Channel of Mercy (Jeremiah Ingalls)

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• (Posted 2017-04-20)  CPDL #44129:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-04-20).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 72 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1805. All six stanzas of Stocker's hymn included.

• (Posted 2017-04-20)  CPDL #44128:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-04-20).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 72 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All six stanzas of Stocker's hymn included.

General Information

Title: Channel of Mercy
First Line: Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song
Composer: Jeremiah Ingalls
Lyricist: John Stocker

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 11 11. 11 11

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1805 in Ingalls' The Christian Harmony, pp. 126-127
Description: "This is an old Welsh carol tune, [called] Ton Carol (A Carol Tune)" (Samuel Bayard, quoted in Jackson 1952, no. 119). Words by John Stocker, 1776, with six stanzas.

Original text and translations

English text 1. Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart and the boast of my tongue; Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Hath won my affections and bound my soul fast. 2. Without thy free mercy I could not live here Sin soon would reduce me to utter despair; But, through thy free goodness, my spirits revive, And he that first made me, still keeps me alive. 3. Thy mercy surpasses the sin of my heart Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart, Dissolved by thy goodness, I fall to the ground And weep to the praise of the mercy I found.

4. The door of thy mercy stands open all day to the needy and poor, who knock by the way; No sinner shall ever be empty sent back, Who comes seeking mercy for Jesus' dear sake. 5. Thy mercy in Jesus exempts me from hell; Its glories I'll sing, and its wonders I'll tell: 'Twas Jesus the friend when he hung on the tree That opened the channel of mercy for me. 6. Great Father of mercies, thy goodness I own, And covenant love of thy crucified son: All praise to the spirit, whose action divine Seals mercy and pardon and righteousness mine.