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Blest hour, when virtuous friends shall meet

Author: Pendlebury Houghton Appears in 27 hymnals

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Blest hour, when virtuous friends shall meet

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #331 (1827) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Death of friends or children; The Reunion of virtuous Friends after Death Languages: English

Blest hour when virtuous friends shall meet

Hymnal: The Harp. 2nd ed. #a721 (1860)

Blest hour, when virtuous friends shall meet

Hymnal: Plymouth Collection #a1122 (1863)

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Pendlebury Houghton

1758 - 1824 Author of "Blest hour, when virtuous friends shall meet" Houghton, Pendlebury, 1758-1824. Minister at the Octagon Chapel, Norwich, and from 1812-1823 at Paradise Street Chapel, Liverpool. His hymn on The reunion of friends after death, "Blest be the hour when friends shall meet," is in Martineau’s Hymns for the Christian Church and Home, Martineau’s Hymns of Praise and Prayer, and J. P. Hopp’s Collection, 1877; Sometimes as:— "Blest hour when virtuous friends shall meet." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)