När jag ser i Guds bok dessa ljuvliga ord

När jag ser i Guds bok dessa ljuvliga ord

Author: Jemima Luke
Tune: SWEET STORY (12333)
Published in 5 hymnals

Author: Jemima Luke

Luke, Jemima Thompson, the wife of Rev. Samuel Luke, an Independent minister of England, was the daughter of Thomas 422 Thompson, a philanthropist, and was born at Colebrook Terrace, Islington, August 19, 1813. When only thirteen years of age she began writing for the Juvenile Magazine. She published a volume titled The Female Jesuit in 1851 and A Memoir of Eliza Ann Harris, of Clifton, in 1859, but her name is known to the Christian world almost wholly through the one hymn found in this volume. Mrs. Luke died February 2, 1906. I think when I read that sweet 682 Hymn Writers of the Church, 1915, Charles Nutter… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: När jag ser i Guds bok dessa ljuvliga ord
Author: Jemima Luke
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

SWEET STORY (12333)

This is very similar to SALAMIS (12323), but the contour of the melody is strikingly different in the second phrase.

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Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)

Barnvannens Lyra #d74

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De Ungas Sångbok #59

Soendagsskol-Bok, innehallande, Liturgi, Laesordning, och Sanger #d196

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Söndagsskolbok #81

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