Dix-Hills (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2015-02-06)  CPDL #34490:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-02-06).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 30 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition.

• (Posted 2015-02-06)  CPDL #34491:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-02-06).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Dix-Hills
First Line: Too many, Lord, abuse Thy grace
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: William Cowper

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in The Charlestown Collection, 1803, p. 32
Description: Words by William Cowper, 1779, his Hymn 72 of Book 3.

Original text and translations

English text

Too many, Lord, abuse Thy grace,
In this licentious day;
And while they boast they see Thy face,
They turn their own away.

Thy Book displays a gracious light
That can the blind restore;
But these are dazzled by the sight,
And blinded still the more.

The pardon, such presume upon,
They do not beg, but steal;
And when they plead it at Thy throne,
Oh! where’s the Spirit’s seal?

Was it for this, ye lawless tribe,
The dear Redeemer bled?
Is this the grace the saints imbibe
From Christ the living Head?

Ah, Lord, we know Thy chosen few
Are fed with heavenly fare;
But these, the wretched husks they chew
Proclaim them what they are.

The liberty our hearts implore
Is not to live in sin;
But still to wait at wisdom’s door,
Till mercy calls us in.