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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Pittsgrove''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Pittsgrove''<br> | ||
'''First Line:''' Bless, O Lord, the opening year<br> | |||
{{Composer|Nehemiah Shumway}} | {{Composer|Nehemiah Shumway}} | ||
{{Lyricist|John Newton}} | {{Lyricist|John Newton}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} | {{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} {{meter|77. 77}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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1. Now may fervent prayer arise, | |||
Winged with faith, and pierce the skies; | |||
Fervent prayer shall bring us down | |||
Gracious answers from the throne. | |||
2. Bless, O Lord, the opening year, | |||
To each soul assembled here; | |||
Clothe Thy word with power divine, | |||
Make us willing to be Thine. | |||
3. Shepherd of the blood-bought sheep! | |||
Teach the stony heart to weep; | |||
Let the blind have eyes to see, | |||
See themselves, and look on Thee! | |||
4. Let the minds of all our youth | |||
Feel the force of sacred truth; | |||
While the gospel call they hear, | |||
May they learn to love and fear. | |||
5. Show them what their ways have been, | |||
Show them the desert of sin; | |||
Then Thy dying love reveal, | |||
This shall melt a heart of steel. | |||
6. Where Thou hast Thy work begun, | |||
Give new strength the race to run; | |||
Scatter darkness, doubts, and fears, | |||
Wipe away the mourner’s tears. | |||
7. Bless us all, both old and young; | |||
Call forth praise from every tongue; | |||
Let the whole assembly prove | |||
All Thy power, and all Thy love.}} | |||
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[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] | ||
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- (Posted 2015-06-08) CPDL #35679:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-08). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 75 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other six stanzas of Newton's hymn added below.
General Information
Title: Pittsgrove
First Line: Bless, O Lord, the opening year
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway
Lyricist: John Newton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 77. 77
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1793
Description: First published in The American Harmony, 1793, p. 89. Words by John Newton, 1779, his Hymn 9 of Book 2. Shumway used the second stanza of Newton's hymn.
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Original text and translations
English text
1. Now may fervent prayer arise,
Winged with faith, and pierce the skies;
Fervent prayer shall bring us down
Gracious answers from the throne.
2. Bless, O Lord, the opening year,
To each soul assembled here;
Clothe Thy word with power divine,
Make us willing to be Thine.
3. Shepherd of the blood-bought sheep!
Teach the stony heart to weep;
Let the blind have eyes to see,
See themselves, and look on Thee!
4. Let the minds of all our youth
Feel the force of sacred truth;
While the gospel call they hear,
May they learn to love and fear.
5. Show them what their ways have been,
Show them the desert of sin;
Then Thy dying love reveal,
This shall melt a heart of steel.
6. Where Thou hast Thy work begun,
Give new strength the race to run;
Scatter darkness, doubts, and fears,
Wipe away the mourner’s tears.
7. Bless us all, both old and young;
Call forth praise from every tongue;
Let the whole assembly prove
All Thy power, and all Thy love.