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[How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. T. G. Hymnal Title: Gospel Echoes Incipit: 51111 31223 45365 Used With Text: How Beautiful Upon the Mountains

How Beautiful Upon the Mountains

Appears in 9 hymnals Hymnal Title: Gospel Echoes First Line: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him Used With Tune: [How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him]

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How Beautiful Upon the Mountains

Hymnal: Gospel Echoes #102 (1877) Hymnal Title: Gospel Echoes First Line: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him Languages: English Tune Title: [How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him]

How Beautiful

Hymnal: The Emory Hymnal No. 2 #160 (1891) Hymnal Title: The Emory Hymnal No. 2 First Line: How beautiful upon the mountains Refrain First Line: Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice Languages: English Tune Title: [How beautiful upon the mountains]

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John T. Grape

1835 - 1915 Person Name: J. T. G. Hymnal Title: Gospel Echoes Composer of "[How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him]" in Gospel Echoes John Thomas Grape USA 1835-1915. Born at Baltimore, MD, he became a successful coal merchant. He married Sophia F MacCubbin, and they had one daughter, Agnes. He was a member of Monument St. Methodist Church in Baltimore, where he played the organ, directed the choir, and was active in the Sunday school. Later, he directed the choir at the Hartford Avenue Methodist Church. The hymn noted below was composed by Grape in 1868, with lyrics composed by Envina Mable Hall of the same church in 1865 while sitting in the choir loft during a sermon. Both words and music had been given to the pastor, Rev George W Schreck, at different times, and one day he remembered he had been given both. Grape's tune had a refrain, so Ms Hall, hearing it, then added words to her poem for that, and the hymn was complete. At Schreck's urging they sent the hymn to Professor Theodore Perkins, publisher of “Sabbath Carols” periodical, and it became popular. Grape died in Baltimore. John Perry