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[What glorious scenes mine eyes behold]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. Beesley Incipit: 33215 43321 71325 Used With Text: What Glorious Scenes Mine Eyes Behold

What Glorious Scenes Mine Eyes Behold

Author: Anon. Meter: 8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: What glorious scenes mine eyes behold! Lyrics: 1. What glorious scenes mine eyes behold! What wonders burst upon my view! When Ephraim’s records I unfold, All things appear divinely new. All things appear divinely new. 2. Good news to earth have angels borne, Which fills our souls with joy and peace. Good tidings comfort those who mourn And bring the captive full release, And bring the captive full release. 3. The scattered sheep, who once were sold In darkness o’er the mountains far, Shall now return unto their fold And there their waiting hearts prepare, And there their waiting hearts prepare. 4. Now Israel, long oppressed and grieved In ev’ry land, in ev’ry clime, Shall hear the word of God and live; This is the time, the chosen time. This is the time, the chosen time. Topics: Book of Mormon; Gathering of Israel; Restoration; Restoration of the Gospel; Revelation Used With Tune: ABRAM

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What Glorious Scenes Mine Eyes Behold

Author: Anon. Hymnal: Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints #16 (1985) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8 First Line: What glorious scenes mine eyes behold! Lyrics: 1. What glorious scenes mine eyes behold! What wonders burst upon my view! When Ephraim’s records I unfold, All things appear divinely new. All things appear divinely new. 2. Good news to earth have angels borne, Which fills our souls with joy and peace. Good tidings comfort those who mourn And bring the captive full release, And bring the captive full release. 3. The scattered sheep, who once were sold In darkness o’er the mountains far, Shall now return unto their fold And there their waiting hearts prepare, And there their waiting hearts prepare. 4. Now Israel, long oppressed and grieved In ev’ry land, in ev’ry clime, Shall hear the word of God and live; This is the time, the chosen time. This is the time, the chosen time. Topics: Book of Mormon; Gathering of Israel; Restoration; Restoration of the Gospel; Revelation Languages: English Tune Title: ABRAM

What Glorious Scenes Mine Eyes Behold

Hymnal: The Songs of Zion #252 (1918) Languages: English Tune Title: [What glorious scenes mine eyes behold]

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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "What Glorious Scenes Mine Eyes Behold" in Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Ebenezer Beesley

1840 - 1906 Person Name: Ebenezer Beesley, 1840–1906 Composer of "ABRAM" in Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ebenezer Beesley was born December 14, 1840, in Oxfordshire, England. He had two wives. He married his first wife in March of 1859. They left England in April of 1859 to move to Salt Lake City. They travelled by foot and handcart from Omaha with a company of 250-300 people. He married his second wife in 1869. Beesley was a musician and music teacher who directed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Utah from 1880-1889 and other choirs in Utah. He wrote several hymns and edited Latter-day Saints Psalmody, the first LDS hymn book with both music and words. Dianne Shapiro from Find a Grave website, "Ebenezer Beesley Composed Nearly a Dozen Hymns in the Current Hymnbook and Conducted the Choir for Almost a Decade," from The Tabernacle Choir Blog, March 13, 2014, and "Beesley, Sarah Hancock, [Reminiscences] in Handcart Stories" from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints website "Pioneer Database" (accessed 1-1-2021)