Stafford (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-15).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 25 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: SATB version in English from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 25 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 1 KB

General Information

Title: Stafford
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns     Meter:  87. 87
Language: English
Instruments: piano/organ
Published:

Description:

External websites:

Cyber Hymnal entry for Stafford:

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/f/i/firmlyib.htm

Original text and translations

English text

1.

Firmly I believe and truly

God is Three, and God is One;

And I next acknowledge duly

Manhood taken by the Son.

2.

And I trust and hope most fully

In that Manhood crucified;

And each thought and deed unruly

Do to death, as He has died.

3.

Simply to His grace and wholly

Light and life and strength belong,

And I love supremely, solely,

Him the holy, Him the strong.

4.

And I hold in veneration,

For the love of Him alone,

Holy Church as His creation,

And her teachings are His own.

5.

And I take with joy whatever

Now besets me, pain or fear,

And with a strong will I sever

All the ties which bind me here.

6.

Adoration aye be given,

With and through the angelic host,

To the God of earth and Heaven,

Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Lyrics: John H. New­man, The Dream of Ge­ron­ti­us, 1865.