See my post on this, the first hymn in the 1963 Sgaw Karen Hymn and
Tune Book, at my hymnblog Mia Himnareto:
http://miahimnareto.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/kh1-how-pleased-and-blest-was-i/
... I will be blogging like this on each of the hymns in the 1963
hymnal, and I invite those with pertinent information to add comments.
I will try to posit queries about aspects I consider worth
investigating or discussing.