Mysterious Grace (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-18). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 54 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other seven stanzas of Newton's hymn added below, renumbered. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-18). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 57 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other seven stanzas of Newton's hymn added below.
General Information
Title: Mysterious Grace
First Line: With pleasing grief and mournful joy
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: John Newton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Plain Psalmody, 1800, p. 46.}}
Description: Words by John Newton, 1779, his Hymn 57 of Book 2, in eight stanzas. Holden used the eighth stanza of Newton's hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. In evil long I took delight, |
5. Alas! I knew not what I did, |
Looking at the cross by John Newton