"Behold, What Manner of Love."

About this hymn

As printed As printed (two pages): on PDF 613 (printed 612) the hymn number «1403» (large, left) and the title «"BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER OF LOVE."» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials, in curly double quotes, written straight here); «Moderato.» in italics at the left over system 1 and «WILLIAM B. BRADBURY.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); no author of the words, no epigraph, no meter. Over the end of system 2, in italics: «Repeat, Tenor singing Soprano.» At the foot of PDF 613, centred: «By per. Biglow & Main.» and the page number «612». PDF 614 (printed 613) is headed «"BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER OF LOVE."—Concluded.», with «A little Faster.» in italics at the left; «Slower.» over its last system; page number «613». The words are 1 John 3:1-2 set as prose. Several lines of words sound at once: the line between the staves is sung by the voices that move with it; a line ABOVE the G staff belongs to the soprano, a line UNDER the F staff to the bass, and where two lines stand between the staves (PDF 614 systems 2, 4 and 5) the upper one belongs to the soprano (or soprano and alto) and the lower one to the inner voices — see truth.json «who_sings_what». They are given below system by system, each with its place on the page. Words divided under the notes are joined («Be-hold», «man-ner», «Fa-ther», «call-ed» → «called», «There-fore», «be-cause», «Be-lov-ed», «ap-pear»); the divisions are in `lyrics_syllables.txt`. Words broken only by the end of a system are joined on the line where they begin: «up- / on» (PDF 613 S3-S4, soprano), «ap- / pear» (PDF 614 S2-S3, lower line). The leader dots are kept with their printed number. «etc.» is kept as printed (it stands for the words that follow: «that etc.» = «that when he shall appear»; «we shall see him, etc.» = «… as he»). The print sets «Andit» closed up (PDF 614 S1); here «And it». Spelling and punctuation are the print's.

Source

The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)

Where

Bible Songs — Special Selections · No. 1403 · printed page [612, 613]

Checked

score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-07

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Piano · singing key, one stanza (M4A, 4.5 MB)
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Organ · singing key, one stanza (M4A, 4.4 MB)
Organ · original key (as printed), one stanza (M4A, 4.4 MB)