Davidson (Seaborn M. Denson)
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- (Posted 2024-08-11) CPDL #81571:
- Editor: Antonio Higgins (submitted 2024-08-11). Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 35 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Sacred Harp: Fifth Edition. Shape-note edition, as originally published.
General Information
Title: Davidson
First Line: Soul, then know thy full salvation
Composer: Seaborn M. Denson
Lyricist: Henry Francis Lyte
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TrATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 87. 87. 77. 87
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1909 in The Sacred Harp: Fifth Edition (1909), p. 2077
Description: Transcribed from J. L White's The Sacred Harp: Fifth Edition (1909). The harmony is more in line with the "reformed harmony" tradition but still contains hallmarks of Denson's style. Words by Henry Francis Lyte, 1825, the fifth stanza of six stanzas, altered.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Jesus, I my cross have taken.
English text
Soul, then know thy full salvation,
Rise o'er sin and present care;
Joy to find in every station
Something still to do or bear.
Think what Spirit dwells within,
Think what heavenly bliss is thine;
Think that Jesus died to save thee!
Child of heaven, canst thou repine?