambridge Divinity School. He began to preach in 1819, and became the Pastor of the Unitarian Congregation at Springfield, Massachusetts, in October, 1820. This charge he held to his death on May 28, 1847. His Memoir (written by his brother) was published with the 2nd ed. of his Sermons, 1849; and his Literary Remains followed in 1850. "He was a man of rare accomplishments, and consummate virtue," whose loveliness of character impressed many outsid… Go to person page >

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First Line: Behold the beauteous western light
Author: William B. O. Peabody
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #332

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #A.VII

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #A.VII

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #A.VII

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #647

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a647

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Hymns for Christian Melody #A10

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d26

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d49

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d47

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