Bible Songs — Special Selections

Mount Olive

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

No. 1408
Tune MOUNT OLIVE.
Music F. E. Belden.
Key F major
Time 4/4
10 stanzas

Words

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall he called God's children.Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake.Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and speak all manner of evil against you, falsely for my sake.Rejoice and be exceeding glad, your reward is in heaven.

Final.

Amen, Amen.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1408» (large, left), title «MOUNT OLIVE.» centred (condensed capitals and small capitals), «F. E. BELDEN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); no epigraph, no author, no meter, no reference to the chapter. A chant of the Beatitudes in two systems: five verses are printed under system 1 (Matt. 5:3, 5, 7, 9, 11) and five under system 2 (Matt. 5:4, 6, 8, 10, 12), so that reading the printed lines alternately — system 1 line 1, system 2 line 1, system 1 line 2, … — gives the verses in their sung order (Matt. 5:3-12), as below. The first words of each verse are recited on the reciting chord; «Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and speak / all manner of evil against you,» and «Blessed are they that do hunger / and thirst for righteousness:» are each printed in two lines for want of room and are one verse line here. Over the end of system 2 the italic word «Final.» marks the closing «A-men, A-men.», printed once on the line of «Blessed are the pure in heart:». Syllable hyphens are joined («king-dom», «in-her-it», «oh-tain», «mer-cy», «false-ly», «right-eous-ness'», «re-ward», «A-men»); the four spaced dots after «my» («for my . . . . sake.») only show that «my» is held over three notes and are not words. The print sets a thin space before «:» («spirit : for»); it is closed up here; apostrophes are written straight. Two letters are kept as printed although they are evident printer's slips: «ohtain» (for «obtain») and «he» (for «be») — an «h» sort for «b» in two adjacent lines; see `uncertainties.md`. Under the music, centred: «Copyrighted 1886 by F. E. Belden.»