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O blessed is the man whose sins

Text Information

First Line: O blessed is the man whose sins
Language: English

Tune

MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

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…

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STROUDWATER


Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)

Alexander's Hymns No. 2 #175

Divine Service Book for the Armed Forces #d135

Songs for Young and Old #d93

The Book of Praise #13

The Book of Praise #28

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #641a

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #641b

The Hymnary #641a

The Hymnary #641b

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #P23

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #P23

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