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<b>Original text: </b> ''O amor quam exstaticus'', from ''Apparuit benignitas'' (Anonymous) ''Latin text, 15 century''. The text is the original English translation by Benjamin Webb, which first appeared in ''The Hymnal Noted'', 1854.<br> | <b>Original text: </b> ''O amor quam exstaticus'', from ''Apparuit benignitas'' (Anonymous) ''Latin text, 15 century''. The text is the original English translation by Benjamin Webb, which first appeared in ''The Hymnal Noted'', 1854.<br> | ||
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O love, how deep, how broad, how high,<br> | O love, how deep, how broad, how high,<br> | ||
It fills the heart with ecstasy,<br> | It fills the heart with ecstasy,<br> |
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- File:New score.gif CPDL #10791: FINALE 2005.
- Editor: Charles H. Giffen (added 2005-05-16). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 196 kbytes Copyright: Personal. May be freely copied and performed for non-profit use. Please inform the composer of any performances of this work.
- Edition notes: Keyboard reduction for rehearsal included.
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Description: Three original settings, in mixed 2/2 & 3/2 time signatures, of the L.M. (long meter, 88.88) hymn tune Old Hundredth to an old Latin text translated (1854) by Benjamin Webb. |
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Original text: O amor quam exstaticus, from Apparuit benignitas (Anonymous) Latin text, 15 century. The text is the original English translation by Benjamin Webb, which first appeared in The Hymnal Noted, 1854.
English text
O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
It fills the heart with ecstasy,
That God, the Son of God, should take
Our mortal form for mortals’ sake!
He sent no angel to our race
Of higher or of lower place,
But wore the robe of human frame
Himself, and to this lost world came.
For us baptized, for us He bore
His holy fast and hungered sore,
For us temptation sharp He knew;
For us the tempter overthrew.
For us He prayed; for us He taught;
For us His daily works He wrought;
By words and signs and actions thus
Still seeking not Himself, but us.
For us to wicked men betrayed,
Scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
He bore the shameful cross and death,
For us gave up His dying breath.
For us He rose from death again;
For us He went on high to reign;
For us He sent His Spirit here,
To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
To Him Whose boundless love has won
Salvation for us through His Son,
To God the Father, glory be
Both now and through eternity.