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CONTRITION

Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Stainer Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 32214 33234 56543 Used With Text: O the bitter shame and sorrow

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O the bitter shame and sorrow

Author: T. Monod Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 225 hymnals Topics: Aspiration; Lent; Parochial Missions Used With Tune: CONTRITION
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I Adore Thee, I Adore Thee

Author: J. S. Simpson Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: I adore Thee, I adore Thee Topics: Love and Gratitude Used With Tune: CRUCIFIXION

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I adore Thee, I adore Thee!

Author: W. J. Sparrow Simpson Hymnal: The Parish School Hymnal #59 (1926) Languages: English Tune Title: ADORATION

I adore thee, I adore thee

Author: Rev. W. J. Sparrow Simpson Hymnal: The Book of Common Praise #363 (1939) Meter: 8.7.8.8.7 Topics: Praise and Thanksgiving Tune Title: ADORATION
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I Adore Thee, I Adore Thee

Author: J. S. Simpson Hymnal: The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a394 (1908) Languages: English Tune Title: CRUCIFIXION

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John Stainer

1840 - 1901 Person Name: J. Stainer Composer of "CONTRITION" in The Church Hymnal

Théodore Monod

1836 - 1921 Person Name: T. Monod Author of "O the bitter shame and sorrow" in The Church Hymnal Monod, Theodore, son of F. Monod, Pastor in the French Reformed Church, was born in Paris, Nov. 6, 1836, and educated for the ministry at Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He entered the ministry in 1860, and has been many years a Pastor in Paris. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

W. J. Sparrow-Simpson

1859 - 1952 Person Name: Rev. W. J. Sparrow Simpson Author of "I adore thee, I adore thee" in The Book of Common Praise Simpson, William John Sparrow, M.A., was educated at Trin. College, Camb., B.A. 1882, M.A. 1886. Ordained in 1882, he held various appointments until 1904, when he became Chaplain to St. Mary's Hospital, Great Ilford. He has published several works, including a Memoir of Dr. W. S. Simpson, 1899. He contributed "All for Jesus—all for Jesus" (All for Jesus), and "Jesus, the Crucified, prays for me" (Passiontide), to C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1901). These hymns originally appeared in Sir J. Stainer's cantata The Crucifixion, 1887, the book of words of which was compiled by Mr. Simpson. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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