Not a thought of earthly things (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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  • (Posted 2016-11-23)  CPDL #42023:         
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2016-11-23).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 27 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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  • (Posted 2007-11-14)  CPDL #15413:         
Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-14).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 21 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: SATB version from the Cyber Hymnal™

General Information

Title: Not a thought of earthly things
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Tune: Grosvenor
Lyricist: Arthur James Mason

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 78. 78

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1872 in European Psalmist
Description: Lyrics are from the Liturgy of St. James, 4th Century (Σιγησατο παρα σαρξ βροτεια); translated by Arthur James Mason in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1916.

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Original text and translations

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1  Not a thought of earthly things!
Every head in awe be bended:
Christ our God, the King of kings,
Comes by angel troops attended.

2  Forth He comes, a victim He
For the wide world’s need availing,
And His people’s food to be,
With Himself their souls regaling.


3  Cherubim with watchful eyes,
Seraphim their brows concealing,
Powers and principalities,
Cry aloud, like thunder pealing.