PENITENCE (Elven)

Composer: Cornelius Elven

Elven, Cornelius, pastor for fifty years of the Baptist Church at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, was born in 1797, and died in 1873. His hymn, "With broken heart and contrite sigh” (Lent), is found in several collections in Great Britain and America. It was written in Jan., 1852 (Miller's Singers & Songs, p., 449) for use at special services by his own congregation, and was included in the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: PENITENCE (Elven)
Composer: Cornelius Elven
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 33343 32111 12344
Key: F Major
Source: St. Alban's Tune Book, 1867
Copyright: Public Domain

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