Mysterious Grace (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-18). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 57 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other seven stanzas of Newton's hymn added below.
General Information
Title: Mysterious Grace
First Line: With pleasing grief and mournful joy
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: John Newton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1800
Description: First published in Plain Psalmody, 1800, p. 46. Words by John Newton, 1779, his Hymn 57 of Book 2, in eight stanzas. Holden used the eighth stanza of Newton's hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. In evil long I took delight, |
5. Alas! I knew not what I did, |
Looking at the cross by John Newton