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![]() | OLD 120THPublished in 8 hymnals |
| Meter: | 6.6.6.6.6.6 |
| Incipit: | 13456 55671 67517 |
| Key: | D Major |
| Source: | Damon's Psalter (1579) and Este's Psalter (1592) (melody) |
Hail to the Lord who comes,
Comes to His temple gate;
Not with His angel host,
Not in His kingly state;
No shouts proclaim Him nigh,
No crowds His coming wait;
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I
I wandered sore distressed,
All weary and forlorn;
I had no place to rest,
Of all my pleasures shorn,—
My thirsting spirit sighed,
And in the desert cried.
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| Tune Title | First Line | Instances (3) | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| OLD 120TH | Hail to the Lord who comes | Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #259 | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 | Thomas Ravenscroft, 1592?-1635?; Richard Allison, 16th cent.; Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 | 6.6.6.6.6.6 | D Major | English | 1985 | |||||||||
| OLD 120TH | O thou not made with hands | Rejoice in the Lord #403 | O Thou Not Made with Hands | F.T. Palgrave | 6.6.6.6.6.6 | Matthew 18:20; Matthew 5:3; Acts 8:48; 1 John 4:18 | D Major | English | 1985 | ||||||||
| OLD 120TH | I gave my life for thee | Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #454 | I Gave My Life for Thee | Frances R. Havergal, 1836-79 | 6.6.6.6.6.6 | D Major | 1993 |
