GAINSWORTH

GAINSWORTH

Composer: Charles H. Purday
Published in 2 hymnals


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Composer: Charles H. Purday

Charles H. Purday (1799-1885) A publisher, composer, lecturer, and writer, Purday had a special interest in church music. He published Crown Court Psalmody (1854), Church and Home Metrical Psalter and Hymnal (1860), which included SANDON, and, with Frances Havergal, Songs of Peace and Joy (1879). A precentor in the Scottish Church in Crown Court, London, Purday sang at the coronation of Queen Victoria. In the publishing field he is known as a strong proponent of better copyright laws to protect the works of authors and publishers. Bert Polman Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: GAINSWORTH
Composer: Charles H. Purday
Meter: 8.8.8.6
Incipit: 33343 32117 15432
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Just as I Am, Without One Plea

Just as I am, without one plea,
but that thy blood was shed for me,
and that thou bidd'st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

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Media

Small Church Music #6566
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Audio

Small Church Music #6566

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