Behold, How Good, How Pleasant Is the Union

Behold, how good, how pleasant is the union, When brothers in the Lord have sweet communion (Westra)

Versifier: Dewey Westra
Tune: GENEVAN 133
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Versifier: Dewey Westra

Dewey D. Westra (b. Holland, MI, 1899; d. Wyoming, MI, 1979) was a dedicated educator, writer, and musician who faithfully served the Christian Reformed Church. He attended Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Wayne State University in Detroit. In the 1920s and 30s he was a Christian school Principal in Byron Center and Detroit, Michigan. During the 1940s he was involved in various ventures, including becoming a diesel instructor for the Ford Motor Company. After 1947 he became a principal again, serving at Christian schools in Sioux Center, Iowa; Randolph, Wisconsin; and Walker, Michigan. Westra wrote poetry in English, Dutch, and Frisian, and translated poetry into English from Dutch and Frisian. He arranged many songs and composed… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Behold, how good, how pleasant is the union, When brothers in the Lord have sweet communion (Westra)
Title:	Behold, How Good, How Pleasant Is the Union
Versifier:	Dewey Westra
Meter:	11.11.8.10.10.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Words copyrighted by the Publication Committee of the Christian Reformed Church, 1934

Psalm 133
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Tune

GENEVAN 133

GENEVAN 133 first appeared in the 1551 edition of the Genevan Psalter. Howard Slenk (PHH 3) harmonized the tune in 1985. Composed in the Ionian mode (major), GENEVAN 133 consists of six lines that group into two very long melodic curves with identical cadences at the ends of lines 3 and 6. Sing the…

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