The Christian's Hope (William Walker)

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• (Posted 2018-06-23)  CPDL #50278:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-06-23).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 49 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1835. All six stanzas included, from The Dover Selection.

General Information

Title: The Christian's Hope
First Line: A few more days on earth to spend
Composer: William Walker
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 86. 88. 86

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1835 in Southern Harmony, p. 71, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass; Alto written by William Walker in his Christian Harmony, 1867
Description: A folk hymn (Jackson 1953b, No. 167). Words by an anonymous author, before 1822; words used from Broaddus, The Dover Selection of Spiritual Songs, 1831, Walker's specified source, with six stanzas. The Sacred Harp, p. 134, 1844 to the present.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at A few more days on earth to spend.