Shipston (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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CPDL #15510:        NWC Sibelius4

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-23).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 21 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Edition from the Cyber Hymnal™ - File Sizes: PDF: 21 KB, 2nd PDF: 22 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 1 KB, Sib4: 30 KB.

General Information

Title: Shipston
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns     Meter:   87. 87

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: Tune: Ships­ton, tra­di­tion­al Eng­lish mel­o­dy, ar­ranged by Ralph Vaugh­an Will­iams, 1906; Lyrics: John H. New­man, “The Dream of Ge­ron­ti­us,” 1865.

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Cyber Hymnal™ entry for hymn tune "Shipston":

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/f/i/firmlyib.htm

Original text and translations

English text

1.

Firmly I believe and truly

God is Three, and God is One;

And I next acknowledge duly

Manhood taken by the Son.

2.

And I trust and hope most fully

In that Manhood crucified;

And each thought and deed unruly

Do to death, as He has died.

3.

Simply to His grace and wholly

Light and life and strength belong,

And I love supremely, solely,

Him the holy, Him the strong.

4.

And I hold in veneration,

For the love of Him alone,

Holy Church as His creation,

And her teachings are His own.

5.

And I take with joy whatever

Now besets me, pain or fear,

And with a strong will I sever

All the ties which bind me here.

6.

Adoration aye be given,

With and through the angelic host,

To the God of earth and Heaven,

Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Lyrics: John H. New­man, “The Dream of Ge­ron­ti­us,” 1865.