Obedience (Oliver Holden)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-28). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 68 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Oval note edition. All four stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-28). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 61 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Note shapes added (4-shape). All four stanzas included.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-28). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 59 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1803. All four stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-28). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 55 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). All four stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Obedience
First Line: Come, all ye lovers of the Lamb
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Words by an anonymous author, perhaps Holden himself, since they were first published in 1803 and only appear here and in another Holden publication. Four stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text
1. Come, all ye lovers of the Lamb,
This path your dear Redeemer trod;
Behold Him bending in the stream,
See Him arise approved of God.
2. Repenting sinner, hither come;
Nor linger on the distant shore;
Your Savior made this solemn rite
An emblem of His saving power.
3. By faith alone the trembling soul
Can urge her claim to children's food;
She quits her hold on hopeless forms,
And seeks in Christ her only good.
4. Obedience flows from willing minds,
Renewed and purified by grace;
Come freely to the gospel pool,
All ye who humbly seek His face.