Confession (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2014-11-01)  CPDL #33250:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-11-01).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 34 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval-note edition.

• (Posted 2014-11-01)  CPDL #33251:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-11-01).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 80 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Confession
First Line: Lord, 'tis against Thy face
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 66. 86. D (S.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in The Union Harmony, Volume 1, p. 94
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, Horae Lyricae, 1707, Confession and Pardon.

Original text and translations

English text

XII.
Lord, 'tis against Thy face
My sins like arrows rise,
And yet, and yet (O matchless grace!)
Thy thunder silent lies.
XIII.
O shall I never feel
The meltings of Thy love!
Am I of such hell-hardened steel
That mercy cannot move?
XIV.
Now, for one powerful glance,
Dear Savior, from Thy face !
This rebel heart no more withstands,
But sinks beneath Thy grace.
XV.
Overcome by dying love I fall;
Here at Thy cross I lie:
And throw my flesh, my soul, my all,
And weep, and love, and die.