7730 | The Cyber Hymnal#7731 | 7732 |
Text: | When Wilt Thou Save the People? |
Author: | Ebenezer Elliott |
Tune: | COMMONWEALTH |
Composer: | Josiah Booth |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. When wilt Thou save the people?
O God of mercy, when?
Not kings and lords, but nations,
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
Flowers of Thy heart, O God, are they;
Let them not pass, like weeds, away;
Their heritage a sunless day:
O God, save the people!
2. Shall crime bring crime forever,
Strength aiding still the strong?
Is it Thy will, O Father,
That man shall toil for wrong?
No, say Thy mountains; No, Thy skies;
Man’s clouded sun shall brightly rise,
And songs ascend, instead of sighs:
O God, save the people!
3. When wilt Thou save the people?
O God of mercy, when?
The people, Lord, the people,
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
God save the people; Thine they are,
Thy children, as Thine angels fair:
From vice, oppression, and despair,
O God, save the people!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When wilt Thou save the people? |
Title: | When Wilt Thou Save the People? |
Author: | Ebenezer Elliott (1850) |
Meter: | 76.76.88.84 |
Language: | English |
Source: | More Prose and Verse, 1850 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | COMMONWEALTH |
Composer: | Josiah Booth (1888) |
Meter: | 76.76.88.84 |
Incipit: | 11133 31233 31551 |
Key: | e minor |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |