MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…
Display Title: Psalms 42-43First Line: Why restless, why cast down my soul? Hope still and you will singTune Title: [Why restless, why cast down my soul?]Scripture: Psalm 42; Psalm 43Date: 1996