Behold the eternal King and Priest

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Author: unknown

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Text Information

First Line: Behold the eternal King and Priest
Author: unknown (1887 c.)
Meter: 8 8 8 8 (LM)
Publication Date: 1987
Copyright: Revision © Jubilate Hymns

Tune

MELCOMBE (Webbe)

Also known as: ST. PHILIPS BENEDICTION GRANTON NAZARETH MELCOMBE was first used as an anonymous chant tune (with figured bass) in the Roman Catholic Mass and was published in 1782 in An Essay on the Church Plain Chant. It was first ascribed to Samuel Webbe (the elder; b. London, England, 1740; d.…

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Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #397a

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #397b

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