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(Posted 2016-08-29) CPDL #40952:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-29). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 75 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn.

(Posted 2014-08-30) CPDL #32821:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-08-30). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 47 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn. Re-formatted 2016-08-28.

General Information

Title: Petersburgh
First Line: Thus saith the high and lofty one
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 in The Suffolk Harmony, no. 14, p. 28
Description: Transcribed from Suffolk Harmony, 1786. Words by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 87 of Book 1, based on Isaiah 47:15-16, with five stanzas. Billings used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Thus saith the high and lofty one.

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-:'''Edition notes:'''
+:{{EdNotes|Oval note edition. Another pair of stanzas included from Watts' hymn. Re-formatted 2016-08-28.}}
 ==General Information==
-'''Title:''' ''Petersburgh''<br>
+{{Title|''Petersburgh''}}
+{{FirstLine|Thus saith the high and lofty one}}
 {{Composer|William Billings}}
 {{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}
-{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
+{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
-{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} &nbsp; {{Meter|88. 88. D (L.M.D.)}}
+{{Genre|Sacred|}} &nbsp; {{Meter|88. 88. D (L.M.D.)}}
 {{Language|English}}
 {{Instruments|A cappella}}
-'''Published:''' 1786
+{{Pub|1|1786|in ''[[The Suffolk Harmony (William Billings)|The Suffolk Harmony]]''|no=14|pg=28}}
+{{Descr|Transcribed from Suffolk Harmony, 1786. Words by [[Isaac Watts]], his Hymn 87 of Book 1, based on Isaiah 47:15-16, with five stanzas. Billings used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.}}
-'''Description:''' Words by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 87, based on Isaiah 47:15-16. Transcribed from Suffolk Harmony, 1786.
+{{#ExtWeb:}}
-'''External websites:'''
 ==Original text and translations==
-{{Text|English|
+{{LinkText|Thus saith the high and lofty one}}
-Thus saith the high and lofty One:
-"I sit upon my holy throne;
-My name is God, I dwell on high,
-Dwell in my own eternity.
-"But I descend to worlds below,
-On earth I have a mansion too;
-The humble spirit and contrite
-Is an abode of my delight.
-"The humble soul my words revive,
-I bid the mourning sinner live,
-Heal all the broken hearts I find,
-And ease the sorrows of the mind."
-O may thy pardoning grace be nigh,
-Lest we should faint, despair, and die!
-Thus shall our better thoughts approve
-The methods of thy chastening love.
-}}
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